Boxing great Mike Tyson discusses health turnaround, junk food past and Trump relationship

On Sunday, shot fans tuning successful for the Super Bowl matchup betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots volition besides get a archetypal look astatine an advertisement featuring a well-known nonrecreational boxer.

Legendary boxer Mike Tyson, agelong known arsenic "the baddest antheral connected the planet," joined Fox News Channel’s "Jesse Watters Primetime" Friday nighttime to sermon his idiosyncratic wellness journey.

"I would get up successful the greeting and I would devour a batch of nothing, Captain Crunch cereal … astir apt 2 elephantine bowls of that for breakfast. And past aboriginal connected that day, I whitethorn spell get immoderate crystal cream. I would conscionable devour a clump of junk nutrient erstwhile I'm astatine my worst. Just junk food, drinking … disastrous. It wasn't bully backmost past for me. A batch of my friends … my woman didn't deliberation I would marque it to 60."

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Mike Tyson during an unfastened workout session, held astatine Toyota Music Factory successful Irving, Texas, up of his heavyweight bout with Jake Paul, connected Nov. 15, 2024 astatine AT&T Stadium. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

When asked what steps helium took to get his wellness connected track, Tyson replied: "I archetypal started walking 10 minutes a day… I started walking 10 mins up to an hour. Then I stopped eating everything. (The) lone happening I started eating was herb crockery and atom and water."

The erstwhile undisputed heavyweight satellite champion highlighted the value of taking attraction of the carnal body. "We've lone got 1 body. And we person 1 accidental to truly indulge successful it. So I wanted to beryllium successful the champion signifier possible."

Tyson has experienced wellness issues successful the past. Shortly earlier landing connected a formation to Los Angeles successful summertime 2024 up of his high-profile bout with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, helium received aesculapian attention. However, aesculapian unit recommended that Tyson lone prosecute successful "minimal to airy grooming implicit the adjacent fewer weeks" astatine the time.

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"During a follow-up consultation connected Thursday with aesculapian professionals regarding his caller ulcer flare-up, the proposal is for Mike Tyson to bash minimal to airy grooming implicit the adjacent fewer weeks and past instrumentality to afloat grooming with nary limitations," a connection released successful precocious May 2024 read.

The lawsuit was primitively scheduled for July but was postponed to November 2024. Paul yet defeated Tyson by unanimous decision. While the bout reportedly drew a grounds audience, the watercourse was marred by wide method issues.

Mike Tyson speaks onstage during the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Boxing lucifer Arlington property league astatine Texas Live! connected May 16, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas.  (Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Netflix)

Before the 2024 bout, Tyson had not fought competitively since his 2005 TKO nonaccomplishment to Kevin McBride. He returned concisely successful an accumulation lucifer against Roy Jones Jr. successful July 2020.

Tyson said helium looks guardant to getting backmost successful the ring, adding helium wants to spell head-to-head with Floyd Mayweather Jr. "We're going to marque it hap connected April 25th … astir that clip somewhere."

While Tyson competed successful the heavyweight class and Mayweather won titles successful aggregate value classes, nary exceeded the 154-pound inferior middleweight limit. Mayweather's past authoritative triumph successful a sanctioned bout came successful 2017 against MMA prima Conor McGregor.

Former nonrecreational boxer Mike Tyson attends Celebration of Smiles Event hosted by Dionne Warwick connected her 81st Birthday to payment aesculapian foundation organization, Operation Smile and The Kind Music Academy connected Dec. 12, 2021 successful Malibu, California.  (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images)

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Tyson's narration with President Donald Trump dates backmost decades. Tyson credited Trump for pushing him to vie successful Atlantic City, New Jersey.

"That was conscionable a large thought erstwhile helium decided to person maine combat successful Atlantic City ... I conscionable didn't similar Atlantic City backmost then. I conscionable wasn't an Atlantic City person, and helium made maine an Atlantic City idiosyncratic ... I adjacent moved determination 1 time. I lived determination for a fewer years."

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