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Published 10:32 17 Nov 2020 GMT
Mike Tyson has stunned his social media followers this week after images emerged of his new jacked physique.
Per News.com.au, the 54-year-old former undisputed world heavyweight champion has transformed his body and now looks almost as fit and shredded as he did back in his prime.
Tyson previously announced his comeback with this insane training video:
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The black and white images of a muscular-looking Tyson staring down the camera were shared on Twitter by ESPN Ringside on Monday, November 16, and captioned simply: "Two weeks out and @MikeTyson is yoked. [sic]
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Tyson is set to square off against 51-year-old former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr who had his last victory in the ring against Scott Sigmon back in 2018, before retiring with a record of 66-9, with 47 knockouts.
Now, Iron Mike's appearance scared the living daylights out of a number of his fans, accruing over 19,700 likes and more than 3,700 shares as of the time of writing.
A great many more fans took to the comments of ESPN's tweet to share their excitement over Tyson's much-anticipated comeback. For instance, one Twitter user wrote: "Oh, Jesus. Who's about to die?? [sic]"
And another added: "Damn Mike! Don't hurt that man! [sic]"
Tyson first announced his boxing comeback in May of 2020, sharing a video of himself training with Muay Thai coach Rafael Cordeiro with his 13.3 million Instagram followers.
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In a recent interview with talkSPORT Cordeiro revealed that, in his opinion, Tyson now has the power and stamina of a 21-year-old, stating:
"As soon as we started training I said 'My Lord'. I didn't know what to expect from a guy who hasn't hit mitts for, I think, almost ten years. So I didn't expect to see what I saw. I saw a guy with the same speed, the same power as a guy who is 21/22-years-old."
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Cordeiro continued:
"And I can tell you would have to be a good guy to spar with Mike, because if you don't prepare, he is going to drop you for sure, 100%. The power is a different level.
"I have trained a lot of heavyweights in my career, with not a lot of respect for everybody, but he is almost as powerful as Wanderlei Silva is right now. When you talk about power, I held his right hook and thought 'he is going to kill somebody.'"
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Meanwhile, in a September interview with Sky Sports, Jones Jr said: "He’s still Mike Tyson, he’s still one of the strongest, most explosive people who ever touched a boxing ring.
"If anything, I made a mistake going in with him. He’s the bigger guy, he’s the explosive guy. He’s going to have all the first-round fireworks, not me.
"I do have first-round fireworks, but he’s known for more first-round fireworks than anybody to ever touch boxing, other than maybe George Foreman. With him having the first-round fireworks, he’ll be against a guy smaller than him, maybe 40, 50 pounds smaller than him."
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Tyson hasn't been in the boxing ring professionally for 15 years, but it's looking like his return is going to be something to remember.
