Mike Tyson says despite losing to Jake Paul in his boxing comeback on Saturday afternoon (AEDT), he has still won.
The 58-year-old boxing legend stepped back in the ring for the first time in 19 years to fight Paul, a 27-year-old YouTuber and social media influencer-turned fighter.
And while the fight played out as many predicted it would — with the older man running out of steam early in the bout and eventually losing — he still went the full eight two-minute rounds with someone less than half his age.
On top of that, he did it just months after suffering a medical episode during a flight in May which, he now says, nearly took his life.
“This is one of those situations when you lost but still won,” Tyson said in a statement on Sunday morning (AEDT).
“I’m grateful for last night. No regrets to get in ring one last time.
“I almost died in June. Had eight blood transfusions. Lost half my …