Mike Tyson returned to the ring last month to take on Jake Paul in an eight-round bout in Florida but was unable to get the better of the YouTuber-turned-boxer

Boxing legend Mike Tyson has insisted he wasn’t the least bit tired during his eight-round struggle against Jake Paul.

A 58-year-old Tyson entered the ring for his first official bout in almost 20 years last month when he faced the YouTuber-turned-fighter. His last match before tangling with Paul was a 2005 defeat to Kevin McBride, where he bowed out after five rounds.

Despite the mix of scepticism and hope that surrounded Tyson’s comeback, many boxing enthusiasts held onto the belief that ‘Iron Mike’ might upset the odds. But as expected, Tyson’s age appeared to become a major factor as he lost steam from the second round.

Even though ‘The Problem Child’ failed to knock out the legendary boxer, he secured a unanimous decision win in Texas. And though spectators suspected Tyson’s energy dropped off a cliff by the third round, the man himself felt time flew on fight night.

“Magically. It just happened so quick,” he told 7News at a Miami pop-up event (via The Mirror). “Eight round were over fast. I wasn’t tired. I wasn’t sweating. I didn’t understand that.”

‘Iron Mike’ seems to have finally hung up his gloves for good when it comes to fighting. However, he doesn’t see his connection to the boxing world ending there.

“As I said before, the sky is the limit,” he said when asked about what the future holds. “Anything I want, I’m just happy to be able to do it. I’m very grateful to have the opportunity to be able to do everything that I want to do in this and beyond.”

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His remarks came shortly after his wife seemed to hint at Tyson’s retirement from the ring. His son, Amir, disclosed that his stepmother has declared the icon “done” for good.

Speaking with Seconds Out, Tyson Jr said: “I think he’s done. My stepmom, she’s saying he’s done and they’re a team. That’s husband-and-wife stuff.”

In the same conversation, Amir tackled the rumors that the fight was fixed, adding: “Some people are on that bogus ‘oh, it’s rigged’. We know it wasn’t rigged. He just got tired. Jake would move out the way. It looked like he pulled his punches back but Jake’s moving. It’s not like the pads, he’s moving.

“When someone doesn’t want to accept that someone lost, when it doesn’t go that way of course they’re gonna pull that. And that’s what they’re putting on the internet. His gas tank after the third round was just shot. That’s all it was. He just kept on staying throughout. He did his best. No holding back, he did the best he could at his age.”