MIKE TYSON admits he questioned why he signed up to fight Jake Paul.
The former heavyweight champion is set to make his return to the ring for the first time since 2020, when he fought Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition.
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But he feels his training has prepared him to knock out Jake PaulSportsfile
Paul is confident he will put on a show in DallasSportsfile
Prior to that he had not fought for 15 years and he has experienced a host of medical issues in recent years, including sciatica that made him wheelchair bound.
An ulcer flare up earlier this year meant Tyson was unable to fulfil the original date of the bout in July, so it was postponed for November 15.
Tyson, 58, is 31 years older than Paul and he admits he initially questioned himself for accepting the fight.
He said: “I’m tougher than I believed I was.
“Because when I agreed to this fight and started training, I thought: ‘What the f*** am I thinking of?’
“But now I’ve finished the process, the fight is the party. Never in a million years did I think I would be fighting him.”
Paul, 27, is just as confident as Iron Mike and is showing no sign of intimidation ahead of the showdown in Dallas, Texas.
He said: “I’m just blessed to be here, so grateful to all the fans who showed up,” he said after his own workout. “Dallas is going to be an amazing night on Friday.
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“I’m just having fun doing my thing. I feel really good, sharp and explosive, and it’s going to be a short night for Mike.
“It’s not about how long you’ve been doing something, it’s about how good you do it. On Friday, people are going to see me out-box the person who’s been doing it their whole life.
“We are an unstoppable force and on Friday, my dreams come true and my career starts. This is the start of an amazing journey, it doesn’t matter what I’ve done before, my career starts now.”
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