Mike Tyson says training for Jake Paul made him ‘tougher than I think’

Mike Tyson hasn’t had a professional fight since 2005 – but then Jake Paul called.

Now, at the age of 58, in his last professional fight before he even turned 40, Tyson will be back in the ring this Friday in front of his biggest audience ever.

Tyson will face the YouTuber-boxer in front of nearly 100,000 people at AT&T Stadium, and the fight will be streamed on Netflix to nearly 300 million subscribers.

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Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. ironically fought in a matchup in 2020 when Paul was on the undercard.

Despite what the haters may say about the legitimacy of his career and his fights, Paul is in the best shape of his life at 27 years old. The 29-year age difference is the largest in professional boxing history.

This meant that Tyson had to turn back time in his training – and he did.

In his open training session on Tuesday, Tyson threw powerful jabs like he has done throughout his career, and despite only being in the ring for a few minutes, he was drenched in sweat, a real testament to hard work.

Tyson was asked what he learned about himself through training and it seemed like he wasn’t even expecting a successful camp.

Mike Tyson (left) and Jake Paul hold a press conference during Fanatics Fest NYC at the Javits Center on August 18, 2024 in New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

“That I’m tougher than I think,” Tyson said in Dallas. “When I agreed to this fight, I started training and said, ‘What the hell am I thinking?’

“I have completed the process and now the fight is the party. All the hard work is done.”

Perhaps Tyson had more to learn about himself when he suffered a stomach ulcer outbreak in May, about seven weeks before the original fight date.

However, in almost every training video Tyson has released, it is clear that he has put in a lot of work.

Mike Tyson (left) and Jake Paul attend the Fanatics Fest press conference at the Javits Center on August 18, 2024 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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He may enter the fight as an underdog, but it’s hard to doubt the “worst man on the planet,” whose confidence seems sky-high.

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