Mike Tyson Tells Teen Reporter He Would not Care About Legacy: ‘We’re Mud’

Within the lead-up to his highly-anticipated fight against Jake Paul, boxing legend Mike Tyson hilariously defined why he’s not involved about how he’ll be remembered. 

Throughout an interview with 14-year-old reporter Jazlyn “Jazzy” Guerra on Thursday, November 14, Tyson, 58, was requested concerning the “legacy” he’d like to depart behind as soon as his in-ring profession is over. 

“I don’t know, I don’t consider within the phrase ‘legacy,’” Tyson stated bluntly. “I simply assume that’s one other phrase for ego. Legacy doesn’t imply nothing. It’s just a few phrase everyone grabbed onto.”

Tyson continued, “It means completely nothing to me. I’m simply passing by way of. I’m going to die and it’s going to be over. Who cares about legacy after that?”

Guerra, clearly greatly surprised by Tyson’s candidness, let the previous heavyweight champion preserve speaking. 

“We’re nothing,” Tyson stated. “We’re simply useless. “We’re mud. We’re completely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.”

Guerra nodded her head and responded, “Nicely, thanks a lot for sharing that. It’s one thing that I’ve not heard earlier than, somebody say that as a solution.”

“Can you actually think about any person saying, ‘I would like my legacy to be this fashion?’ You’re useless!” Tyson carried on. “You assume any person actually needs to consider you? What’s the audacity to assume, ‘I would like folks to consider me once I’m gone?’ Who the f— cares about me once I’m gone?”

All Guerra might do was chortle, shrug and say, “True.”

The younger reporter obtained kudos within the remark part of her video for the way she dealt with the outrageous interview. 

“Lol good job Jazzy for keepin it pushin & skilled lil sis 😂,” one individual wrote. One other stated, “Bless younger Jazzy. She’s going to be a grasp of human interplay earlier than she will get a drivers license.”

Whereas Tyson won’t care himself, he has an opportunity so as to add a chapter to his legacy when he takes on Paul, 27, in an eight-round boxing match on Friday, November 16. The battle marks Tyson’s first skilled bout since a loss to Kevin McBride in June 2005. 

“There are not any emotions connected,” Tyson told reporters on Tuesday, November 13. “My very own mom needs to be very cautious if she has to get within the ring with me. When it’s over, it’s over. However whereas the method is occurring, my intention is to harm him. I hope he has the identical intentions, or he’s in bother.”

The Tyson-Paul battle, which takes place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is the principle occasion of a battle card that streams stay Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Netflix.