The unequal fight between an aging Mike Tyson and YouTuber Jake Paul in Arlington (Texas) has been, undoubtedly, the biggest sporting spectacle of the weekend, above the outcome of the MotoGP World Cup or any of the soccer team matches. The event broadcast on the Netflix platform was seen in sixty million homes around the world and revealed the enormous recruitment potential of social networks, whose protagonists achieve a popularity among youth that far exceeds that of their prime. provided by conventional television. But no matter how much gloss you want to give to the event, it could not be more regrettable than seeing the remains of someone who was the youngest world champion in heavyweight history crawl through the ring more than thirty years ago, facing to an ambitious rival who viewed the event as one of the best ways to add more followers to his million-dollar legion of followers.
With the purpose of winning a purse of twenty million dollars, which could allow him to destroy his battered economy, the once called Iron Mike had no qualms about converting his reputation as an irascible boxer for that of a washed-up fighter who wandered around the ring without landing a single blow on his rival, who forgave him for knocking him out, even if it was out of respect for the legend he was. It has always been said that the great boxing champions had one fight left over, the one in which the red line of becoming a notorious person is crossed due to the accumulation of blows suffered during long careers. Not even Muhammad Ali himself was oblivious to this contumacious mistake.
The sad image that Tyson projected during the fight, more worried about biting his left glove to fit a loose mouthguard than about avoiding fitting Paul’s direct shots on his face, could not further discredit the figure of a relentless puncher, molded by wisdom. of his great mentor, Cus D’Amato, who took him from a juvenile correctional facility to the doors of the world title. Something that the coach could not see due to cancer that knocked him out suddenly. Unfortunately, the unfortunate image of his biting one of Evander Holyfield’s ears in a desperate attempt to regain the champion’s crown was surpassed by the compassion he aroused among those attending the evening, who chanted his name, as a sign. of forgiveness for his murky past. For old Mike, “the harder the fall.” Just as the title of the film said, in which Humphrey Bogart, in the role of journalist, uncovers the miseries of boxing.
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