Mike Tyson has delved into the gruesome details of the medical issue that postponed his initial fight date with Jake Paul.
Tyson and Paul were initially scheduled to square off on July 20, however, the event got pushed back after ‘Iron Mike’ suffered an ulcer flare-up on a flight to Los Angeles.
His representatives claimed he had made a full recovery but further checks from from doctors deemed him medically unfit to compete this summer so the fight was postponed until November 15.
Now, during the first episode of the Paul vs Tyson Netflix docuseries, the former undisputed heavyweight champion has opened up on exactly what happened.
“A week and a half ago I was training and I was doing great but then all of a sudden I started feeling tired,” he said.
“I was explaining to my trainer, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with me’.
“Coming here from Miami on the plane, I went to the bathroom and I threw up blood.
“The next thing I know I’m on the floor, I was defecating tar.
“So I came here and they found I had a big ulcer, two-and-a-half inches, and it was bleeding. All my friends were calling me like I was dying.
“I asked the doctor if I was going to die and she didn’t say no. She said we have options though, and that’s when I got nervous.
“I can’t wait to get out of this motherf***er, man. God, I want to fight and start training.
“I don’t want to die in the hospital bedroom, I want to die in the ring. You wouldn’t believe what I endured from my ulcer.
“I lost 26 pounds, can you imagine that? I was so p***ed off because I had peaked. I was good, talking s***, ready.”
By the end of July, Tyson was back in full training and in good health, according to his agent Andrew Ruf.
Tyson claims the ulcer flare-up resulted from ‘doing too much bad food and stuff’.
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He has since cut out processed foods and is ‘eating clean’ now.
However, the former undisputed heavyweight champion admits he is still vaping in the lead-up to fight night.
