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Legendary heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is well-known for his love of ma****ana. In fact, he enjoys it so much that he launched his own company, Tyson 2.0, to sell it to the public. However, does this mean he will be floating in the clouds when he gets in the ring with YouTube star Jake Paul for their cross-generational fight? 

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The duo will lock horns on November 15th at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in a ten-two-minute round fight, which will be aired live on Netflix. Regardless, while appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, ‘Iron’ Mike revealed whether he will be under the influence of his own products during the fight. 

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Speaking to Tyson, Kimmel, the host of the show, launched a bunch of questions Tyson’s way about his upcoming fight against ‘The Problem Child.’ However, the conversation quickly took a turn, as Kimmel asked ‘Iron’ whether he had been smoking w**d during his training camp for the fight. Tyson revealed, Well, not really, but I have smoked but not anytime soon.”

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This prompted the host to follow up with whether Tyson would be high during his fight, just for the heavyweight to claim, “I’m gonna be so high off life,” as the live audience was thrown into a fit of laughter. It led Kimmel to make his question even more specific to ma****ana. That’s when Tyson finally relented and suggested that won’t be too far-fetched.

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That’s a possibility too,” Tyson told Kimmel. While Tyson may or may not fight Paul high on w**d, there have been serious concerns about Tyson’s health. Some even believe it’s a very bad idea for 58-year-old Mike Tyson to even enter the ring against Jake Paul. However, Paul is not concerned at all. 

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Jake Paul claims Mike Tyson is doing great

Even though Mike Tyson had already suffered a medical emergency during a cross-country flight, which forced the fight date to be pushed to November, Paul assured fans that Tyson was “super healthy behind the scenes and feeling great.” He even claimed that he would go straight for a knockout, stating, “A pro fight means war, and I don’t take it lightly.”

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“You can get seriously hurt or injured in there. So, if you’re not in there to go to war, then you should just get out,” he told TMZ Sports. As far as strategy is concerned, Paul plans to be cautious in the early rounds and is hoping the former heavyweight champion would gas out in the later rounds—so he can take advantage. 

That being said, it appears Mike Tyson is planning to glide through the Jake Paul fight while being high on life and maybe a little bit of w**d. However, Jake Paul seems to be taking this bout very seriously. Only fight night will reveal what really happens. Until then, share your prediction for the bout. 

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Sudeep Sinha is a Golf Writer at EssentiallySports, covering the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and the storylines around the sport's biggest events and names. He previously spent over two years writing in the Boxing department, where his fight-night coverage was featured on Sports Illustrated, Daily Mail, and Yahoo Sports, including his reporting on Ryan Garcia's career arc. On the golf beat, Sudeep covers tour news, player form, and the season-long storylines that shape the men's and women's game, from majors to the ongoing shifts in how professional golf is structured. That same appetite for detail that made his boxing coverage stand out now shows up in how he breaks down a swing change or a schedule shakeup for hardcore and casual fans alike. Outside work, he splits his time between reading, cycling, and following combat sports.

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