Beaten by Jake Paul, Mike Tyson spoke on X to thank his supporters and recall his medical problems which forced him to postpone the fight last summer.
Even though he lost to a YouTuber turned boxer, Mike Tyson is proud. Less than 24 hours after his fight against Jake Paul in Arlington (Texas), the heavyweight legend spoke on X to thank his supporters.
“It's one of those situations where you lose but you still win. I'm grateful for last night. I don't regret getting in the ring one last time,” he said. he first wrote, before returning to the health problem (peptic ulcer) which he suffered last summer and which had forced him to postpone this fight initially scheduled for July 20.
“An experience that no man has the right to ask for”
“I almost died in June. I had eight blood transfusions. I lost half my blood and 25 kilos in the hospital and I had to fight to get healthy and fight, so I Having my kids see me stand my ground and finish eight rounds with a talented fighter half my age, in a packed Dallas Cowboy, is an experience no man has the right to ask for. . Thank you,” he concluded.
In front of more than 72,000 spectators and subscribers to Netflix, broadcaster of this professional exhibition-style fight, Mike Tyson lost unanimously from the judges. He did not specify whether this fight, his first among professionals since 2005, was indeed the last of a very long career: “I don't know, it depends.”
