DEADLY WEAPON
Mike Tyson, 53, is so powerful he’s going to KILL somebody, warns trainer as he reveals boxer’s as sharp as 21-year-old
MIKE TYSON has the power to KILL someone in the ring even at the age of 53, his coach has incredibly claimed.
The former world heavyweight champ stunned the world with his rapid fire sequence in a recent training clip.
He has since been offered $1million to fight New Zealand rugby icon Sonny Bill Williams.
And former fighter Oscar De La Hoya has said The Baddest Man on the Planet could still knock out any of today's heavyweights even if he is nearing his pension.
The biggest and most terrifying praise of all, however, has come from his trainer Rafael Cordeiro.
He was the man getting whacked in the pads video, so knows what he is talking about when it comes to describing Tyson's fearsome power.
Cordeiro, a big name in MMA training who was recruited by Tyson's manager to help him get back in shape, revealed all to the Ariel Helwani MMA Show.
Throwback footage of a terrifying Mike Tyson shows his boxing skill in sparring session
He said: "As soon as we started training I said ‘My Lord'. I didn’t know what to expect from a guy who hasn’t hit mitts for – I think – almost 10 years.
"So I didn’t expect to see what I saw – I saw a guy with the same speed, the same power as a guy who is 21, 22 years old.
"And I can tell, you would have to be a good guy to spar with Mike, because if you don’t prepare, he is going to drop you for sure, 100 per cent.
"The power is different level.
"I have trained a lot of heavyweights in my career, with not a lot of respect for everybody, but he is almost as powerful as Wanderlei Silva is right now.
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"When you talk about power, I held his right hook and thought 'he is going to kill somebody'."
Amazingly,Tyson, who has been told to call off his return to the ring by George Foreman, is not the only legendary boxing figure to suggest he could fight again.
His old foe Evander Holyfield - who infamously had part of his ear bitten off by Tyson - hinted he might be ready to climb back into the ring at the age of 57.
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