Mike Tyson Announces Big Career Move, 'Return of the Mike'

Tyson also teased a deeper talk about the leadup to his infamous 2024 fight with Jake Paul and how an ulcer he suffered while preparing for the fight nearly killed him.

"There are so many things I'm going to talk about with that fight," Tyson said. "I didn't know how dangerous an ulcer was. I thought it was going to calm down in an hour or two, but I passed out on the plane. I was just bleeding everywhere. There was so much blood. They had to stop the flight and take me to the hospital."

"It was scary [walking to the ring that night], because I hadn't walked out for a professional fight [in front of a crowd] in 20 years and I wasn't prepared for all the love the fans gave me that night. It overwhelmed me. But in all actuality, that fight could have never taken place. The doctors didn't want the fight to happen [after the ulcer flared up]. But once I was cleared, I was all-in."

Tyson's legacy

From the mid-80s to the early-90s, Mike Tyson ranked among the most dominant boxers that the sport had ever seen. He began his career with 37 consecutive wins with over two dozen devastating knockouts delivering to some of the world's best heavyweights.

Even though the second half of his boxing career was marred by controversy, legal trouble and losses, he is still widely acknowledged as one of the greatest boxers ever.