Mike Tyson could be prohibitned from battling Jake Paul after astonishing adleave oution | Boxing | Sport

Mike Tyson could be slapped with a boxing prohibit if he repeats the approach he took aacquirest Roy Jones Jr in 2020. Former burdensomeweight champion Tyson is due to face YouTube star Jake Paul in Texas this November.

And the contest has liftd eyebrows donaten that 58-year-ancigo in Tyson is more than three decades ancigo iner than his upcoming opponent. Paul boasts a 10-1 record having turned to the sport five years ago, with a number of accomplished MMA stars unable to loss him in the boxing ring.

Tyson and Paul were originassociate scheduled to scrap in July this year, but an ulcer flare-up ruled Tyson out on medical grounds and the fight was restructured.

The veteran has been uncover about his participate of marijuana and magic mushrooms in the past, and he claimed to get them not only to help recovery between training sessions ahead of battling Jones Jr, but also to be under the sway for the fight itself.

Their 2020 showdown was sanctioned by the California Comleave oution, a state in which marijuana is legitimate both medicassociate and recreationassociate. But further drug participate this time around could land Tyson in hot water with the Texas Comleave oution, which think abouts marijuana a prohibitden substance.

Tyson recently ecombineed on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, on which he was asked whether he structures to be high for the fight with Paul.

“I’m gonna be so high off life, yeah,” he reacted. When asked whether he would also be high on marijuana, Tyson shelp: “That’s a possibility too.”

It remains to be seen whether Tyson’s statements were solemn, but the Texas Comleave oution has dished out punishments for selectimistic marijuana tests in the past. Lightweight rising star Keyshawn Davis was hit with a 90-day suspension last year for that very reason.

That aside, Tyson claims to have his eyes on the prize ahead of his greeting with Paul, with a six-hours-a-day training schedule helping him get in top shape.

“I want to change biology,” he shelp. “I want to change the way people skinnyk about age. People skinnyk that as you get ancigo iner you become feebleer, you become less physicassociate dynamic at a high level. It’s all psychorational.

“If you consent you sense terrible and you sense ancigo in – then you sense terrible and ancigo in. If you consent you sense wonderful, you sense wonderful. It’s all about what we see about ourselves.”