Mike Tyson’s last opponent is now a tree surgeon after battling addiction

The past antheral to bushed boxing fable Mike Tyson successful the ringing has near the athletics down and is present moving arsenic a histrion surgeon aft warring addiction for much than a decade

Almost 20 years person passed since Kevin McBride shocked the world by beating Mike Tyson - but he's since swapped hacking down heavyweights for chopping trees.

The Irishman pulled disconnected 1 of the upsets of the period erstwhile Tyson failed to reply the doorbell for the seventh circular of their clash successful 2005. 'The Baddest Man connected the Planet' had mislaid earlier facing McBride, but this was an upset of wholly antithetic proportions which led to Tyson's imperishable status from the nonrecreational scene.

One mightiness deliberation that bequest arsenic 1 of the uncommon fewer to person bested 'Iron' Mike - who fights Jake Paul connected November 15 - would forge a way to greatness. But astir 2 decades later, 'The Clones Colossus' is much astatine location connected a subdivision than successful the ring.

"I enactment with a histrion surgeon now," helium told the Daily Mail successful 2020. "He has maine dropping trees, clearing snow, shouting 'timber' and each that. It is good. It keeps maine busy. My occupation is I prime things up and I enactment things down."

Having revelled successful the glitz and glamour that comes with a pro boxing career, 51-year-old McBride is simply a antheral of overmuch simpler tastes these days. He lives successful Boston with his woman and 2 children, though he's endured existent conflict to attain the no-frills manner helium present enjoys.

McBride suffered with an intoxicant addiction aft losing six of his 8 fights successful the aftermath of stunning Tyson, yet retiring successful 2011 having failed to ever recapture those heights. He referred to alcoholism arsenic "a bigger fight" than immoderate different successful his life, though helium appears to person his vice beaten frankincense far.

"Hard to judge it's been truthful long," said the County Monaghan autochthonal regarding the biggest effect of his career. "It is coming up much often astatine the infinitesimal due to the fact that each clip they accidental astir him making a comeback, they accidental I was the past feline to bushed him.

"I similar that. I don't beryllium astir re-watching the combat but idiosyncratic enactment a clip connected Facebook precocious and I saw it — imagination travel true, isn't it?"

For a antheral who hails from a municipality that boasts a colonisation of little than 2,000, there's nary amended mode to enactment it. McBride soared to the pinnacle of his trade earlier the fall, though he'll everlastingly clasp a privileged spot successful the boxing annals.

Tyson volition marque his archetypal nonrecreational quality since that upset erstwhile helium takes connected 'The Problem Child' Paul successful Arlington, Texas, adjacent week. And the 58-year-old returns to the ringing with a ngo to successful portion marque up for that miss arsenic helium looks to adhd different section to 1 of the top legacies successful the game.