Mike Tyson 'struggling to walk' in worrying health confession ahead of Jake Paul fight
Mike Tyson has confessed that he's 'struggling to walk' as he prepares for his showdown with Jake Paul on November 15
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Mike Tyson has confessed that he's 'struggling to walk' as he prepares for his showdown with Jake Paul on November 15.
The bout between the two men has already been delayed once, with Iron Mike forced to postpone the showdown following an ulcer flare up earlier this year.
With exactly two months to go, there are many figures associated with boxing who are concerned that the clash is going ahead.
And Tyson's latest comments are unlikely to quell any of that speculation, with the heayvweight icon revealing he's 'struggling to walk' as he prepares for his return to the ring.
Mike Tyson has confessed that he's 'struggling to walk' as he prepares for his showdown with Jake Paul on November 15
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"It's hard to walk right now," he told USA Today Sports.
Tyson did, however, insist that he's still hopeful of fighting for the first time since his exhibiton with Roy Jones Jr four years ago.
"But two months from now I'm going to be perfect. The fight is won in the gym," he continued.
"Listen, I’ll do anything that will help me.
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"I'm going to enjoy my time here tonight with all my childhood friends, and the hell with Jake Paul."
The fight has been sanctioned as a professional one, rather than an exhibition.
It will be Tyson's first pro fight since losing to Kevin McBride back in 2005, a defeat that ultimately prompted him into hanging up his gloves.
Meanwhile, KSI has expressed a belief that the fight between Tyson and Paul won't go ahead - with the 31-year-old also indicating he wants to face the latter one day.
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“Jake’s just getting heavier and heavier and heavier, obviously, because he’s just looking at the Mike Tyson fight – which I still don’t think is going to happen," he said.
“I think they’re going to try and make an ordeal, and then eventually Mike will realise he actually can’t fight, and then I don’t know what they’re going to do then.
"But for me, the Jake fight, I’m just going to wait. I don’t really need to chase him.
"Eventually, he’s going to have no other options but to have to come to me.”
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KSI added: “He’s just not trying to get involved.
"He’s in a bit of an awkward situation, so I think it’s probably easier for him if he just leaves it.”
Paul has won 10 of his 11 professional fights.
Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul will be his first professional bout since 2005
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His only defeat was against Tommy Fury last year, with the 27-year-old recently getting the better of Mike Perry.
If Tyson does withdraw, rumours have suggested that Julio Cesar Chavez may step in instead.
And what ultimately happens is something only time will tell.