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MIKE TYSON has been doing the rounds to physically prepare for his sensational boxing comeback aged 54.
Tyson, who retired in 2005, has a whole new diet and cardio regime as well as going through a “weird” stem cell treatment.

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Mike Tyson has been training for the last month ahead of his comeback
The former heavyweight king announced plans to make a return to the ring to compete in exhibition bouts for charity, and has been training hard ahead of his comeback.
He is set to face fellow legend Roy Jones Jr on November 28. 
Speaking to rapper LL Cool J on the Rock the Bells Radio show on SiriusXM, Tyson explained the methods he is using to get back into fighting shape, as he revealed: “Really I would just change my diet and just do cardio work.
“Cardio has to start, you have to have your endurance to go and do the process of training.

“So something to do is get in cardio, I would try and get two hours of cardio a day, make sure you get that stuff in. You’re gonna make sure you’re eating the right food.
“For me it’s almost like slave food. Doing what you hate to do but doing it like it’s nothing. Getting up when you don’t want to get up.
“That’s what it is. It’s becoming a slave to life.
“Being a slave to life means being the best person you can be, being the best you can possibly be, and when you are at the best you can possibly be is when you no longer exist and nobody talks about you. That’s when you’re at your best.”

WHAT IS STEM CELL TREATMENT USED FOR?

Stem cell transplants are carried out when bone marrow is damaged or isn’t able to produce healthy blood cells.
It can also be used to replace damaged blood cells as the result of intensive cancer treatment.
Here are conditions that stem cell transplants can be used to treat:
severe aplastic anaemia (bone marrow failure)
leukaemia – a type of cancer affecting white blood cells
lymphoma – another type of cancer affecting white blood cells
myeloma – cancer affecting cells called plasma cells
certain blood, immune system and metabolic disorders – examples include sickle cell anaemia, thalassaemia, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and Hurler syndrome

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Tyson’s return to training for the first time in 15 years has been aided by stem-cell research therapy, that has left him feeling like a “different person”.
Stem-cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition that usually takes the form of a bone marrow transplantation.
Tyson was asked whether that meant if his white blood had been spun and then put back in, to which he replied: “Yes. As they took the blood it was red and when it came back it was almost transfluid (sic).
“I could almost see through the blood, and then they injected it in me.
“And I’ve been weird ever since, I’ve got to get balanced now.”
Having previously claimed he feels in the best shape of his life, Tyson revealed he will be ready and raring to fight again.
He said: “My mind would belong to somebody that disliked me enough to break my soul, and I would give them my mind for that period of time.
“Six weeks of this and I’d be in the best shape I’ve ever dreamed of being in. As a matter of fact, I’m going through that process right now. And you know what else I did, I did stem-cell research.”

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Tyson has dramatically transformed his body as he returned to training
During his reign as champion, Tyson would wake up at 4.30am to run before later heading to the gym where he would do 10-12 rounds of boxing mixed in with an array of muscles exercises.
His diet consisted of 3000-4000 calories of carbohydrates and proteins which helped fuel his training sessions.
Tyson, still the youngest heavyweight champion of all time at 20, retired with a record of 50-6-2 and remains one of the most celebrated punchers of all time.

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Tyson is still the youngest heavyweight champion of all time

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DANIEL DUBOIS’ heavyweight clash with Joe Joyce is set to be delayed until mid-November.
Promoter Frank Warren had initially eyed October 24 for the Battle of Britain spectacular.

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Daniel Dubois (left) was first set to face Joe Joyce (right) in AprilCredit: PA:Press Association
But talks with Government officials have indicated a date in November would be more suitable for allowing fans into the O2 Arena.
November 14 and 21 are the new dates being considered as trials to allow fans back into sporting events continue.
Test events to reintroduce spectators have included cricket, football and rugby matches with boxing so far reduced to behind closed doors.
Matchroom even resorted to staging Dillian Whyte’s fight with Alexander Povetkin in the garden of Eddie Hearn’s HQ.

Warren this week pointed towards an October date for Dubois versus Joyce but SunSport understands the situation is changing quickly.
The Queensberry promoter, 68, said: “Lockdown has meant a delay, but we all want the fight to take place in October and we are hopeful that the government will give us the all-clear.

“What a position the winner will be in. They will be nailed on for a world title shot in 2021.”
Given the delay, prodigal talent Dubois, 22, and former Olympic medallist Joyce, 34, have each taken part in warm-up fights.

