‘That’s the last I remember’ – Mike Tyson makes worrying admission after Jake Paul fight
Mike Tyson has sparked concern after admitting he ‘couldn’t remember’ a huge chunk of his defeat to Jake Paul. The 58-year-old heavyweight defied critics to return to the ring in a sanctioned professional bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul, who beat him comfortably on points. Fox Sports RadioTyson insists he had a memory gap during his fight with Paul[/caption] Overall the event was a huge commercial success, but Tyson looked a shadow of his former self, looking extremely fatigued after just minutes of their bout. After the fight, Tyson has attracted concerns given he claimed he ‘almost died’ during the build-up to the bout. He recently was also left confused by the fight, insisting he wasn’t sure quite why he was unable to deliver a more explosive performance. But now the former undisputed champion has stunningly admitted he did not remember anything from a moment in the opening stanza until the final bell. He said on Fox Sports Radio: “I don’t remember the fight that much, I kind of blanked out. “I haven’t watched the fight. You know what I remember. ” I remember coming back from the first round and Jake was doing some sort of bow. “That’s the last thing I remember. I wasn’t tired, I wasn’t sweaty. “I went to the house we were staying in, I left the house with my wife and kids, went to the after-party then went back.” Tyson is now unlikely to return with any future sanctioning highly unlikely given his post-fight comments. Tyson threw just 18 landed punches on the nightGETTY The veteran returned with the motivation of a huge fight purse, with it believed he earned in excess of $20 million to face Paul. But unfortunately the defeat went down on his stellar record, but luckily he didn’t get knocked out and risk further health concern. Despite widespread criticism of the event, it was a record-breaking night which saw 60 million viewers tune in on streaming service Netflix to watch the fight. Paul even went as a far as revealing it was the biggest purse of his money-spinning boxing career to date. But Tyson’s former rival Lennox Lewis, who beat him in 2002, insists it wasn’t a bad look for the sport despite the outcome. “Dallas was an event for fans of Mike and Jake to see them in the ring against each other,” he said. Tyson is now highly unlikely to fight againGetty “They went to a big event that a lot of people were happy to attend or watch. “They felt okay with it. The boxing purists didn’t feel okay about it, didn’t think it was the right thing to do. But we are talking about two very different events. “What we have next is the two best heavyweights in the world fighting each other to prove which of them is the king at the moment. “Mike and Jake Paul doesn’t tarnish Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury because you’ve got two alternate things going on. “On one hand you’ve got entertainment and on the other you’ve got real good fighting with all the drama.”
Mike Tyson has sparked concern after admitting he ‘couldn’t remember’ a huge chunk of his defeat to Jake Paul.
The 58-year-old heavyweight defied critics to return to the ring in a sanctioned professional bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul, who beat him comfortably on points.
Overall the event was a huge commercial success, but Tyson looked a shadow of his former self, looking extremely fatigued after just minutes of their bout.
After the fight, Tyson has attracted concerns given he claimed he ‘almost died’ during the build-up to the bout.
He recently was also left confused by the fight, insisting he wasn’t sure quite why he was unable to deliver a more explosive performance.
But now the former undisputed champion has stunningly admitted he did not remember anything from a moment in the opening stanza until the final bell.
He said on Fox Sports Radio: “I don’t remember the fight that much, I kind of blanked out.
“I haven’t watched the fight. You know what I remember.
” I remember coming back from the first round and Jake was doing some sort of bow.
“That’s the last thing I remember. I wasn’t tired, I wasn’t sweaty.
“I went to the house we were staying in, I left the house with my wife and kids, went to the after-party then went back.”
Tyson is now unlikely to return with any future sanctioning highly unlikely given his post-fight comments.
The veteran returned with the motivation of a huge fight purse, with it believed he earned in excess of $20 million to face Paul.
But unfortunately the defeat went down on his stellar record, but luckily he didn’t get knocked out and risk further health concern.
Despite widespread criticism of the event, it was a record-breaking night which saw 60 million viewers tune in on streaming service Netflix to watch the fight.
Paul even went as a far as revealing it was the biggest purse of his money-spinning boxing career to date.
But Tyson’s former rival Lennox Lewis, who beat him in 2002, insists it wasn’t a bad look for the sport despite the outcome.
“Dallas was an event for fans of Mike and Jake to see them in the ring against each other,” he said.
“They went to a big event that a lot of people were happy to attend or watch.
“They felt okay with it. The boxing purists didn’t feel okay about it, didn’t think it was the right thing to do. But we are talking about two very different events.
“What we have next is the two best heavyweights in the world fighting each other to prove which of them is the king at the moment.
“Mike and Jake Paul doesn’t tarnish Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury because you’ve got two alternate things going on.
“On one hand you’ve got entertainment and on the other you’ve got real good fighting with all the drama.”
