MIKE TYSON is contemplating NEVER preventing once more after his boxing comeback turned "monetary" as a substitute of "enjoyable".
The heavyweight legend made a shocking return in November 2020, greater than 15 years after he introduced retirement.
Tyson, 55, drew in an eight-round exhibition with fellow American nice Roy Jones Jr, 53, on a Triller pay-per-view which offered a reported 1.6million packages.
However following the business success of Iron Mike's comeback, he admitted boxing turned extra of a burden once more.
Tyson stated on Nelk Boys' podcast: "I don’t suppose I'll [fight] both however you by no means know once more.
"Each 12 to 13 months, increase, one thing is lacking.
"Like, one thing is lacking. Growth, I am lacking muscle mass, increase, it is all the time one thing totally different.
“Guys wish to struggle me for $100million. I don’t suppose I’ll ever do stuff like that any extra.
"I needed to do it the primary time, only for enjoyable, to have enjoyable. Some individuals took it to a different stage and made it monetary and the enjoyable went out of it.”
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Tyson rapidly introduced plans to struggle once more and was rumoured to be in talks with previous rivals Evander Holyfield, 59, and Lennox Lewis, 56.
YouTuber stars Logan and Jake Paul, 26 and 25 respectively, had been additionally linked with the youngest heavyweight champion of all time.
SunSport revealed Tyson and Jake had a verbal settlement for a Las Vegas exhibition.
However when quizzed on the bout in opposition to the 5-0 social media sensation, Iron Mike admitted it was lifeless within the water.
Tyson stated: “I’m not even concerned about doing these things.
“If it was again when it first began, sure, and we had been each preventing on the identical card and each energetic, yeah I'd do it but it surely simply turned unhealthy.
"It didn’t end up proper.”
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