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Mike Tyson Talks Partnership with Sugar Factory for New High Protein Foods | Bloomberg Talks

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>> We want to stay in the business of

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sports right now because former

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heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, he made

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a lot of money in the ring, but he's

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finding some creative ways to make a lot

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of money outside of the ring. And it's

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now from the grocery aisle. He's teamed

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up with Sugar Factory on high protein

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sliders that will are going to be sold

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in grocery stores and you can eat at

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home. I had a chance to catch up with

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the champ just a little while ago to

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talk about his new partnership.

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>> DBD is a close friend of mine. I knew

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him over 30 years and he was um

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discussing why we never did business

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before and it was his idea and he

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discussed that he discussed with me

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these um rainbow sliders. I thought it

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was a a no-brainer nobrainer.

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>> You go down the grocery aisle, the

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freezer aisle, there's just so much to

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choose from. Why why do I stop and buy

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up the sugar factory home sliders?

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>> Most of these sliders have seed oil. You

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know, they have they have the grams are

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just overabundance and it's not healthy

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for people. And and Robert Kennedy Jr.

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named me one of the people that's

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responsible keeping America healthy.

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>> Oh. Are you So you're working with the

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Health and Human Services Secretary on

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>> Yes. Yes.

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>> Oh, okay. So

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>> Robert Kennedy.

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>> Okay. So what are you doing? You're just

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going around the country like talking to

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people about how to uh be healthier or

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how to work out.

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>> Oh, absolutely. Not necessarily working

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out, but it's eating a proper meals.

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>> Mhm. Yeah. What What has your diet been

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like like over the years? I mean,

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obviously I know when you were fighting

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there were a lot of rumors just about

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how strict you were with your diet.

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>> I was when I first started cuz I was I

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was insane. That's why, you know, then

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originally I would not eat no food. I

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would just fast and all that stuff. But

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um as I as I got older, I learned to um

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I'm counting bad calories. I'm just

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taking better care of myself. I drink

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more water every I can stay busy. Either

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I'm running or I'm walking. I'm always

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in the gym.

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>> Yeah. Well, I mean, you're you still

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look like you're in good shape. I mean,

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you just turned 60, which is hard to

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believe. I mean, you look barely 40. Uh

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is that what is that? A

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>> Hey, how much do you want me to pay you?

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you can pay me your sliders. Um, but I

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mean, no, you look great. And I mean, I

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do wonder too. I mean, you talk about

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eating healthy and obviously, you know,

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as you get older, we all get older, uh,

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you start to pay a lot more attention to

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your health, uh, and and just sort of

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what you eat here. Uh, so the products

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that you're aligning yourself with and

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what you're doing, uh, with, uh, the US

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government now, is that all sort of part

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of this whole whole push by you?

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>> Absolutely, 100%. the governor's behind

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me, the president's behind me, and this

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is a real dream of mine to, you know,

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you know, make America healthy again.

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>> So, when we I Well, speaking of your

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your health, I I do have to ask you uh I

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mean, weren't you you were supposed to

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do an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather

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uh some while back and I know you hurt

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your hand. I mean, how's your hand

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doing?

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>> Well, I just My hand is doing great now.

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Yeah.

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>> And I believe it's still, you know,

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listen, I believe it's still on. I'm

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looking forward to it.

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>> Okay. You know, I I saw Paul I I saw the

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champ the other day. He looked good, so

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I'm sure he's ready.

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>> Did he look as good as you?

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>> Well, I don't think so, but he did look

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good. That's hard.

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That was part of my conversation with

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the former undisputed heavyweight champ

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of the world, Mike Tyson.

Interactive Summary

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson discusses his new business venture, a line of high-protein sliders developed in partnership with Sugar Factory. During the interview, Tyson also addresses his recent involvement in health advocacy, citing a shared mission with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to help make America healthier, and touches on his own evolving approach to diet and fitness as he ages.

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