Boxing. Iron Mike Tyson v Jake Paul

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58 year old Mike Tyson makes a comeback to the Boxing ring at 1am GMT Saturday Morning to fight Jake Paul.

At the weigh in things got a little bit feisty.

 

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Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul: Mike Tyson beaten by Jake Paul on points in drab contest - BBC Sport

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Jake Paul leaves a permanent stain on two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson's...

 

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What utter nonsense by the BBC.

It was an exhibition fight, which highly favoured Jake Paul even though he'll never be to the standard that Mike Tyson was in his prime. Tyson, at 58-years-old, was always going to struggle with a 27-year-old. Personally, I think he deserves more respect for coming out of retirement, and having worked so hard to get into shape for the contest. These fights, they mean nothing. It's just money, but some media outlets love to pretend that it does.

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Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul left a permanent stain on two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson's boxing legacy with a tedious points win in front of 70,000 frustrated fans in Texas - and millions watching the controversial bout on streaming powerhouse Netflix.

Tyson, as you might expect from a man aged 58 and having not competed professionally in 19 years, was a shadow of his old self.

Paul, 27, is a boxing novice but was too young and too athletic. He kept Tyson at range, landing jabs and accurate punches in an eight-round contest of two-minute rounds.

Tyson was slow and sluggish. He received a hero's reception before the fight, but there were huge boos as the fight drew to a close.

 

This is a very tedious article, one you would expect to be written by a non-mainstream news outlet.

The part I have highlighted and underlined says it all.

Jake Paul is a professional boxer now. He has been training with some former high calibre people such as Theotrice Chambers, and formerly Shane Mosley. I think more should be said about Paul's seriousness for the sport, and how if he's serious about it - he should fight active boxers.

There's no doubt anyone with some common sense would expect Tyson to be slow, and sluggish compared to the 27-year-old Paul.

Tyson has done any further damage to his career, nothing worse than when he was an active boxer. If anything, he's showing that he's reformed these days and has a much better overall image. The actual fight? He lost, it means nothing.

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@Chris

I agree. The match was a farce & it shouldn't have been allowed to go ahead. Mike had trained hard but he is simply too slow at his age to be allowed in a boxing ring 

If anything would have happened to Mike it would have been a big tragedy for boxing and the sport may have not recovered from something like that.