Mike Tyson reveals the two vices he’s given up to beat Jake Paul as boxing fans say ‘this Mike is scary’
MIKE TYSON has given sex and smoking weed the KO to help him beat Jake Paul.
Heavyweight boxing icon Tyson takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a controversial clash on July 20 in Texas.
The bout – set for the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Dallas – has raised eyebrows due to the 30-year age gap.
Tyson will be 58 by the time the fight for the ages comes around and nearly 20 years removed from his last professional contest.
But he is attempting to roll back the clock in training and has been showing off his devastating combination punching online.
And behind the scenes, Tyson is also putting in sacrifices and they include giving up sex and smoking weed.
He told Forbes: “Six weeks I haven’t gotten high or had sex.”
Asked why, he explained: “Discipline. You know discipline, doing what you love to do, what you love to do, doing what you hate to do but doing it like you love it.
“You know, I hate not being able to smoke I’m doing it like I love it. I hate not not being able to sleep with my wife but I’m doing it like I love it.”
Tyson conducted the interview with a stoic straight face and one fan said: “This Mike is scary.”
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Another added: “Discipline let’s go Mike.”
During Tyson’s controversial heyday, he is said to have enjoyed having sex in his locker room only moments before fighting.
That is despite the long-standing belief in boxing that abstinence helps boost testosterone which is why several restrain from sex while training.
Tyson – who married Lakiha Spicer in 2009 – has grown a cannabis empire in retirement and once admitted to smoking £33,000’s worth a MONTH.
He was last seen in the ring in 2020 for an exhibition drawn over eight rounds with fellow great Roy Jones Jr.
Meanwhile Paul is 9-1 as a boxer who suffered his only defeat to Tyson Fury’s brother Tommy in February 2023.
But he has won three since and vowed to put friendship aside to score the biggest win of his career against Tyson.
Paul, 27, said on DAZN: “Uncle Mike, I love you, you’re looking amazing but there can only be one winner and I’m sorry but I’ve got to end you.”