Hollywood superstar Mark Wahlberg is a large fight fan, and reckons Mike Tyson could have the option to roll back the years in his ring return.
The A-List actor donned the gloves in his own right to play iconic boxer Micky Ward in 2010’s The Fighter. And he has developed a friendship with heavyweight great ‘Iron Mike’, who faces Jake Paul on Friday night.
Now 58-years-old, there are a lot of doubting Tyson in his boxing comeback. But Wahlberg reckons he may need one last quickfire knockout in him, and if he does that it could be a tricky night for the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
Mike Tyson has been training six hours a day for Jake Paul comeback fight
The important thing issue that many have with Mike Tyson’s comeback is his age, and the condition through which his body appears to be. He turned 58 this summer, and last competed professionally in 2005, with two exhibitions within the meantime.
Meanwhile, Paul is 27-years-old and has been competing actively since Tyson faced Roy Jones Jr in a 2020 run out. The pair were on account of compete on July 20, but an ulcer flare-up that got so bad the legendary champion feared for his life cost them a number of months in postponements.
Nevertheless, ‘Iron Mike’ is now in phenomenal shape, training six hours a day. “The closer it gets to the fight the less nervous I get,” Tyson told Jimmy Kimmel during a promotional appearance in September. “I’m training extremely hard.
“I start at 11 within the morning and I’d leave the gym at 5pm. There’s a small break. After I finish my boxing I get a massage for an hour but then I’m going right into strength and conditioning. I actually have smoked [marijuana], but not any time soon. I’m going to be so high off life.”
Mark Wahlberg believes Mike Tyson can land yet another quick KO on Jake Paul
Hollywood star Wahlberg is confident that Tyson will have the option to reel within the years and deliver yet another highlight reel knockout on Paul. He used to observe the long-lasting heavyweight during his heyday, and disagreed with the assessment that the fights weren’t ‘value for money’ given their short lengths.
And he believes that if Tyson can bring out ‘the old Mike’ for one last run, it’ll spell very bad news for Paul. “Look, I’d wish to see the old Mike come out yet another time,” he told Clocked N Loaded on the launch of his recent restaurant in Las Vegas.
“I just hope no person gets hurt. I used to all the time watch Mike, pay for pay-per-view and folks would complain ‘oh it was only one round, it wasn’t definitely worth the money!’ I all the time got my money’s price watching him.
“Mike is an expensive friend and hopefully he’s going to be healthy and he does that old Mike thing just yet another time.” While he’s confident of the result, Wahlberg claimed that he doesn’t gamble, so won’t be putting money on his pal.
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