RICKY HATTON has urged Mike Tyson to cancel plans for a comeback at the age of 54 and says it would be a tragedy if the heavyweight legend picked up a “serious injury”.
The heavyweight legend, 54, has confirmed he will make his comeback against Roy Jones Jr, 51, on September 12.
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Ricky Hatton has warned Iron Mike against making a comebackCredit: PA:Press Association
Manchester hero Hatton – who made an unsuccessful comeback in 2012 by losing to Vyacheslav Senchenko after three years out – wants the reformed Baddest Man on The Planet to stay retired.
Hatton, who lost a stone and a half training in lockdown, told iFL TV: “Everyone said ‘Are you fighting Mike Tyson?’ One thing I won’t be doing is fighting John Fury. John’s going for it, isn’t he?
“Mike’s in a good place now. When he retired, he wasn’t in a good place. He was on medication.
“Now he’s doing positive things, and he’s doing motivational speaking. He’s talking well and looking well. It’s one thing that you’re talking well and looking well, but you’re 53.
“We all make comebacks because we have so much to improve. That’s why I came back because I felt like I had to redeem myself.
“But Mike has mentally got himself on track, not just physically on track. He’s looking better, talking better, and feeling better.
“Now his body is right, and his head is right, why is he thinking comeback? I don’t get it. It would be a tragedy for him after he went through all those bad times, and got back on the straight and narrow to do himself some serious injury.
“But with Mike making a comeback, I really hope he doesn’t. I think I’m not alone saying that.”
Tyson also used the time in lockdown to dramatically transform his body, having stunned fans by announcing plans to lace up the gloves again.
But heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has predicted Tyson will “rule the division” after watching his training clips.
Mike Tyson will step back into the ring after 15 years of retirementCredit: Splash News
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