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“If You Don’t Someone Else Will” – Mike Tyson Rolls Out a Motivational Message for Fans

Published 07/24/2021, 9:30 AM EDT

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Mike Tyson is no less than a colossal brand in the modern boxing world today. With his unusual activities, Tyson stays extremely active in the fight game and even the young generation of the fans know him fairly well for who he was and his capabilities. Moreover, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ looks to explore multiple ways to inspire one and all with his actions.

That said, he stays highly active on his social handles, posting updates about his life and more.

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Recently, he took it to Instagram to share a piece of a motivational message for his followers. Sharing an old picture, he wrote, “Always keep your eyes on the prize. If you don’t someone else will.”

Over so many decades, boxing fans have witnessed enormous stars taking the sport by storm and making their mark. But, no one in this vertical of combat sports ever had an unusual and sublime boxing stint like ‘Iron’ Mike.

The 55-year-old still keeps his love for the sport on top and even at his current age, he pushes extensive boundaries with his workouts.

In November 2020, he took up an exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr., and post then, his activity in the sport has ballooned. In that fight, he fared exuberantly well and rolled out a prolific show for fans. With his performance, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ proved that age is just a number, and he’s the biggest technician to ever step inside the ring.

The fans might get to see Tyson lacing up the boxing gloves soon, as he might enter an exhibition tussle against Lennox Lewis.

Will Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis’ exhibition bout do well on fans’ expectations?

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Tyson’s fight with Roy Jones Jr. saw a whopping 1.6 million PPV buys. This made it one of the best events of 2021 and overall it went down as one of the best exhibition clashes of all time.

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Considering that, if ‘Iron’ Mike enters a tussle with his former rival Lennox Lewis, it’ll break the aforementioned PPV records.

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It’ll be interesting to see if this high-voltage exhibition come to fruition. Would you like to see Tyson going up against Lennox Lewis?

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA.
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