Name: Joe Rogan Experience #1532 - Mike Tyson
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Joe Rogan Experience #1532 - Mike Tyson' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2020-09-04. Transcript available.

Joe Rogan Experience #1532 - Mike Tyson

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So a friend of mine, he's a giant boxing fan.
He sends me this text message.
He goes, dude, check this shit out.
And it's you training with Rafael Cordero.
And I remember looking at him going, oh shit, what happened?
What happened?
Because the last time you were in here, you were talking about how you didn't
want to work out.
Yeah.
Because it would ignite the ego.
Hey, let's talk about that too.
So I was discussing with my wife something about me being overweight.
You know, you have to sometimes want to complain on your wife.
You want to take it out of her in some kind of perspective.
And she said, well, why don't you just get on this treadmill for 15 minutes a
day?
I said, ah, she said, yes, 15 minutes.
So it went from 15 minutes a day to two hours a day.
And that's what you were worried about.
Yeah, exactly.
But I was complaining about my weight.
And so I don't know.
I guess I tried on some clothes and it was disastrous.
And so I was worried about my weight.
And she told me the 15-minute route and it went two hours a day.
And I just started losing weight.
And then somebody came to my brother-in-law and said, hey, Mike, man, I know
you're not going to want it.
But somebody said, would you fight this guy for like 40 million or 30 million
bucks?
I said, man, get the fuck.
I said, whoa.
I said, whoa.
Then somebody said, ding.
I was just giving me a second.
I said, get the fuck.
I said, whoa.
And I said, well, who would they like me to fight?
And he said, one minute.
And then it's Bob Sapp.
I said, OK.
And so I'm saying to myself, well, I know Bob.
And I said, whoa.
Because I know Bob is big and strong.
I said, hold, one minute.
How would they like me to fight him?
Can I fight him under the Marcus of Queensberry rule?
And he said, one minute, Mike.
He asked the guy.
The guy said, yes.
I said, I'll fight him.
Right?
So it was Bob Sapp was the first one that was brought up.
Yeah.
So for people who don't know Bob Sapp, Bob Sapp was a giant fighter in pride.
At one time, he was like 375 pounds.
He was fighting all the kickboxers.
Solid muscle.
With abs.
It's incredible, right?
And it went from him to somebody else.
Then another guy, then MMA, then this guy.
And then somehow, no, some other fighters, Vanda.
Then it went from, who else?
It was another heavyweight champ.
It was just a bunch of guys up here and they fight.
And next thing you know, it came down to Roy.
And I said, how did it?
And I'm like, I don't know what the hell's going on.
And then he signed the contract.
I signed the contract.
Next thing you know, I'm in the gym again.
And it's disastrous.
I'm trying to get in the shape.
I'm saying, did I really do this shit?
Whoa.
You know, you would probably know.
Because if you're getting in shape and getting conditioned, they're two
different animals.
They don't even belong in the same workout division of working out.
Like getting in shape is just being kind of fit.
Yes.
But then conditioned.
You know, getting in shape is able to fit your clothes.
Right.
Right.
You know, that's getting in shape.
Being able just to fit your clothes.
Being in condition is being able to come outside of your soul.
You know?
Yeah.
And you can't do that automatically.
You're talking about being in fighting condition.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's a rare state.
And you can't keep it for very long.
No, it is just...
People need to understand that, right?
The emotional state to prepare for that is, oh, mind-boggling.
Well, that's what I was seeing when I was seeing you hit the pads.
I'm like, this isn't just working out.
There was something going on, man.
When you were working out with Cordero and you were ripping to the body and
throwing those
hooks, I was like, this is a man who's preparing to go to combat.
This is not normal, getting ready to work out shit.
That's why when I saw that video, I was like, oh.
You want me to tell you something about that video?
Yeah.
I did that video and I was in bed for a week.
That was 30 seconds and I was in bed for a week.
And it's not funny because it made me realize that this is big boy shit, okay?
Big boy shit.
This big boy shit.
There it is right there.
That wasn't really cool.
That's in the gym.
That's now.
The thing is, though...
That's now.
That's now.
That's going for, you know, five or six rounds.
That's now.
But I'm talking about before that 30 seconds, the first time I ever did it, I
caught...
What's the shit you kill when you can't walk?
Oh, sciatica.
Sciatica.
Everything came in.
Everything, all that shit that came back that made me quit box and all the pain
started
coming back.
So when you started training again, did you start doing it slowly after that?
Extremely slowly.
And then I started dabbing in alternative stuff.
Like what kind of stuff?
Cryotherapy type shit?
Cryo, stem cell research and therapy and some other interesting stuff that I
still know.
And it's just beautiful stuff.
Like what kind of stuff?
I don't know.
Hyperbaric chambers and just...
Everything.
Everything.
Everything to help you recover.
It's really interesting.
It is.
Well, I saw you when you walked in today.
I was like, God damn, you look good.
You look good, dude.
Like your muscles look good.
You look like you're vascular.
You look fit.
And I'm starting to feel fit.
That's what's interesting.
So I know what they do and stuff.
Like I think I'm in shape.
And then the next thing you know, you think you're in shape.
And then you start having like, Ralphie will start throwing punches at me.
It's like he'll fight and I can't punch back when I got to avoid.
And then two rounds go by and he said, whoa, I'm not in shape.
I'm hitting the bag.
Six rounds.
I'm doing this.
Three or five rounds.
Six rounds.
I'm jumping rope.
And then I do two rounds of somebody.
