Summary

Jake Paul defeated 58-year-old Mike Tyson in an eight-round boxing match, with unanimous scores of 79-73 and 80-72.

The bout, widely criticized as a “stunted show,” highlighted Tyson’s physical decline, including issues with sciatica, a stomach ulcer, and knee problems.

Tyson, once a feared heavyweight champion, struggled to compete, while Paul’s performance lacked effort and authenticity.

Fans, initially supportive of Tyson, grew disenchanted, booing by the final rounds.

Tyson dismissed the fight’s significance beforehand, rejecting the concept of legacy as meaningless. The event was seen as a cynical, contrived spectacle.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    150
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    26 days ago

    The only person who lacks dignity here is the guy challenging someone twice his age to a boxing match.

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      26
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      26 days ago

      Nah they probably sat together and said… we can make bank… let’s do this and give people a good show… And then they did the whole shebang and gave people a nice performance that cost next to nothing to produce and pocketed the rest. Pretty clever.

      Jake Paul knows some people pay to see Tyson beat the anot out of him, others hate watch him and he has fans apparently.

        • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          25 days ago

          Or people that don’t know any of the drama and just wanted to see Tyson do something one last time. The uninformed do thoughtless shit all the time.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        25 days ago

        It definitely helped that it was on Netflix. That was the difference, at least for me. There is absolutely no way in hell I would’ve paid for a PPV of that, but given that my wife already has Netflix, it was more of an “eh, why not” type of thing.

        Taylor vs Serrano was 100% worth it, that was rad.

    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      26 days ago

      The match was close despite the age difference and also the difference in the level of class both before and after the fight was staggering.

      Jake Paul made a fool of himself.

      • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        25 days ago

        If by close you mean Mike just stood there like someone unplugged Player 2’s controller while he wasn’t look, yeah…

    • doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      26 days ago

      I dunno mate, reading all these comments instead of doing literally anything else is starting to make me question my own dignity…