Mike Tyson
Punch Video Is Several Years Old
… Sorry.
3/6/2019 6:32 AM PST
EXCLUSIVE
Sorry to be the spoiler, but that awesome video of Mike Tyson teaching some guys how to throw a ferocious punch combination at a bar ain’t new.
In fact, it was shot YEARS ago — and it was all for a movie that’s already been released.
Iron Mike still got it 🔥 pic.twitter.com/S0dGHXnOG3
— Boxing Life (@BoxingL1fe) March 3, 2019
Several major media outlets ran with the video as brand new footage of a 52-year-old Tyson looking like a beast. He does look great, but he sure as hell wasn’t 52 when this was shot.
Look, it’s still amazing footage — but a rep for Tyson tells us Mike was only throwing those combos as part of his role in the 2017 action flick “China Salesman” … which also stars Steven Seagal.
Mike’s rep doesn’t recall the exact date the footage was shot but production wrapped up in August 2016 — so, it was obviously before that date.
The big clue … in the clip, Mike is wearing his costume from the movie.
Plus, 52-year-old Tyson recently appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast and said that he’s stopped weightlifting and fight training altogether — and hasn’t in years — because it “reactivates my ego” and makes him feel violent.
Instead, we’re told Tyson ONLY focuses on cardio training — with the goal to stay healthy (not dangerous) for his new podcast, “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson” … a weed-inspired show.
Of course, it’s a natural transition for Tyson, who recently got into the pot business — and plans to open his own marijuana ranch to the public later this year.