Lhe heavyweight legend Mike Tyson did not last the distance against YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul in a professional exhibition fight on Friday in Arlington (Texas, United States).
Jake Paul was unanimously declared the winner of a baroque fight that he organized with his promotion company, and which gave this show specialist publicity worthy of the legend “Iron Mike”. Tyson live on the Netflix streaming platform.
“It’s such an honor, Mike Tyson is a legend, the greatest in history, he inspired me. It was very hard as expected,” greeted Jake Paul. “I’m happy, I have nothing to prove to anyone other than myself, I was happy with what I was able to do. to do,” commented Tyson for his part, who gave the change and dominated the first two rounds before largely declining physically from the third round, where he suffered a good sequence from his opponent.
However, how much did the two opponents receive for the fight? According to the Spanish daily Marca, Jake Paul pocketed $40 million while Mike Tyson would have received $20 million.
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