A big boxing evening took place in Arlington (Texas, USA), the main event of which was the fight of the legendary former “absolute” heavyweight 58-year-old Mike Tyson and popular video blogger, showman and promoter, 27-year-old Jake Paulreports Sports.kz.
The fight was scheduled in the format of eight rounds of two minutes with large gloves. The fight took place with a clear advantage of the younger and more agile opponent and ended in favor of Jake Paul with a unanimous decision of the judges after the fight went the full distance. Before the fight, bookmakers gave preference to the YouTuber, and called him the most likely outcome early ending.
Note that this fight will be included in the statistics of fighters on BoxRec.com. Thus, for “Iron Mike” this was the first official fight in almost 20 years. Now his track record includes 59 fights – 50 victories (44 by knockout), seven defeats and two more fights declared invalid. Jake Paul scored his 11th win with one defeat.
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight broke the record before it even started