JAMIE FOXX has bulked up dramatically to play heavyweight legend Mike Tyson in an upcoming movie.
The Oscar-winning actor, 52, is just a year younger than The Baddest Man on the Planet and looks in equally good shape.
Foxx showed how much he has bulked up to play Tyson in a series of topless photos
Foxx looked noticeably smaller in this photo from JanuaryCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Iron Mike has undergone his own stunning transformation from bloated former fighter to jacked athlete ahead of his highly anticipated comeback.
Some CGI will be used to help Foxx portray Tyson at various stages of his life and career.
But for the most part it will be the real thing, and Foxx has gone through a brutal training regime to replicate Tyson’s intimidating look.
The Django Unchained star posted a series of topless selfies to his Instagram followers.
And he wrote alongside the photos: “The transformation begins… “FINDING MIKE”.
“It is no secret that I have been pursuing the @miketyson biopic for some time… people always ask me when is it going to happen?… things have finally lined up…
“A few months ago we started the journey… The first but biggest task is to transform the body… with a regiment of pull-ups dips and push-ups we are off to a pretty good start… we have a ways to go but God willing…
“I shared these early pics of the process… like I said we have a ways to go… But I am prepared to get there!”
Foxx had clearly packed on muscle for his role in the biopicCredit: Instagram / @iamjamiefoxx
The Hollywood A-lister has radically altered his body shape with a punishing training regimeCredit: Instagram / @iamjamiefoxx
Foxx has always been in good shape but he looks to have leaned up and packed on quality muscle
Foxx said his workout of 60 pull ups, 60 dips and 100 press ups had radically altered his top half but joked: “I ain’t got no legs, I ain’t got no calf muscles so we’re gonna have to get some prosthetics for that.”
He aims to weigh around 15st when filming starts, to reflect the shape of a young Tyson, before “ballooning” to 16st to play an older version of the boxer.
Foxx, who won an Academy Award for his role in Ray, confirmed the film was underway in an interview on Instagram Live – where he also revealed his first meeting with Tyson.
Asked if the biopic was definitely taking place, Foxx said: “It’s a definitive yes.
“Doing biographies is a tough thing. Sometimes it takes 20 years to get them done, but we officially got the real ball rolling.
“I met Mike Tyson in the weirdest way, I was on stage doing stand-up years ago [when I was 22]. I get to my Mike Tyson joke and nobody claps, nobody laughs. You know why? Because Mike Tyson was watching.
“So I started hanging out with Mike Tyson so I got to see Mike in two different ways, two different lives.
“I saw him at the height of his career and then when things got bad, things got bumpy, I also saw him as well, so what I’m excited about the movie is to show those moments of the different Mike.
“That’s the person we want to show.”
Iron Mike announced himself to the world at the age of 20 when he became the youngest ever heavyweight champion.
He would later cement his reputation as one of the greatest by becoming undisputed champion.
His life has also been marred by controversy including biting off the ear off old foe Evander Holyfield.
Out of the ring he spiralled out of control with a history of drug and alcohol addiction and depression.
He also allegedly hit his first wife, with Robin Givens describing life with Tyson as “torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine”.
In 1992 he was convicted of the rape of then 18-year-old Desiree Washington and jailed for six years.
Tyson Fury recently said he had accepted a fight against his namesake while other reports claimed Tyson and Shannon Briggs were close to agreeing a £20million tag team match.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
