Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in manufactured mismatch as Father Time comes calling
Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in manufactured mismatch as Father Time comes calling
Jake Paul won a unanimous decision by two scores of 79-73 and a 80-72 shutout as the former world champion was unable to land telling blows
Summary
Jake Paul defeated 58-year-old Mike Tyson in an eight-round boxing match, with unanimous scores of 79-73 and 80-72.
The bout, widely criticized as a “stunted show,” highlighted Tyson’s physical decline, including issues with sciatica, a stomach ulcer, and knee problems.
Tyson, once a feared heavyweight champion, struggled to compete, while Paul’s performance lacked effort and authenticity.
Fans, initially supportive of Tyson, grew disenchanted, booing by the final rounds.
Tyson dismissed the fight’s significance beforehand, rejecting the concept of legacy as meaningless. The event was seen as a cynical, contrived spectacle.
Fuck this year is disappointing.
Wish he'd fight young competitive boxers now. It's wild how much time catches up to a human.
Now I can go back to never thinking about Jake Paul again.
Next week he's digging up Muhammad Ali for Disney+.
Until he runs for office or Trump puts him in his cabinet.
The last decade or so has really taught me to avoid saying the words "that will never happen."
Look, I don't believe in manifesting, but I still think we should be a little cautious
There is a non-zero chance of this happening, unfortunately.
The main event really undercut the earlier fights.
Serrano vs Taylor was fucking amazing. Despite Taylor’s dirty moves, she couldn’t keep Serrano at bay for a single second. I can’t believe the judges robbed her of the win.
All 3 of the opening fights were amazing.
Serrano has earned my respect. I'm not a regular fan of the sport and this is the first time I've watched a fight in over 20 years. How she didn't get the W is beyond me. Her trainer was dropping bombs in the post match interview though, I wouldn't fuck with that dude.
I thought it was cute all the people saying Mike was going to murder him. As a 45 year old boxer I am pretty exhausted after 3 minutes. 5 rounds later and I'm ready for a nice cup of tea in an armchair sitting by the window. Time catches up to us all.
Mike though? How is there any universe where this wasn't scripted
From my perspective, he was being way too careful to avoid hurting himself. At 58 you're not going to recover as well, and dude has a bad knee which is a major disadvantage in boxing.
Plus, after not really boxing for 20 years, it's perfectly believable that he lost his edge.
In this universe he is nearly 60 and his opponent was in his 20s. Don't get me wrong, I still wouldn't fight Tyson because I'm 40 and in, at best, mediocre shape but we can acknowledge that he is well past his prime.
No shit, all these social media showmatches are just grifts. Anyone who thinks they are real fights are loopy.
Hopefully after a bit more CTE Jake Paul will just kill himself. Maybe we can watch that live on Netflix too
Jake Paul's a fucking tool, but it's pretty fucked up to wish a horrible brain disease on someone my guy...
People can always change and the one thing the internet never seems able to do is forgive. To the point where they’ll wish death on people before they’ll allow them to grow
Damn dude! What did he do to you?
He is a rapist, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over his self inflicted health issues.
Young rapist defeats old rapist in "which rapist can punch harder" contest.
which rapist can punch more
ftfy
I'm glad no one got hurt. The other fights on the card were better. Main event was boring and predictable. Tyson was slow and off balance. Paul threw and landed 2x the punches Tyson did. Not a match that would convince a non fan that there is something more to the sport than punching.
I learned it involves a lot of homoerotic hugging as well
I was really hoping to see Jake Paul get crippled.
We all were