Nairobi, Kenya, November 18- Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 58, faced a controversial loss in his comeback fight against Jake Paul on Friday, November 15, 2024. Despite the defeat, Tyson expressed no regrets, emphasizing his gratitude for being able to return to the ring after a serious health scare earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Originally scheduled for July, the fight was postponed when Tyson was hospitalized in June due to a severe ulcer. The boxer revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that he underwent eight blood transfusions, lost half his blood, and dropped 25 pounds during his recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is one of those situations where you lose but still win,\u201d Tyson wrote on Saturday, November 16. \u201cI almost died in June\u2026 To have my children see me stand toe to toe for 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in a packed Dallas Cowboys stadium is an experience no man has the right to ask for. No regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jake Paul, 27, responded with admiration, writing, \u201cLove you, Mike. It was an honor. You\u2019re an inspiration to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the fight, Paul admitted he had held back during the match, avoiding a knockout when he noticed Tyson struggling. “I didn\u2019t want to hurt him,” the social media star confessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tyson\u2019s return to the ring, despite his health challenges and age, proved to be a moment of triumph and inspiration, even in defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nairobi, Kenya, November 18- Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 58, faced a controversial loss in his comeback fight against Jake Paul on Friday, November 15, 2024. Despite the defeat, Tyson expressed no regrets, emphasizing his gratitude for being able to return to the ring after a serious health scare earlier this year. Originally scheduled for July, the fight was postponed when Tyson was hospitalized in June due to a severe ulcer. The boxer revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that he underwent eight blood transfusions, lost half his blood, and dropped 25 pounds during his recovery. \u201cThis is one of those situations where you lose but still win,\u201d Tyson wrote on Saturday, November 16. \u201cI almost died in June\u2026 To have my children see me stand toe to toe for 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in a packed Dallas Cowboys stadium is an experience no man has the right to ask for. No regrets.\u201d Jake Paul, 27, responded with admiration, writing, \u201cLove you, Mike. It was an honor. You\u2019re an inspiration to us all.\u201d After the fight, Paul admitted he had held back during the match, avoiding a knockout when he noticed Tyson struggling. “I didn\u2019t want …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}