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Mike Tyson is back to feeling like iron once more ... the boxing legend says he's "100%" healthy again after suffering a medical scare on a flight over the weekend.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Welcome to TMZ Sports, I'm Mike Babcock.

00:07 My guys, Edward Lewis, Lucas Widman.

00:10 Guys, we're gonna start with Mike Tyson

00:11 in a really scary moment for the boxing legend

00:16 over the weekend on a cross country flight

00:19 from Miami to Los Angeles.

00:20 Now, thankfully, and Mike has just broken his silence

00:25 before we stepped up here guys to do the show

00:27 and Mike says that he is okay.

00:30 So that's the silver lining here, that's the positive news.

00:33 Let's get into what was again a really scary situation.

00:36 So Mike Tyson over the weekend traveling

00:39 like a lot of people were Memorial Day weekend,

00:42 flying from Miami out here to Los Angeles

00:45 on an American Airlines flight.

00:47 Obviously Mike on July 20th has the big fight

00:50 with Jake Paul coming up.

00:52 I guess the question now might be

00:54 is that fight still going to happen?

00:56 Anyway, American Airlines Saturday,

00:59 about 30 minutes before the five hour flight was completed,

01:04 as the plane was nearing ready to land,

01:06 Mike experienced a medical emergency.

01:08 Now, we have since been told and we'll get into again,

01:12 some of the statements that we've gotten from his people

01:14 and from Mike himself, but Mike had a flare up of an ulcer

01:18 and because of that, he felt dizzy

01:21 and he felt really nauseous.

01:22 Now we said 30 minutes from landing,

01:24 but the situation was so dire on board the plane

01:28 that they actually went on the public address system

01:30 and they asked if there were any doctors on board.

01:33 Now, thankfully there was a doctor on board

01:35 who was able to attend to Mike

01:38 and get him to where he was okay until the plane landed.

01:41 Plane lands, everyone has to stay in their seats,

01:44 paramedics come on board, they treat Mike,

01:46 they take him off the plane and again,

01:48 guys we've since heard from Mike Tyson who says he's okay,

01:51 but July 20th, this man's got a professional fight

01:55 against a 27 year old hungry Jake Paul

01:58 and I think it's very fair now to ask the question,

02:00 is the fight going to happen and should the fight happen?

02:03 - Well, if you're asking Mike Tyson,

02:05 he says 100% it's still going to happen.

02:07 I'm feeling back to 100% now

02:09 and I don't even need to be 100% if I wanna beat Jake Paul.

02:13 So a little bit of humor there,

02:14 but I think this whole incident is a reminder

02:18 that Mike Tyson is in fact 57 years old.

02:21 I know a lot of people don't want to believe that,

02:24 especially given his amazing career

02:26 and the workout videos that he's been posting

02:29 over the past several months, leading up to this fight.

02:32 They're like, oh, there's absolutely no way

02:33 he's gonna have any issue against a former Disney star

02:36 and a YouTuber no matter how many years he's been training.

02:39 But I think this is getting people a little cautious

02:42 about what is actually going to go down on July 20th.

02:44 - I also think that there appears to be somewhat

02:46 of an effort to downplay this, right?

02:48 I mean, the Tyson's representative

02:50 saying he just was simply nauseous and dizzy

02:51 and Mike, obviously this morning,

02:53 is saying he's back to 100%

02:54 only two days after the incident.

02:55 But I mean, imagine that you're on a plane.

02:57 I mean, how many times have y'all been on a plane

02:58 and at any point have they asked for a doctor

03:01 over the PA system?

03:02 You know what I mean?

03:03 - No, it's very serious.

03:04 - That seems significant to me.

03:05 It's not just, oh, he's feeling a little bit queasy

03:08 and nauseous.

03:09 I mean, that's something that's significant.

03:10 And you're only, what, 60, 70 days away

03:12 from July 20th at this point.

03:13 Like, who knows if these wear ups happen in training

03:16 or the day before the fight or the day of the fight.

03:19 And then, you know, I don't think necessarily

03:21 this cancels it or anything,

03:22 but like to Luke's point, I think there's now some,

03:24 maybe we gotta start thinking about some precautions

03:26 or some backup dates or some backup fighters.

03:28 Because if it happens once on a flight from Miami to LA,

03:30 why is it not happening at a huge event in Arlington, Texas,

03:34 you know, before a big fight against a 27-year-old boxer?

03:36 - No, it just puts it into perspective.

03:38 And I think, and I'm guilty of this too,

03:40 and I'm that age that Mike was in his prime

03:42 and I was a kid and you think this guy is invincible.

03:44 But like they say, I mean, time is undefeated,

03:47 age is undefeated.

03:48 And even Mike Tyson ages, he's going to be 58 years old,

03:51 at least when he steps foot in the ring, he's 57.

03:53 Now, like Lucas said, this is the kind of thing

03:55 that can happen when you start to get a little bit older.

03:57 And I think you're absolutely right, Ed.

03:59 There certainly is an effort to downplay this here now.

04:02 And it's hard to sell the fight

04:04 if you've got people picturing a very old

04:06 and a sick Mike Tyson.

04:07 That's not the Mike that they want to show.

04:09 And to your point too, Ed, you're right.

04:11 I was on a plane one time and they called for a doctor

04:14 and it was for somebody who had actually passed away

04:16 on the flight.

04:17 It's not like you do that

04:18 because someone has a minor headache.

04:20 I mean, it's serious medical conditions

04:22 where you call for a doctor.

04:23 So we're glad Mike's okay.

04:26 Lucas read Mike's statement.

04:27 Mike says he's okay.

04:28 Whether or not this thing actually happens on July 20th,

04:32 stay tuned.

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