‘He’s gonna try to hurt me’, says Mike Tyson, 57, as he admits to being ‘scared to death’ of Jake Paul fight [Video]

MIKE TYSON has admitted he is “scared to death” ahead of his fight with Jake Paul.

The heavyweight boxing icon takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul in a controversial clash on July 20 in Texas.

Tyson officially retired in 2005 but did return in 2020 to draw over eight exhibition rounds with fellow great Roy Jones Jr.

The Baddest Man on The Planet was full of nerves back then four years ago – and nothing has changed now.

He told FoxNews: “I have a weird personality – I don’t think it’s weird though.

“Whatever I’m afraid to do, I do it. That’s how it is. I was afraid of the Roy fight. 

“I was 100lbs overweight, I was however old, 54, 53, and I said, ‘Let’s do it.’

“Anything I’m afraid of, I confront it. That’s my personality. Right now, I’m scared to death.

“I always believed that adversity and nervousness pretty much catapulted me …