Soldato
Now i understand why Tyson slapped Paul during weigh-in. He wanted to hit him at least once.....
What an absolute farce.
What an absolute farce.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
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One of the journos (I think BBC) was saying he was breathing heavily just sitting down to talk.
Probably justifying his poor performance rather than taking the cash.
I knew this was just a stunt, and I'm glad I only saw the highlights. It was bizarre to watch a 58-year-old with health issues, who couldn't walk recently, fight a 27-year-old who couldn't even throw a proper punch. If that's the best he can do, he should consider quitting.
Mike Tyson still looks frail, especially his legs. He seems drastically different from just a few years ago.
The only surprise was that Tyson appeared to be in better shape than Paul.
If this fight was meant to boost Paul's boxing credibility, it was a major misstep.
Maybe his next match will be against George Foreman and could do better.
Mike Tyson still looks frail, especially his legs. He seems drastically different from just a few years ago.
The only surprise was that Tyson appeared to be in better shape than Paul.
If this fight was meant to boost Paul's boxing credibility, it was a major misstep.
Maybe his next match will be against George Foreman and could do better.
Soldato
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They made $60M out of gullible morons for 16 minutes of play acting. You have to respect that to some degree, that's a far far better ROI than Disney can manage these days.
Associate
Anyone who stumped their hard earned for this deserved to have it taken off them. How this got to be recognised as a proper fight by boxing authority is beyond me.
All £5 that I paid for a month of Netflix?
Associate
I thought it was PPV ? Fair enough.
I haven't even bothered with the 'highlights'. Where did they generate the purse. I now mugs paid a fortune for some of the seats.
Someone paid $2M for the top seat package.
Associate
Yeah I thought I read somewhere ther were 1 million ones... People are mental. I loved watching Tyson fight in his prime.
His book is harrowing really. I don't blame him for taking this 'fight'.
Soldato
Is that the same person who just paid £6m for a banana?
Caporegime
I hope not. He's planning on eating the banana...
And I thought you were joking. "Its new owner has purchased the banana through Sotheby's China office and will receive a banana, a roll of duct tape, a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to install the work" hadn't seen that story.
$20M to prance around with Jake Paul for 16 mins, I woulnd't blame him either.
Apparently there were other expensive seats "a variety of VIP packages were on offer including the VIP Contender Package ($5K), the VIP Champion Package ($7.5K), and the Ringside VVIP Package ($20K)" but the $2M one was unique
I'm honestly shocked at how many people got duped into thinking an almost 60 year old man, who was washed up in boxing before he retired in 2005 
Father time is undefeated and you can't defy biology. It was always going to be a glorified spar but both of them have made bank and fair play to them.
Tyson, for all his faults, deserved a payday after getting robbed blind by DK.
Father time is undefeated and you can't defy biology. It was always going to be a glorified spar but both of them have made bank and fair play to them.
Tyson, for all his faults, deserved a payday after getting robbed blind by DK.
Caporegime
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Power is the last thing to go though:I'm honestly shocked at how many people got duped into thinking an almost 60 year old man, who was washed up in boxing before he retired in 2005
Father time is undefeated and you can't defy biology. It was always going to be a glorified spar but both of them have made bank and fair play to them.
Tyson, for all his faults, deserved a payday after getting robbed blind by DK.
I'm pretty sure most people still wouldn't stand taking a clean shot from him.
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