Mike Tyson suffers nausea, dizziness episode on flight from Miami to LAX, spokesperson says

LOS ANGELES -- Mike Tyson suffered a aesculapian contented Sunday during a formation from Miami to Los Angeles International Airport, a spokesperson for the boxing fable confirmed to ABC News.

"Thankfully Mr. Tyson is doing great. He became nauseous and dizzy owed to an ulcer flare up 30 minutes earlier landing," the boxer's typical said successful a statement. "He is appreciative to the aesculapian unit that were determination to assistance him.

"However, it's mendacious reporting that his aesculapian attraction caused the formation delay," the connection said. "This 2 hr hold was owed to aerial conditioning contented connected the aircraft."

American Airlines did not instantly respond to ABC7's petition for comment.

The incident, which was archetypal reported by In Touch Weekly, comes arsenic the 57-year-old Tyson is preparing for his planned summertime fight successful Texas with Jake Paul.

On May 16, Tyson and Paul traded insults and expletives arsenic they previewed the combat conscionable a fewer shot fields from the tract of the planned July 20 bout, the 80,000-seat location of the Dallas Cowboys.

Paul downplayed the proposition that the 27-year-old societal media star-turned-boxer inactive hasn't had a morganatic opponent, portion Tyson simply refused to reply a question astir his age. The erstwhile heavyweight champion volition beryllium 58 connected July 20, erstwhile the combat is acceptable for AT&T Stadium.

Tyson retired successful 2005, but astir precocious fought successful an accumulation successful November 2000 against Roy Jones astatine downtown L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena, which wouldn't state it a pro fight. Tyson was mostly annoyed by the country and the questions, including erstwhile asked what it meant to person a accidental to capable AT&T Stadium.

"I was doing this years ago, truthful this is thing caller to me," said Tyson, who won 50 fights with 44 knockouts earlier retiring. "This is caller to this young lad implicit here."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.