Current:Home > ContactRaiders owner provided Las Vegas warehouse space Mike Tyson is using for training purposes -FundWay
Raiders owner provided Las Vegas warehouse space Mike Tyson is using for training purposes
View
Date:2025-04-18 17:59:02
LAS VEGAS — Mike Tyson learned to fight on the streets of Brownsville in New York. He’s training for his boxing match against Jake Paul in a far different environment.
Even if the former world champion loses his bout against Paul on July 20 in Texas, his temporary gym in the Las Vegas area might be up for architectural design awards.
Images of the sleek facility have emerged in recent weeks on Instagram. They include video of Tyson working out, with plush leather chairs set up for viewing outside the ring.
Designed by Tyson’s wife, Kiki, the space is modeled after the Mike Tyson Boxing Club in Saudi Arabia. A scaled-down version, maybe no more than a slice, was built inside a warehouse owned by Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis near his team’s training headquarters in Henderson, Nevada, according to Azim Spicer, Tyson's brother-in-law.
"Mark Davis is a friend of Mike’s," Spicer told USA TODAY Sports by email. "Mark was super helpful in allowing us to utilize this space temporarily. His team has been awesome assisting us with the best vendors to build out Mike’s vision."
Davis did not respond to requests for comment left with the Raiders media relations department by voicemail and email. But Tyson was on the Raiders' sideline during warmups before the team's regular-season home opener last season and lit the Al Davis Memorial Torch before kickoff.
It's a modern look with at least one vestige of Tyson's past − the numbered Cus D'Amato Willie Heavy Bag that D'Amato used to teach Tyson punching combinations. Tyson has demonstrated how the bag is used.
How do you schedule a tour or just drop by for a visit?
Not easily.
"It’s very private," said Tyson’s publicist, Joann Mignano.
veryGood! (5315)
Related
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- Shakira Shares Why She’s Moving Away From Barcelona With Her and Gerard Piqué's 2 Kids
- Flood Deaths Are Rising In Germany, And Officials Blame Climate Change
- Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson quits politics after being sanctioned for misleading Parliament
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- Iran helping Russia build plant to manufacture drones for likely use in Ukraine, White House says
- Woman declared dead knocks on coffin during her own wake in Ecuador: It gave us all a fright
- Ukraine calls for international rescue of civilians as dam attack in Russia-occupied Kherson floods region
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Apple 24-Hour Flash Deal: Save $481 on a MacBook Air Laptop Bundle
Ranking
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Ukraine says 10 killed in Dnipro as Russia attacks civilians with counteroffensive pushing forward
- On trip to China, Blinken to raise cases of wrongfully detained Americans with Chinese
- Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall in India and Pakistan packing powerful rain and wind after mass-evacuations
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Bella Hadid Shares Insight Into Her Battle With Depression and Fatigue Amid Lyme Disease Journey
- Proof Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny's Romance Is Riding High
- Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK intelligence says
Recommendation
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Summer House’s Sam Feher and Kory Keefer Are Dating
Lamar Odom Invests in Addiction Treatment Centers After His Own Health Journey
Death Valley Posts 130-Degree Heat, Potentially Matching A Record High
Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
Climate Change Is Threatening The U.S. West's Water Supply
India and Pakistan brace as very severe Cyclone Biparjoy bears down on their coasts
United Nations adopts high seas treaty, the first-ever pact to govern and protect international waters