MOSCOW, Sep 21 Former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson admitted that he is having a hard time with bouts of illness and sometimes loses the ability to speak. In July, in one of his podcasts, Tyson said that due to health problems, he does not expect to live long. In August, the 56-year-old former boxer was spotted in a wheelchair at the Miami airport. «I occasionally get sciatica (an inflammatory process that is accompanied by compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve — ed.). It escalates. When it flares up, I can’t even speak I can! Thank God, this is the only health problem that I have. I'm fine now. Everyone in my house is really blessed, and we are all very grateful for everything we have, «Tyson was quoted by the Daily Mail. His final Tyson fought in the professional ring on June 11, 2005 — then he lost to Irish boxer Kevin McBride. Tyson had 58 fights, won 50 victories (44 by knockout), suffered six defeats, two fights were declared invalid. In November 2020, Tyson held an exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr.
