Kurt Angle and Mike Tyson are two of the best athletes to have ever existed in their respective fields.
Recently, while speaking to WrestlingInc, Kurt Angle discussed recently training with Mike Tyson while shooting a commercial for Smart Cups and says that the boxing legend and WWE Hall of Famer is in better shape than he’s ever been.
WrestlingInc sent along the following quote to WrestleZone
“We were shooting a commercial and some ads for Smart Cups, Mike. Tyson is also an ambassador. I’m not sure if he owns it too. He might be part owner. I don’t know. All I know is they wanted all the athletes to come to Mike Tyson’s ranch in California and shoot a commercial and do some ads, and Mike was one of them. I was one of them. Henry Cejudo [and] Cody Jubrant, but he had coronavirus so he couldn’t come. Also Vitor Belfort and Chavo Guerrero so we all got together and we did the ads and the commercial and got to train with Mike and watch them train, and it was a lot of fun.
“I bet Mike one other time. We did an autograph signing together, and he’s a very humble and generous guy. If you don’t know Mike, don’t put a label on him because the guys are sweetheart, and he’s the kindest guy I’ve ever met. I’m not BS-ing you. He’s very genuine, and he’s very smart, very canny. And I learned a lot from him watching him train. He’s a very smart guy, very smart.”
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With Mike Tyson looking to get back into the ring, Kurt Angle says that he is absolutely ready for the upcoming exhibition.
“He’s in better shape now than he’s ever been. What he did is he surrounded himself with doctors, trainers and advisors. I actually joked with him. I walked in, he’s like, ‘Kurt you look like you’re stiff in your neck and your back.’ I said, ‘I am. My neck’s always killing me.’ He goes, ‘here, I’m going to have you do my therapy session.’ He actually gave me his therapy session. It’s an hour long. He had me go through it, and I mean I felt like I was 20 years old again when I was done. It’s stretching and massaging and altogether all one, and Mike does this every day before he trains and he looks great. His body looks like it was when he was 20, and he’s punching hard. He’s quick, very technical. I think he’s going to do really well, and hey, Roy Jones Jr., he’s been fighting actively anyway, so the guy’s a stud, too, so it’s going to be a great fight, but Mike is ready for this.”
He continued, “This isn’t 43-year-old Mike Tyson that wasn’t training, and this is what he told me. He said when he was fighting in his 40s, he wasn’t looking forward to the fight. He couldn’t wait until it was over so he could get drunk and hang out with the girls. That was his mentality. He didn’t want to fight. He was doing it for the money, and he wanted to get it done and go to the parties, and he’s not like that now.
“He’s back to the old Mike Tyson, and I asked him, ‘why didn’t you do all this therapy back then?’ He said, ‘I don’t know. I’m an idiot. I didn’t take care of my body.’ So long story short, he’s ready now. He’s really ready.”
You can check out the full interview in the video below:
