Simply weeks forward of his controversial contest with Jake Paul, Mike Tyson has had an incident that provides additional fear to the occasion.
Tyson will probably be 58 in June, and he’s set to combat Paul, the YouTuber turned boxer who remains to be in his late twenties, on July 20 in Dallas. Tyson has not had a sanctioned combat since June 2005, which he misplaced, although he did have an exhibition with Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020 and fought to a draw.
The information of this episode first surfaced through In Contact Weekly who urged the previous heavyweight champion of the world had an ‘obvious medical scare’ earlier than a supply added extra particulars.
“Mike had some form of medical emergency on the airplane and paramedics boarded. Earlier than the paramedics arrived the flight issued an announcement asking for a health care provider — the message even got here on everybody’s screens.“
Representatives of Tyson gave updates to the New York Put up in regards to the incident.
“Fortunately Mr. Tyson is doing nice. He turned nauseous and dizzy as a result of an ulcer flare-up half-hour earlier than touchdown. He’s appreciative to the medical workers that have been there to assist him.”
Passengers have been delayed due to the incident and one among them defined what occurred.
“He was in top quality, however we have been in an exit row and the stewardess was very chatty. They requested us to remain on the airplane and landed so paramedics might enter. She stated one thing like, ‘He’s a very essential passenger so we wanna make certain he’s OK.’ I knew it was him, however I simply mouthed the phrases ‘Mike Tyson’ and she or he nodded her head sure.”
Talking about his upcoming opponent, Tyson has been pretty dismissive.
“He couldn’t even knock out [Nate] Diaz. Diaz is 40 kilos. He’s going to knock me out? Anderson Silva. He couldn’t even knock out the little guys, how’s he going to knock me out? .. He by no means knocked out an actual man, come on. He didn’t knock out Tommy Fury. I’m going to f**okay Jake up.”
The combat will probably be proven dwell on Netflix with Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano in a wonderful rematch because the chief assist on the undercard.
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