What's up, guys? Nicki Novak here for Young Hollywood at San Diego Comic-Con with Iron Man. Mike Tyson, great to see you. How are you doing?

Good to see you. Thank you so much for coming in.

Yeah, I'm happy to be here. Are you able to walk around Comic-Con? Would you ever be able to go to the the convention center? Would you have to wear a mask or something?

Ah, um, it gets complicated sometimes.

I bet, I bet. Um, I saw you ran into Dwight Howard. It was yesterday. He chatted with us. Yeah. And I saw your post with him and it was so cute because you wrote something about like, you can be a big kid at Comic-Con.

No, I used to always surprising to see him.

But you guys know each other very well?

Yeah, I met him on few occasion.

You're friends. Who do you watch as an athlete today and sort of really admire?

Man, so many awesome men. Serena's awesome.

Oh, she's incredible, yeah. When Tiger's good, he's really good. So, um, Mike Tyson Mysteries. You're here for that. You are so funny on this show.

Well, listen, we didn't think it was going to work. We didn't push the initiative, me and him. We really didn't see it, and the heads didn't want us. They said, "Just try to make it work." We tried. I saw the rough copy. It looked wonderful. Can you at least turn on the radio? Radio's broke.

Do you still have pigeons?

Yes, ma'am.

How are they?

They're awesome.

How many do you have?

I have quite a few.

Can you count them all?

No.

Do they have names?

No.

And you have a pigeon on the show, which is so great. So how much of your life was brought into the show?

Oh, absolutely. A lot. They know they know I'm a Harvard driver. So we had an episode where I was driving and I panicked behind the wheel.

Do you have a favorite episode or a favorite theme from the show?

Well, we have two really um good episodes coming up. Excuse me.

Tell me what you got coming up. I have to know.

I've been to um Afghanistan. I entertained the troops there. I was on a quest to find the the C World of Atlantis. So, um, I'm pretty busy. A lot of exciting things going on.

Okay. So, you play a detective on the show, um, of sorts. Do you think in life that you would be a good detective? Are you really perceptive?

Great perception, but wouldn't have the um the desire to do it. No.

You don't have the desire to do it. What I love because I love Scooby-Doo and I love that you're bringing back sort of that like 80s comic style. So for people who haven't seen it, pretty awesome. That's pretty awesome.

Scooby's awesome.

If there's one thing from the 80s, besides cartoons, you could bring back, what would it be?

I love the way we dressed in the 80s. I love the way

You're in such good shape. You don't age. Please tell me your secret.

A lot of water. Yeah. And walking. Yeah.

And how do you sort of eat fresh, stay in shape?

Yeah. Um no fried food. Just pretty much, um, no red meat. Yeah.

Lots of water, you said?

Lots of water, yeah.

Okay. So that's the that's how you keep the skin looking good?

Lots of water.

And what about your workout regimen these days?

Um, just, um, cardio for an hour, um, a few sets of lightweights, um abs, um, torso rotation, a few sprints every now and then.

What I really found interesting, which I didn't expect, as a woman, going into like a boxing, you know, place, where it's all guys and it's hardcore, I was treated with more respect than I have been anywhere. And there was such a level of respect within the community. Did you do you feel that?

The mark of a good, um, teacher is to have control of his situation, you know, control of his gym. Um, had the highest profound veneration from his um, his fighters and people who are socialized with the gym. And that's what mentors all about, you know. It's all about um your quest to make your mentor happy. Yeah.

Who are your who are your mentors?

My mentor, Custom Model, my mentor. Um, he's my mentor. Yeah. I would have never been successful um like um I am without him. No way.

And do you mentor anybody? Does anybody, you know, I know you have I saw on your Instagram, a lot of young boxers.

Yeah, um, to the best of my ability, but um, that's a really rare art. You know, a lot of people have the title, but to be a really good teacher. That's really a 24-hour job.

In what way do you see yourself as still a kid?

Well, I like ice cream. I'm a sweet tooth. Yeah.

And in what way do you think you've grown up?

I'm more responsible now. There's no way, um, 10 years ago, there's no way I could have been able to do this, juggle a family, be responsible, monogamous. This this is just no way I could have done this 10 years ago.

I think the great boxers have to be perceptive. And you have to anticipate, you know, when a punch is coming, where it's coming from. Yes, but um you have to be good at dissecting people and reading people. Um, who do you think also is great in the ring at that?

Wow, there's a lot of great fighters. Sugar Ray Leonard. Ray Butters a man. Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. Um, man, so many great fighters.

What did you think of the fight?

I don't know. They could have done better. It could have been an exciting fight. But sometimes um that's the whole thing about human beings. You never know what's going to happen. They had the um they had all the makings for a sensational fight. Yeah. But sometimes um things don't turn out the way we want them to. When you talk about boxing, now we're talking about boxing. We're talking about fighting. And when you're in that sport, the main objective is to be exciting. So, um, it's my objective. My objective is not necessarily to win and be spectacular, winning, but my main objective is to the fan to say, when's the next time I'm going to see that guy? When does he fight again? And um, in order to do that, you have to be exciting. The people, I don't care who comes to the fight. Could be George Bernard Shaw, I don't care who it is. You know, whoever it is, the Queen of England, when they come to this fight, whatever we um, perception we have of them of having um grand, it all goes out the window. They want to see somebody get hurt. Right, right. They want to see somebody knocked senseless where they don't move for 10 minutes. That's what they want. And um, that's what I anticipate to give to them. That's what any fighter should.

When did you first realize how funny you were and how you were able to entertain people, you know, outside of the ring?

When I did my show, it wasn't necessarily meant to be where people would enjoy from a laughing perspective. You know, it was supposed to be gritty, shocking. And when I was saying some shocking moments, they started laughing. So I would go back and I couldn't tell my baby what's going on. Why are they laughing? Why are they laughing? I'm homeless. People left me. Why are they laughing? this shit. We didn't mean for it to be a comedy. We meant it to be some hardcore, in-depth, you know, it's deep, and it turned into a goddamn comedy. But I think people say that without you have to have yin and yang. You have to have great drama to have great comedy. It's pretty much like um an emotional roller coaster. People cry, laugh, sad, you know, ambiguous.

Who in Hollywood makes you laugh?

You ever see those guys? I'm Jeff Ross. You ever heard of Jeff Ross?

I can't believe you're saying this. Jeff Ross is in. Well, he follows me on Instagram and he likes my pictures. He invites me to his parties. Do you want me to put you in touch with him? That's really bad. That's really bad. He's going to love this, by the way. Yeah, no, he's really talented. I wouldn't I wouldn't have expected you to choose him, but that's a good one. Speaking of bands, who do you listen to now? What are you into?

I don't know, whoever's in my phone. I still have everybody in there. I have everybody from Wawa Websby. So if there was one song that if you were going to

For Adele is mean too.

Adele? Is a mean person.

Oh, I'm talking singing. Okay. She's not like a mean person, no.

Singing good. Rihanna is awesome. You better have my money. You better have my money.

Oh my gosh. I love that video. Did it shock you? I know it's not the video but the song. You better have my money for this hoodie. Thank you so much for the chat. I really enjoyed it. Mike Tyson Mysteries. Check it out. Hilarious. He doesn't always mean to be, but he is. Love you, guys.