So why is Mike Tyson moving forward with his fight against 27-year-old Jake Paul?
Thats (B.S.)
I want to go out there and I want to expose myself to risk.
Sometimes I want to see who I really am.
I want to see what I’m really made out of.
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“I want to perform in front of the world,'' Tyson said.
“To me, that’s all I ever knew how to do since I was 14.
This fight is not going to change my life financially enough, Tyson said.
This is just what I want to do.
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Its hard to walk right now, he said.
But two months from now Im going to be perfect.
I used the word “concerning” for good reason.
On some level, Tyson’s words should trouble anyone who’s ever seenRocky IV.
Now I’m asking you - as a friend - stand by my side this one last time.”
And we all know how that ended.
His best friend didn’t throw the damn towel:
RIP, Apollo.
RIP, Carl Weathers.
Like Creed, this is what he does.
He’s beaten the best.
He’s retired more men than Social Security.
He’s a warrior.
He needs to be in the middle of the action.
He needs some challenge.
Some damn war to fight.
Sure, he could sit this one out.
Take the easy and reasonable excuse his ulcers are giving him and call it quits.
No one could begrudge him.
But that’s not him.
That’s not what he does.
Unlike a lot (most?)
fighters at his level, he’s made it to an age where he starts getting mail from AARP.
They cannot ring the bell on this bout soon enough.
