Mike Tyson gave seven-words of advice to Katie Taylor after backstage admission
Katie Taylor faces Amanda Serrano on the same card that Mike Tyson takes on Jake Paul
Katie Taylor has revealed how fighting on the same card as Mike Tyson is a "pinch me moment".
The undisputed super-lightweight champion faces Amanda Serrano in Texas next Friday on the same card that heavyweight legend Tyson takes on YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
Taylor got to spend some time in the 58-year-old's company earlier this year when they appeared together at press conferences to promote the event.
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"I think Mike Tyson is everybody's icon in the sport. Every single person in the whole world of boxing has watched him fight at some stage," Taylor told The Ariel Helwani Show.
"He was known as the baddest man on the planet, he's just loved within the boxing world so just to have the chance to sit next to him and actually speak to him... he has such a knowledge of the sport as well, a real historian.
"I also love that he's so loved in the sport and I never thought in a million years that I would be boxing on the same card as Mike Tyson so this is real pinch me moment to be honest. It's amazing."
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Taylor and Tyson spoke for 45 minutes or so backstage before the second of the press conferences in Dallas, something she described as "amazing", with the Brooklyn native offering the Bray Bomber some words of advice after she told him that she didn't like doing press conferences.
"Before the press conference in Dallas, I talked to him for maybe 45 minutes or so," said Taylor. "He's such a gentleman and just a great boxing man. Just great to speak to. It was just amazing to have the chance to sit down and talk to him.
"I was just asking him about how he felt about the Jake Paul fight, how he was feeling about his own fight.
"I was letting him know that I'm wasn't a big fan of press conferences and then he was telling me 'that's where all the money is made'. It was just great to have the chance to sit down and speak about some of his old fights as well. It was just an amazing moment for me."
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