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Topics: Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Jake Paul, Boxing
Nasir Jabbar
Mike Tyson was given a stark warning about his health following his fight against Jake Paul, with the boxing legend set to return to the ring against Floyd Mayweather.
Tyson controversially resumed his professional boxing career when he fought Paul last year.
He came out with a worrying admission after losing to Paul on points.
Despite the boxing legend's recent health scares, which includes an ulcer flare-up, he has booked an exhibition against Mayweather.
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Speaking after Tyson's defeat to Paul, a doctor delivered a scathing assessment of his performance against the YouTuber-turned-boxer, bemoaning authorities for allowing him to compete against a much younger opponent.
Dr. Brian Sutterer labelled Tyson's return to the ring as 'shameful' and called for fighters to take some 'responsibility'.
"As a sports medicine doctor this fight was one of the most shameful things I've seen on TV," he began.
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Dr. Sutterer added: "Fighters really need to step up and take some responsibility here and set some clear standards because we're starting to see more and more of these exhibition types of fights. Tyson himself said afterwards that he didn't think this was it for him... he thought he was going to fight again and there's no clarification or guidelines in these rules about the age gap and the age discrepancy.
"I will admit if Tyson was going to be fighting someone who was also 58-years-old, where you have equal pairings of physiologic degrading in your reaction time, I think that's a lot more fair and I think if you talk about risks to me, I don't have as much concern about that as fighting somebody with a very, very different physiologic advantage... this goes beyond just your skill as a boxer and it's at the basic root of anatomy and physiology and how your body changes over time."
Tyson, who turned 59 last June, is 11 years older than Mayweather and their proposed clash will be an exhibition, which is expected to take place in 2026.
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The ex-world heavyweight champion fought fellow boxing great Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition back in November 2020, while the former multi-weight world champion has taken on the likes of Logan Paul and Aaron Chalmers in an exhibition setting.