MIKE TYSON has decided to forgo boxing after his return to boxing became "financial", instead of "fun".
In November 2020, the heavyweight legend made a remarkable return to action more than 15 years after his retirement announcement.
Mike Tyson during his exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr
Tyson, 55 years old, participated in an eight-round show with Roy Jones Jr., 53 on a Triller pay per-view that sold a reported 1.5 million packages.
Iron Mike's commercial success made boxing more difficult.
Tyson stated on Nelk Boys podcast that "I don’t think I will [fight] but you never know."
"Every 12 to13 months, boom, there is something missing.
"Like something is missing. Boom, I am missing muscle mass. Boom, there's always something else.
"Guys want me to fight them for $100million. I doubt I'll ever do that again.
"I wanted it to be fun and I did it the first time. It was fun for some people to take it to the next level and make it financially lucrative.
Free Bets: Get more than PS2,000 in NEW CUSTOMER DEALSTyson announced his intention to fight again quickly and was believed to be in talks to rekindle old rivals Evander Holyfield (59) and Lennox Lewis (56).
Logan Paul and Jake Paul, YouTuber stars, were linked to the youngest heavyweight champion ever.
SunSport reported that Tyson and Jake had reached a verbal deal for an exhibition in Las Vegas.
Iron Mike, however, admitted that the fight against the 5-0 social media sensation was dead.
Tyson stated that he was not interested in this work.
"If it was back in the beginning, yes. If we were fighting on the same cards and both active, I would do it. But it just turned out bad.
"It didn’t work out right."
