Jake Paul defeats Tyson on points in a pitiful fight

Agreed to only eight rounds of only two minutes each and with very large gloves, 14 ounces compared to the 10 official ones in the heavyweights, the fight was unworthy, but it will count in the ranking of both.

It began with a first round of few blows that foreshadowed the rest. An old, slow Tyson landed a nice straight shot. It was the only ’round’ that should have been taken. The remaining seven, for Paul clearly. We saw nothing in the second. Paul left the center of the ring to Tyson and kept his distance so that the former boxer did not hit him. Already in the third the ‘youtuber’ stepped on the accelerator a little and took the round against a rival who had no legs. Both arrived at 226 pounds, but with a much greater reach than Paul, who was much taller. The young Tyson got under his imposing rivals and destroyed them with an uppercut, but this is a man who has not fought for almost 20 years and who will turn 60 soon.

At the end of the fourth round Tyson walked towards his corner like a tired old man. Why did we have to see this? For the 80 million dollars in the fight purse, obviously. Other sources speak of 60 million, 40 for Paul and 20 for Tyson regardless of the result. ‘Iron’ Mike limited himself to protecting himself with his guard up and trying to land a blow, but his rival did not approach him and abused the ‘jab’. Tyson was compulsively biting the thumb of his left glove, as if he had some fit problem. At least the ‘fight’ ended without humiliation to Tyson and without a ‘knock out’ that would worry the doctors and compromise the sports authorities of the state of Texas who allowed this show.

Paul knows how to box and has a record of 11-1, but mostly against former MMA fighters. If he fought a real, active heavyweight, anyone in the top 50 of either organization, his head would be ripped off. And he deserves it.

The co-main event, which deserved to be headlined, was the best possible women’s bout, the rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the undisputed super lightweight champion. It ended with a dirty and undeserved victory for the Irishwoman, who left the Puerto Rican with a tremendous cut on her right eyebrow with a presumably involuntary headbutt. The referee had to stop the fight, because the gap was tremendous, the kind that makes vision difficult due to the flow of blood, at a time when the Puerto Rican could well have been ahead on the scorecards, which would have given her the victory. From there Taylor continued the rest of the fight, digging his head into that area of ​​the rival to voluntarily damage the wound. The referee even penalized her with a point in one of the final issues, but it was not enough and, thanks to the judges’ verdict (95-94 all three despite the penalty, hardly credible seeing the quality of Serrano’s fight), The Irish kept the belts. Aside from this unpleasant fact, both fighters threw blows at an extraordinary level, giving a combat of height.

The positive part of this circus is that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Netflix subscribers who are not boxing fans have been able to connect due to the excitement of Tyson’s return against the ‘youtuber’ and have discovered real boxing in the rest. of fights. The rest of the fighters will have no complaints, since they have earned larger purses than normal, and we must not forget that the fight promoter is owned by Jake Paul, so it contributes something to professional boxing.

The event was broadcast by Netflix for its almost 300 million subscribers around the world, something pioneering in boxing.