Boxing legend Mike Tyson is just hours away from his match against social media personality Jake Paul, and as the former heavyweight champ gets ready for the bout, he has plans to honor his daughter in a special way.
On Friday, Nov. 15, Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27, will face off in the highly-anticipated match at Texas’ AT&T Stadium. For the big moment — and his first match since 2020 — Tyson plans to wear black boxing trunks with the name of his late daughter, Exodus Sierra Tyson, stitched onto the bottom front corner in white lettering, according to USA Today.
Per BYLT Basics, the company Tyson has partnered with for the match, the trunks were designed to specifically honor Exodus’ memory, company spokesperson Robert Pursell said, according to the outlet.
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In May 2009, Exodus, who was 4 years old at the time, was found unconscious by her brother, Miguel, then 7, after she got tangled in a cord on a treadmill. She subsequently died of her injuries.
Five months later, in Oct. 2009, Tyson admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he didn’t want to know the details surrounding his daughter’s death.
“Because if I know, then there might be a blame for it. And if there’s somebody to blame for it, there will be a problem,” Tyson said at the time.
Earlier this week, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Tyson said that Paul should brace himself for what’s about to come his way in the ring.
“I’m bringing the devil himself [to the ring],” Tyson said per ESPN. “There are no feelings attached.”
Tyson continued, “My own mother should be very careful if she has to get in the ring with me. When it’s over, it’s over. But while the process is going on, my intention is to hurt him. I hope he has the same intentions, or he is in trouble,” he said, according to the outlet.
