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Mike Tyson's new coach feared he was going to die from heavyweight's punches

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Mike Tyson's new boxing coach was left fearing for his life when he took the former heavyweight word champion on the pads. Tyson, 53, is planning to return to the ring to take part in exhibition bouts, 15 years after his final professional fight.

He has been training with coach Rafael Cordeiro who is renowned for his work in mixed martial arts. And he told ESPN: "As soon as we started training I said ‘My Lord'.

I didn’t know what to expect from a guy who hasn’t hit mitts for – I think – almost ten years. "So I didn’t expect to see what I saw – I saw a guy with the same speed, the same power as a guy who is 21, 22-years-old. "And I can tell; you would have to be a good guy to spar with Mike, because if you don’t prepare, he is going to drop

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