Boxing champion filmed in wheelchair at Miami International Airport
Knockouts, TKOs and scandal interrupt ring career Inside, former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson looked unbeatable.
But now, the 56-year-old slugger rose to fame as a martial artist from a juvenile delinquent, but his momentum is waning and he has many health problems. It seems The
champion was photographed in a wheelchair at Miami International Airport on Monday. The New York Post reports that Tyson is dealing with back problems, specifically "a flare-up of sciatica."
Tyson was rescued by airport officials. In New York last month, Tyson was moving around like an old iron microphone, said the Post. According to the Post, he had a large cane on his knee.
TMZ said Tyson's illness was "not serious. It's just an occupational hazard for an athlete like Mike."
}Tyson has been philosophical in the last few days, thinking he believes his "expiration date" will come sooner or later.
"Of course we're all going to die one day," Tyson said on the popular Hotboxin' podcast. "Then I looked in the mirror and saw little spots on my face and was like, 'Wow. That means my expiration date is coming really soon.'"
July 13 On the episode of!, Tyson's guest was his therapist, trauma and addiction expert Sean McFarland.
Meanwhile, the Brooklyn-born fighter, UFC slugger Conor McGregor, feels the pressure of fame. talk about how to deal with
"Connor looked inside himself and [asked] 'What's wrong? Why am I still who I am? I don't know how to handle this stuff. We got millions of dollars, we've never had this, our family has never been through this, we've never been through this life."Tyson told ESPN.
"Suddenly you start fighting doing what you love and you can do it easily and all of a sudden they are giving you money for doing it. You give it away and buy gifts for people who don't deserve it, you just don't know what to do and feel they don't deserve it."
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