Dutchman Ricardo Snijders was dispatched with ease by the younger of the pair last month.
In July, Joyce secured an early knockout of his own in the defeat of Michael Wallisch.

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It is clear Dubois has his sights set on heavyweight boxing’s grandees – should he get past Joyce.
Whyte’s surprise defeat to Povetkin, coupled with Anthony Joshua’s increased vulnerability, has boosted the Greenwich fighter’s confidence.
He told SunSport last month: “Seeing older targets and potential opponents lose – in very good and hard fights – only makes me more confident I can take over soon.”

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LAST year, rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury had agreed to spar each other – and it would not have been the first time, either.
Joshua, 30, told the Gypsy King, 32, he would help him prepare to face Deontay Wilder by becoming one of his sparring partners.

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Anthony Joshua spared Tyson Fury in 2010 when he was an amateurCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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The Gypsy King was only 20-years-old when he sparred JoshuaCredit: Getty Images – Getty
AJ’s proposition was accepted by Fury who would “love” to have AJ in his training camp – but it never happened.
Now the two are in line to fight for real in an all-British unification fight.
It comes after the heavyweight champions verbally agreed to a two-fight deal for next year. 
Joshua and Fury have shared the ring before, in 2010, when the Gypsy King was 22 and preparing to face Derek Chisora for the first time – with Joshua a 20-year-old amateur.

Soon after their spar, in a candid interview with journalist Steve Bunce, Fury admitted Joshua “gave me a beating” for three rounds – and predicted the unified champion’s future stardom.
He said: “He’s very good. To be honest with you, I thought to myself ‘I’m only going to take it easy as he’s an amateur and we probably won’t spar again if I go mad.
“He’s rushed out at me he threw a one-two and left-hook and I slipped, slipped and I thought he’s not very good I’m going to take my time.
“Then bash, he hits me with a big uppercut right on the point of the chin – if I had a bit of a weak chin like David Price I would’ve been knocked out for a month.

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“He’s very, very good and only young, 20, watch out for that name Anthony Joshua he is one prospect for the future.
“He came out at me for three rounds and he gave me a beating – I’m not going to deny it, he gave me hell for leather.
“For three rounds I thought ‘Oh my god, an amateur is killing me’.
“Being a professional, and I’ve been an amateur myself and fought all over the world, I slowed him down a bit with a few good body shots.
“The kid’s only 20, and I’m a handful myself, so for him to put up a good performance like that against a top prospect in me, I think he’s one for the future.”
AJ explained: “I was just in the gym to avoid getting punched if I was found guilty for one of my court cases.

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“Tyson Fury came down, my coach told me this was the guy from the paper and if he is knocked out, you get a Rolex watch.
“I wasn’t even in to Rolex watches back then, I was rocking Casios!
“I was young and we just went to war really. He’s a gypsy warrior, hungry and that’s it – just a good, all out heavyweight sparring session.”
It seems Fury himself had a change of heart about what happened ten years ago.

Speaking to Showtime before he drew against Wilder, the Manchester slickster maintained Joshua had success in the early rounds, but was left squealing from body shots later on.
Fury said: “We’ve had a spar before – amateur boxer he was at the time – he had a good couple of rounds then I started hitting him round the body.

He came out at me for three rounds and he gave me a beating – I’m not going to deny it, he gave me hell for leather.
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“He was lifting his legs up in the corner, there were 10 people in the gym who saw it.
“I’m there with my hands down, he’s coming forward with big swings, how’s he going to hit me? I said go on then, put one on me, I’ll stand still.”
Fury even claims he offered to have a street fight with AJ – but the Watford ace “s*** himself”.
He revealed: “He seems pretty spirited, doesn’t he?
“But when I stood face-to-face to him and said, ‘Do you want to get outside?’ His a*** started flapping.
“He s*** himself.

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“It doesn’t matter what weight I was at the time, I wasn’t in shape, but I’d have took him outside and kicked his c*** right in for him.
“If a man said that to me – I don’t care if I was unfit or not – he’d be outside and punches. We’d have had to have a fight. Simple.
“But I said that to him and he didn’t want to know.”

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Joshua offered to help Fury prepare to face Deontay Wilder by sparring each otherCredit: Mark Robinson Ltd

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