Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

[Bald-Eagle22]

Now i understand why Tyson slapped Paul during weigh-in. He wanted to hit him at least once.....

What an absolute farce.

 

[JonRGV250]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857886940097556646

 

[StriderX]

I know it's just his social media manager or whatever but is there really any need to justify taking a bag?

 

[Stu999]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857886940097556646

One of the journos (I think BBC) was saying he was breathing heavily just sitting down to talk.

 

[Stu999]

I know it's just his social media manager or whatever but is there really any need to justify taking a bag?

Probably justifying his poor performance rather than taking the cash.

 

[2013]

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.

 

[Kyo]

That's the thing JP will sell himself as some great champion that's has now defeated Tyson. In reality we all know until he fights in a pro circuit, then none of his past fights are meaningless and just a pantomime charade.

 

[Gray2233]

The only thing this has done is make JP somehow look worse than he already did.

 

[Darujhistan]

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.

 

[freddie64]

JP was never gonna come out of this looking good.

If he won, he won against a old Tyson.
If he lost, he lost to a old Tyson.

For all his faults, i'm glad Tyson made it to the end and got a pay cheque.

 

[Frankiemac]

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.

 

[Stu999]

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?

 

[Frankiemac]

All £5 that I paid for a month of Netflix?

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.

 

[Chris C]

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.

 

[Frankiemac]

Someone paid $2M for the top seat package.

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'.

 

[koolpc]

Someone paid $2M for the top seat package.

Is that the same person who just paid £6m for a banana?

 

[Mr Jack]

Is that the same person who just paid £6m for a banana?

I hope not. He's planning on eating the banana...

 

[Chris C]

Is that the same person who just paid £6m for a 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.

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'.

$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

 

[Junglist]

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.

 

[sigma]

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.

Power is the last thing to go though:

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I'm pretty sure most people still wouldn't stand taking a clean shot from him.