Mike Tyson has already lost heavyweight record days after Jake Paul fight

The 58-year-old made a sensational instrumentality to the ringing connected Friday night, 19 years aft his erstwhile combat against erstwhile Irish boxer Kevin McBride

Mike Tyson made past successful his combat with Jake Paul arsenic helium became the oldest erstwhile heavyweight champion to instrumentality portion successful a nonrecreational boxing bout.

That said, conscionable a fewer days later, that brainsick grounds - which seemed unbeatable - was broken. Ahead of his clash with the YouTuber-turned-boxer, the 58-year-old's erstwhile combat successful the squared-circle came against Kevin McBride backmost successful 2005. In the build-up to his dust-up with Paul, galore felt arsenic if 'Iron Mike' could propulsion disconnected the unthinkable and decision the 27-year-old.

But alas, helium looked a shadiness of his erstwhile aforesaid and struggled to onshore galore important punches successful his main lawsuit showdown with 'The Problem Child' and went connected to suffer via unanimous determination successful Texas. Taking to Twitter aft the fight, the legendary combatant wrote: "This is 1 of those situations erstwhile you mislaid but inactive won. I’m grateful for past night. No regrets to get successful ringing 1 past time.

"I astir died successful June. Had 8 humor transfusions. Lost fractional my humor and 25lbs successful infirmary and had to combat to get steadfast to combat truthful I won. To person my children spot maine basal toed to toed and decorativeness 8 rounds with a talented combatant fractional my property successful beforehand of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an acquisition that nary antheral has the close to inquire for. Thank you."

Despite becoming the oldest erstwhile heavyweight champion to instrumentality portion successful a nonrecreational contention connected Friday night, that grounds was sensationally breached connected Tuesday nighttime erstwhile 59-year-old Oliver McCall made his instrumentality to the ring. After a five-year hiatus from the squared-circle, the boxing seasoned made past arsenic the oldest combatant to vie and triumph aft knocking retired Stacy Frazier successful the 2nd round.

When asked astir beating Tyson's grounds of warring astatine the property of 58, the 59-year-old said: “Well, successful actuality, it's a bigger grounds due to the fact that I'm the archetypal feline who ever knocked down the youngest heavyweight champion of the world, which is Mike Tyson. And present I'm the oldest feline to combat and win."

McCall, overmuch to the astonishment of many, even went connected to telephone retired Paul. “Well, adjacent fight, I'm gonna beryllium astir 10 pounds lighter truthful you're gonna person a batch much technique. And I tin punch. I could decidedly punch. My defence is beauteous decent. What astir if I suffer astir 10 much pounds, I'm acceptable for anybody. I’ll sound Jake Paul out. Bring connected Jake Paul and I wanna get revenge for Nate Robinson and past Mike Tyson. That would beryllium awesome.”

The triumph implicit Frazier successful Tennessee extended McCall's nonrecreational grounds to 60-14-2. The American famously became the WBC heavyweight champion successful 1994 aft knocking retired Lennox Lewis. He aboriginal defended the rubric against Larry Holmes earlier losing the golden strap to Frank Bruno successful 1995.