Mike Tyson is due to take on Jake Paul in Texas in July but reportedly suffered a medical issue while boarding a flight from Miami to Los Angeles
Mike Tyson required medical attention while on board a flight from Miami to Los Angeles just weeks before taking on Jake Paul in a boxing fight.
The boxing legend is due to take on social media star Paul in Texas in July but needed attention after boarding the flight on Sunday evening. According to In Touch Weekly, a message was issued over the tannoy system asking if there was a doctor on board.
Tyson is understood to have become dizzy after suffering an ulcer flare up 30 minutes before the plane was due to land. The 57-year-old received medical attention but a spokesperson told Mirror Fighting the ring legend is “doing great”. The flight was delayed by two hours but it is understood this was due to an issue with the air conditioning.
An eyewitness told the magazine: “Mike had some kind of medical emergency on the plane and paramedics boarded. Before the paramedics arrived the flight issued an announcement asking for a doctor — the message even came on everyone’s screens.
“There was a lot of buzz when he left the Admirals Club and got to the gate. A lot of fans recognised him, and a few people got pictures .He was very accommodating and then he was escorted away from the gate because the flight was delayed because the gate person said that the plane was too hot because it had been sitting all day and had to cool down.”
The eyewitness continued: “He was in first class, but we were an exit row and the stewardess was very chatty. They asked us to stay on the plane and landed so paramedics could enter. She said something like, ‘He’s a really important passenger so we want to make sure he’s OK.’ I knew it was him, but I just mouthed the words ‘ Mike Tyson ’ and she nodded her head yes.”
Eddie Hearn vs Frank Warren are set to lock horns in a huge 5 vs 5 event on June 1 with each promoter pitting their best fights against the other’s stable in Saudi Arabia.
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Tyson and Paul will meet over eight two-minute rounds in front of up to 90,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium. The rivals met for two press conferences earlier this month as they faced off the fist time. Both men promised they would beat the other on fight night.
“I’m going to show the world that I can outbox Mike Tyson, prove everyone wrong, and show that I will be the one doing the killing,” said Paul, while Tyson added: “Once he’s in that ring, he has to fight like his life depends on it, because it will be. “