Mike Tyson showed off his incredible physique ahead of his fight with Jake Paul (AFP via Getty)
Mike Tyson’s strength and conditioning coach has revealed the secrets behind the 58-year-old’s training plan for his fight with Jake Paul.
The two-time world heavyweight champion showed off his incredible physique at Thursday night’s weigh-in and tipped the scales at 228.4 pounds, which is five pounds lighter than the weight he registered for his last professional fight – a defeat to Kevin McBride – in 2005.
Tyson’s preparations for his fight with YouTube star-turned-boxer Paul were disrupted earlier this year when he suffered a stomach ulcer in May, which caused him to lose 26 pounds.
With the fight rescheduled to November 15, Tyson was given plenty of time to recover and his training camp began at the end of July.
Andy Velcich, the man tasked with overseeing Tyson’s work in the gym, revealed to Pro Boxing Fans that the 58-year-old was taking part in three sessions per day and would even squeeze in a fourth weight-based training routine on certain evenings.
‘I got involved with Mike about 16 weeks ago, they had to postpone the fight due to some health issues, so we pretty much started the camp 16 weeks ago from scratch,’ Velcich said.
‘We had to put muscle back on and bring his weight back down to right around that 230lbs range, so we pretty much started day one in late July.
‘To watch his progression as we progress, week after week, the training camp was wild. We’re talking training at 11am, boxing at 1pm, strength and conditioning at 2pm to 3pm, then a lot of the times we came in at night at 7pm and hit weights.
‘Mike was so hungry, he came in and right away he was zero to one-hundred.’