Mike Tyson offered huge sums of money to cancel Jake Paul boxing fight

Former undisputed heavyweight world champion has revealed that his rich friends have offered him money to pull out of his upcoming showdown with .

The 58-year-old is scheduled to make a sensational return to the ring against the YouTuber-turned-boxer. Next week's fight will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Texas in front of up to 80,000 fans. 'Iron Mike' was due to fight 'The Problem Child' earlier this year, but was .

After pulling out, the fight was eventually rebooked and Tyson remains adamant that he will be fit to compete in the squared-circle next Friday. That said, many have still feared for the veteran's health seeing as he will be 31 years older than his upcoming opponent.

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is expected to attend the event at the AT&T Stadium to support Katie Taylor in her mouthwatering rematch with rival Amanda Serrano, but claims . "We received a massive offer for Katie. I'm not going to tell her she's not allowed to fight on that card," . "Financially it's the biggest purse of her career. I won't be watching the main event. We'll be there defending the belts, and then I'll be off".

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Hearn isn't the only one who isn't a fan of the heavyweight showdown. Behind-the-scenes footage of Tyson's training camp has been aired by Paul’s , providing a sneak peak into his conditioning ahead of the bout. In the video, between sets, 'Iron Mike' revealed to his trainers that some of his wealthy friends had been begging for him not to fight the young American, only for the 58-year-old to offer a clear response. “I have some friends, they’re pretty wealthy", he said. "They said, ‘Don’t fight, I give you money’. [I’m like] ‘You f****** crazy?’".

After pulling out of the original date, Tyson revealed he fell to the ground in the bathroom of the airplane before coughing up blood. "A week and a half ago I was training and I was doing great but then all of a sudden I started feeling tired," he said during a documentary. "I was explaining to my trainer, 'I don't know what's wrong with me'.

"Coming here from Miami on the plane, I went to the bathroom and I threw up blood. The next thing I know I'm on the floor, I was defacating tar. So I came here and they found I had a big ulcer, two-and-a-half inches, and it was bleeding. All my friends were calling me like I was dying.

"I asked the doctor if I was going to die and she didn't say no. She said we have options though, and that's when I got nervous. I can't wait to get out of this motherf***er, man. God, I want to fight and start training. I don't want to die in the hospital bedroom, I want to die in the ring. You wouldn't believe what I endured from my ulcer. I lost 26 pounds, can you imagine that? I was so p***ed off because I had peaked. I was good, talking s***, ready".

Tyson's last professional outing in the ring came in 2005 when he retired on the stool against Kevin McBride. He did, however, take on fellow legend Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition bout four years ago. As for Paul, the 27-year-old comes into the contest off the back of a stunning win against Mike Perry back in July.