Mike Tyson's Team Disputes Jake Paul's Claim That Boxing Icon Has Parkinson's Disease

Mike Tyson's representatives denied a claim by Jake Paul that the former heavyweight champion has Parkinson's Disease.

According to TMZ, while speaking to streamer Adin Ross, Paul declared that Tyson smoked psychedelic toad venom before their eight-round boxing match in November and it "cured Tyson's Parkinson's so he could come back and fight."

However, Tyson's team told TMZ that the claim is false.

"Mike is happy and perfectly healthy. He doesn’t have Parkinson’s or any other illness," Tyson's team said in a statement.

Paul also walked back his comments in a social media post, claiming that he misspoke:

At 58 years old, Tyson lasted all eight rounds but lost a unanimous decision to Paul, who was 31 years younger at the time of the fight. Their fight had to be rescheduled from July to November after Tyson was forced to withdraw from the original date due to an ulcer flare-up.