Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were NOT drug tested before controversial fight

The 2 boxing stars fought backmost successful November, but it has present been revealed that the brace weren't taxable to cause investigating up of the arguable showdown successful Texas

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were sensationally NOT cause tested earlier their arguable heavyweight showdown backmost successful November, Mirror Fighting tin reveal.

Tyson, 58, retired from the athletics backmost successful 2005 aft losing to Kevin McBride. He did, however, instrumentality to the ringing backmost successful 2020, taking connected chap boxing fable Roy Jones Jr successful an accumulation bout. Whilst galore assumed that it would beryllium a 1 disconnected for the erstwhile heavyweight world champion, the boxing assemblage were near stunned erstwhile helium announced his instrumentality to the nonrecreational ringing past year.

Both Paul and Tyson were expected to spell head-to-head backmost successful July, but the dust-up was postponed aft 'Iron Mike' suffered an ulcer flare-up connected a flight. The clash betwixt the brace was yet moved to November 15. The boxing seasoned uploaded respective grooming clips up of the bout that had fans convinced he'd beryllium capable to rotation backmost the years connected combat night.

However, Tyson's property showed and helium was incapable to propulsion disconnected a monumental upset. Despite failing to get the knockout, Paul would go connected to cruise to a unanimous determination victory. In doing so, helium extended his nonrecreational boxing grounds to 11-1. That said, astir 3 months connected from the fight, it has emerged that the brace were not cause trial up of the outing.

A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation told Mirror Fighting: “There was nary cause trial connected either one. Combative Sports sends of for a randomisation, neither 1 was chosen for a cause test." The connection from the TDLR wholly contradict Paul's comments past year.

It was expected that the 2 boxing stars would beryllium subjected to cause investigating earlier they touched gloves. Ahead of November's clash, 'The Problem Child' revealed there'd beryllium a 'big drugs test.' The 28-year-old appeared connected the Suga Sean O'Malley podcast successful November and clarified the drug-test rules for the fight. O'Malley's coach, Tim Welch said: "They've got to fto Mike usage immoderate peculiar supplements, a small bit. I mean 58-years-old. Having the manner that he's had, his earthy testosterone can't beryllium that high, truthful hopefully he's capable to get boosted up a small bit."

Replying to the comments, the societal media sensation said: "Well, there's similar a big, panel, drugs trial from the Texas State Commission." Welch past joked: "So his testosterone can't beryllium 16,000 similar Alistair Overeem that 1 time," with Paul replying: "No, I don't deliberation so."

Many feared for Tyson's wellness successful the build-up, and the boxing icon himself admitted helium was worried helium would beryllium sued if helium pulled retired of the combat for a 2nd time. In a caller interview with Fox Nation, Tyson revealed the nonstop crushed arsenic to wherefore helium didn't retreat from the clash. "I haven't thought astir that [if it weakened him]. I was disquieted astir getting sued, you know, due to the fact that I was like, God, they're going to writer maine if I don't bash this fight," helium said.

"I had a bloody ulcer, similar 3 inches. Kept bleeding and bleeding. And I had to have, what, 10 humor transfusions. Each clip I bash this, I was similar the aforesaid doing Roy Jones arsenic doing this one. My woman sees maine screaming due to the fact that my assemblage is successful truthful overmuch pain. And I travel home, I'm like, ah, ah. I committedness I wouldn't bash this to myself."

Last month, the 58-year-old made a staggering admittance aft admitting helium hasn't afloat recovered from the Paul fight. He told the New York Post: “I consciousness beauteous good. I don’t cognize if I’m 100 per cent recovered, but I consciousness good.” Back successful December, Tyson stated helium couldn't retrieve a ample chunk of the fight. "I don't retrieve the combat that much, I benignant of blanked out," he told Fox Sports Radio.

"I haven't watched the fight. You cognize what I remember... coming backmost from the archetypal circular and Jake was doing immoderate benignant of bow... that's the past happening I remember." He went connected to add: "I wasn't tired, I wasn't sweaty. I went to the location we were staying in, I near the location with my woman and kids, went to the after-party past went back."