{"id":535097,"date":"2026-03-12T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:02:09","slug":"mike-tyson-disappointed-in-the-state-of-modern-boxing-blames-stars-for-perceived-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535097\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson &#8216;disappointed&#8217; in the state of modern boxing, blames stars for perceived decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Tyson thinks the massive financial success of his fight with Jake Paul shows that the sport is in a poor spot.<\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson made his remarkable return to the ring at age 58 in late 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/boxing-news\/terence-crawford\/terence-crawford-latest-label-jake-paul-mike-tyson-heartbreaking-scripted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">losing to Jake Paul by unanimous decision<\/a>. Tyson\u2019s fight came almost 20 years after he left the sport professionally, stemming from his retirement bout against Kevin McBride in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being years removed from the ring and being well into his 50s, Tyson\u2019s fight with Paul was a massive financial success. The fight drew millions of viewers around the world and earned the heavyweight boxing legend an eight-figure payday.<\/p>\n<p>But Tyson believes the success of the Paul fight is evidence that boxing\u2019s current stars, including Canelo Alvarez and Shakur Stevenson, aren\u2019t doing enough to help the sport\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson: Stars \u2018don\u2019t want to\u2019 break boxing records and boost the sport<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LHQ_tPAk3Ao?si=1Nm71Ja3Z8jph1sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Tyson gave a brutal assessment of the state of boxing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what fighters should be thinking right now\u2026 \u2018How could this guy be 60 years old and break all the records?\u2019 They should be disappointed with themselves,\u201d Tyson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow could this old cat come in here and break all the records? They don\u2019t want to do it\u2026they fight once or twice a year, no one knows who they are. They need to have a story behind them. People looking up to them and following them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that they\u2019re not getting paid too much. If you get paid for one fight, why not do it three times in a year? It\u2019s a no-lose situation,\u201d Tyson continued. \u201cYou\u2019re fighting, getting in shape, getting paid. More money than you ever have before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyson will return to the ring later this year in an exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Mike Tyson\u2019s comments? Let us know below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Tyson thinks the massive financial success of his fight with Jake Paul shows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,8199,85],"class_list":["post-535097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-mike-tyson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}