It's a whole different psychological preparation.
And whoo.
How much time has gone since you first started exercising?
Like when did it start?
So here we are.
It's like August 23rd or something like that?
22nd.
22nd?
All right.
When did it start?
It had to start something like April.
April.
March.
Something like that.
In the middle of the lockdown.
Yeah.
So you just started just training.
And now here you are five months later, four months later.
How far away do you think you are to being in like fighting shape?
Oh, fighting shape.
When the time comes by November 28th, yeah.
That's when you'll be ready.
Exactly.
Now, why did you guys decide to move?
You were supposed to be in September, right?
It was supposed to be September 12th.
I believe it was a viewing situation.
The proper timing for more people.
For audiences.
Yeah.
I believe it was something of that nature.
It's so exciting.
It's going to be awesome because it's going to be
me and everyone else that's involved.
Eros and everyone.
Innovation.
And we're going to start off the Legends Only League.
And that's going to be really breathtaking.
Especially starting off with me and Roy.
Yeah.
And I'm looking forward to that.
It's going to have athletes from every generation.
It's an array of everybody who believes in someone.
They're all going to come back in all fields.
And this is going to be something that me and Eros intervention created
together.
And I think this is going to be pretty awesome.
So Legends Only League would be like all sports.
Baseball, basketball, everything.
Everything.
Tennis.
Yeah, I think.
Imagine if something crazy like we did with Billie Jean King that had somebody.
Yesterday, Serena, somebody playing McEnroe and that kind of stuff.
Right.
Exhibitions and stuff like that.
Or somebody like Man of War can play one-on-one with whoever.
Iverson or somebody.
Yeah.
I mean, Man of Peace.
Man of War is the horse.
Man of World Peace.
No, it's an amazing idea.
But particularly for you.
Like seeing you hit the bag again and seeing you hit the pads and get excited
about it was very, very interesting to me.
Because I knew that you had that thing in your head where you didn't want to
ignite your ego.
And then you had this quote that the gods of war reignited your ego.
I read that I got so excited.
Well, that's the excuse I can use.
That's a really great excuse that I can use.
But it was a great quote.
It made me excited.
And when I'm seeing you training, I mean, you know, some people that, you know,
everybody has opinions when something like this happens.
When a man is 53 now, you're 54?
Yeah, 54.
And decides to fight again.
As fit as you look, like, why not?
Why not?
Why not?
You can do whatever you want.
Why can't?
I mean, if you can go bungee jumping and ride a bull.
But listen, impossible is nothing to somebody that tries.
Everything that someone said was impossible has happened.
Yeah.
It certainly, well, listen, in 2020, with all the ways of recovering, all the
things we know, the science.
Our limitations create impossible.
Well, it's different now.
Limitations are different now.
Exactly.
So when you, like, that video when you were ripping the pads and working out
with Rafael Cordero,
how many, like, how long into that was that?
How quickly did you get your speed back?
Was it right away?
Was it right there?
No, speed, but that was our first day.
That was your first day?
That was our first day.
Let's try this out.
That was our first day.
Wow.
And after that day, I was in the bed.
I had to come get the guy to do the fucking shots and electrocute me to get me
back.
I had the sciatica hit me.
I couldn't walk.
I was crying to my wife.
And I was like, wow.
And I don't know why.
After that, I should have said, this is over.
I'm not going to do it.
But that ego stuff said, hey, come on, please.
Did it, does it, do you feel like you felt in the old days?
Like when, I mean, in terms of your mind, like the enthusiasm about this?
The enthusiasm, yes.
Sometimes I feel, I say, this is bullshit.
I can't be feeling this good.
You know, and then, I don't know.
I think I really am.
I'm feeling good.
I said, this bag, because I know the bag is a bigger bag, 200 pounds.
I said, well, this bag wouldn't be moving like this if I'm not hitting it kind
of decently,
you know?
No, you look good.
Look, this is not like, I've seen guys come back and you see them working out
and it looks
sad and it doesn't look good.
What's exciting about you coming back is how good you look training.
Why not?
In this day and age?
But being a real fighter, this is what you know.
You see so many people that's in the gym.
Matter of fact, I've boxed people in the gym that kick my ass every day.
But they know what's different?
When you get them in the ring and there's a light on them and people are eating
popcorn
and drinking beer and they freak out.
So true.
Yeah, the pressure.
But you're Mike Tyson.
Exactly.
You understand that.
Yeah, I know.
If anybody knows how to deal with that pressure, it's you.
Absolutely.
But, you know, it's good.
But if you don't have the doubt, you're going to have a lot of trouble.
Right.
You have to have that doubt.
Right.
You have to have a little bit of that.
Yeah.
Now, is it, this is a, this new phase of your life where all of a sudden you
reignited
and you want to compete again.
This has got to be fun.
It is fun.
Yeah, it is fun.
I do say it's fun, but it's still, um, it's apprehensive stuff.
Yeah.
You know, it's apprehensive, but it's still, like you said, it's fun.
But it seems so exciting, like to watch you train and get ready.
It's like, to me, I'm like, fuck yeah.
Like, what do you want a man to do?
What do you want a man to do?
Just sit around, do nothing, just wait, go for walks, do whatever the fuck you
want.
And if you could still do this the way you're doing it, why not?
Hey, um, I don't understand it either, but I want to do it.
I don't understand.
I just want to do it.
And, um, I feel like I was born to do this stuff.
Well, you certainly were at one point in time in your life, but you had moved
on to a different
chapter of your life.
You had completely stopped doin