Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Saturday November 16, 2024 at 8:09 a.m.
During a highly anticipated fight against YouTuber, actor and boxer Jake Paul (27), former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (58) was beaten by unanimous decision of the judges on Friday in Texas .
After a competition between golfers and Formula 1 drivers, an exhibition match between Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, and while waiting for NFL matches during the holiday period, the platform Netflix broadcast another major event on Friday: the boxing fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. The legendary 58-year-old boxer, former world heavyweight champion, who has not boxed professionally for 19 years, agreed, after many twists and turns (health problems in particular) to face Jake Paul, YouTuber and actor who became boxer, 31 years his junior (the largest age difference for a professional boxing fight). A fight organized in front of 72,000 spectators at ATamp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in eight two-minute rounds and with heavier gloves than in a classic fight in this category. And it was Jake Paul who won! The Cleveland native was unanimously declared the winner by the judges: 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.
Tyson may not have said goodbye to boxing
A logical score given the domination of the younger of the two boxers during this fight where no blow close to causing a KO was delivered. If he was an illusion during the first two rounds, Mike Tyson, without much energy, looked his age during the following ones, and even received a few boos at the end of the fight. “I'm happy, I don't have to prove anything to anyone but myself, I was happy with what I was able to do,” commented Tyson, who said he was perhaps not the last fight of his career. “First of all, it’s an honor,” Paul said for his part. Let's give Mike a big round of applause. He is a legend, the best of all time. I am inspired by him and we wouldn't be here without him. He is the toughest man on the planet. It was a tough fight as I expected. » He now has 11 victories and only one defeat on his record.
