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On Sunday, football fans tuning into the Super Bowl showdown between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will also get their first look at an ad featuring a well-known professional boxer.
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson, long known as “the baddest man on the planet,” joined Pak Gazette Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” show Friday night to discuss his personal journey to health.
“I would get up in the morning and eat a lot of nothing, Captain Crunch cereal… probably two giant bowls of that for breakfast. And then later that day I might go get ice cream. I just ate a lot of junk food when I was at my worst. Just junk food, drink… disastrous. It wasn’t good back then for me. A lot of my friends… my wife didn’t think I’d make it to 60.”
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Mike Tyson during an open training session, held at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, ahead of his heavyweight fight with Jake Paul, on November 15, 2024 at AT&T Stadium. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
When asked what steps he took to improve his health, Tyson responded: “First I started walking 10 minutes a day… I started walking 10 minutes to an hour. Then I stopped eating everything. (The) only thing I started eating was tomato soup, rice and water.”
The former undisputed world heavyweight champion highlighted the importance of taking care of the physical body. “We only have one body. And we have one chance to really enjoy it. That’s why I wanted to be in the best shape possible.”
Tyson has experienced health problems in the past. Shortly before landing on a flight to Los Angeles in the summer of 2024, ahead of his high-profile fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, he received medical attention. However, medical staff recommended that Tyson only perform “minimal or light training for the next few weeks” at that time.
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“During a follow-up consultation on Thursday with medical professionals regarding his recent ulcer outbreak, the recommendation is that Mike Tyson do minimal or light training for the next few weeks and then return to full training without limitations,” reads a statement released in late May 2024.
The event was originally scheduled for July, but was postponed to November 2024. Paul ultimately defeated Tyson via unanimous decision. While the fight reportedly attracted a record audience, the broadcast was marred by widespread technical problems.
Mike Tyson speaks on stage during the Arlington press conference for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson at Texas Live! on May 16, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Netflix)
Prior to the 2024 fight, Tyson had not fought competitively since his 2005 TKO loss to Kevin McBride. He returned briefly in an exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. in July 2020.
Tyson said he hopes to return to the ring, adding that he wants to go toe-to-toe with Floyd Mayweather Jr. “We’re going to make this happen on April 25th… around then.”
While Tyson competed in the heavyweight class and Mayweather won titles in multiple weight classes, neither surpassed the 154-pound junior middleweight limit. Mayweather’s last official victory in a sanctioned fight was in 2017 against MMA star Conor McGregor.
Former professional boxer Mike Tyson attends the Celebration of Smiles event hosted by Dionne Warwick on his 81st birthday to benefit medical charity Operation Smile and The Kind Music Academy on December 12, 2021 in Malibu, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images)
Tyson’s relationship with President Donald Trump goes back decades. Tyson credited Trump for pushing him to compete in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
“It was a great idea when he decided to make me fight in Atlantic City. … I just didn’t like Atlantic City back then. I just wasn’t an Atlantic City person and he made me an Atlantic City person. … I even moved there once. “I lived there for a few years.”
