Mike Tyson said he looks forward to death because living is a 'struggle,' and takes more courage than dying

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• One month on from crying on a podcast because he said he feels empty, Mike Tyson has opened up about life, death, and never feeling scared despite competing in a sport which can be brutal and unforgiving.
• Tyson told The Sportsman: "When we get to a certain age, we're not scared of dying no more."
• "From my experience, from what I believe, the more I know about not existing, the more willing I am to die," he said.
• Asked if he looks forward to death, Tyson replied: "Yeah.

Mike Tyson said that living is a struggle and the more he knows about not existing, the more willing he is to die.

Speaking to The Sportsman this week, the retired heavyweight boxer, who cried on a recent podcast because he said he feels empty, opened up about life, death, and never feeling scared despite competing in a sport which can be unforgiving.

"The more we learn about ourselves, the more we learn about life," the 53-year-old said.

"Life is pretty interesting. We're born not knowing, we die not knowing where we came from. But our life prepares us for our death. We still don't know s--- about it, but when we get to a certain age, we're not scared of dying no more, like it was when we were young."

Tyson is one of the most iconic athletes in boxing history having fought in some of the sport's finest encounters. He won a first world heavyweight championship at just 20-years-old in 1986, under two years after turning pro.