Tribute from Paul, Tyson in scanty clothing, Netflix in difficulty… A look back at a curious evening of boxing

“The saddest spectacle in boxing history”. “A parody”. “A masquerade”. As usual, but rightly so for once, harsh comments flooded the social network United). Tyson, who had not fought professionally since 2005, only gave up for the first two rounds before being largely dominated by Paul, unanimously awarded the winner by the judges after 8 rounds of 2 minutes.

Symbol of this uninteresting match, the 5th round would see the two protagonists only exchange four blows actually delivered, giving the impression that Jake Paul was content with the minimum against a 58-year-old opponent quickly caught by the limit of age. Which did not prevent him, at the end of the fight, from looking towards the future in… a ring. “Is this my last fight?”he asked himself in the center of the arena. “I don’t know, I don’t think so. It will depend on the situation”he then replied, before adding to already prepare the rest of the show. “For the future, I could perhaps take his brother”looking at wrestling superstar Logan Paul, standing next to Jake and smiling back: “You son of a bitch, I’m going to kill you Mike!”

What else can we remember from this evening where the financial stakes will have far exceeded the sporting interest of a fight that is far too unbalanced? That Mike Tyson always has an innate sense of staging, even if it sometimes borders on the ridiculous. As was the case during a short television interview broadcast before his entry into the ring, where he announced his future victory before turning on his heel and revealing his outfit, which was surprising to say the least, which did not fail to impress. create buzz on the web.

Another failure of the evening, the Netflix servers did not cope with the influx of spectators, many of them complaining about the quality of the broadcast and the flow. This was the first live television broadcast of a sporting event for the VOD giant, which will therefore have to quickly learn from its mistakes since two NFL matches are planned for the Christmas holidays. “There were 120 million people on Netflix, we crashed the site”congratulated Jake Paul.

A Youtuber who also wanted to pay tribute to his opponent in the last moments of the fight by bowing respectfully to him. A posture that was not to everyone's taste. And just to push the envelope even further, Jake Paul even mentioned his future in the rings too by mentioning the name of Canelo Alvarez, the current light heavyweight world champion. “Canelo? I talked about him this week, he needs me, so I won't even try to call him, he knows where the money is.said the 27-year-old American. Not sure that the Mexican appears as harmless as the shadow of the legend Tyson…