Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson suffered a medical emergency on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday, his representative said Monday.
Tyson’s representative said in a statement to The Times that Tyson “suffered nausea and dizziness from an ulcer attack 30 minutes before landing.” “He is extremely grateful to the medical staff who assisted him at the scene.”
Tyson is now “doing great,” according to the representative.
Tyson, 57, has been preparing to face YouTube star Jake Paul, 27, on July 20 in Arlington, Texas. Tyson held the world title from 1987 to 1990 but retired from professional boxing in 2005 – when Paul was still a child.
The game will be streamed live on Netflix; the streaming giant has expanded its coverage of the game in recent months with “The Tom Brady Ritual” and the multi-part “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.” Investment in live entertainment. The entertainment company has signed a deal to bring WWE’s flagship weekly wrestling series “Monday Night Raw” to streaming starting next year.
Tyson – once the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history – will be 58 when he faces Paul at AT&T Stadium this summer.
The boxer’s long saga inside and outside the sport includes a heavyweight championship, prison time, a memoir, a famous cameo on The Hangover and, perhaps most infamously, biting off boxer Evander during a fight ·A small piece of Holyfield’s ear.
On Monday morning, Paul appeared to respond to Tyson’s medical incident and subsequent questions about the upcoming fight on social platform Nothing has changed #PaulTyson.
Tyson, considered one of the greatest figures in boxing history, has praised the brash YouTuber and former Disney Channel star in the past, saying last year that Paul’s love for the sport helps keep people on the edge of their seats.
Like Tyson, the influencer-turned-boxer has courted controversy in the past: He hosted a massive house party during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, sparking criticism from the Calabasas mayor. Anger and other issues.
