ARLINGTON, TEXAS —
Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous determination to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas on Friday that did not reside as much as its huge hype.
The bout between the 27-year-old social media influencer-turned-prizefighter Paul and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson was streamed reside on Netflix and performed out in entrance of a sold-out crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
These followers had been left largely disillusioned as Tyson confirmed his age and was by no means in a position to generate any offense towards his youthful opponent, touchdown simply 18 punches to Paul’s 78.
“At the beginning, Mike Tyson — it is an honor to have the ability to struggle him,” mentioned Paul. “It was as robust and laborious as I assumed it might be.”
Tyson, who wore a knee brace, by no means mounted a lot of a problem after being wobbled by some left palms within the third spherical however did sufficient defensively to keep away from taking any critical harm.
He acknowledged after the competition to preventing by way of a leg damage.
“Yeah, however I am unable to use that as an excuse. If I did, I would not be in right here,” Tyson mentioned. “I knew he was fighter. He was ready, I got here to struggle. I did not show nothing to anyone, solely to myself. I am not a kind of guys that reside to please the world. I am simply proud of what I can do.”
Tyson, probably the most fearsome heavyweight champions throughout his heyday within the late Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties, was in his first skilled struggle in almost 20 years. He was noncommittal when requested if he would return to the ring once more.
“I do not know. It is determined by the scenario,” he mentioned.
Paul (11-1) mentioned he can now struggle anybody he needs, presumably even Mexican Canelo Alvarez, after being the primary attraction within the mega occasion that introduced out a star-studded crowd and 72,300 struggle followers.
“That is the most important occasion, over 120 million folks on Netflix,” he mentioned. “We crashed the positioning, the most important U.S. boxing gate, $20 million, in U.S. historical past, and everyone seems to be subsequent on the listing.”
Taylor beats Serrano
Within the co-main occasion earlier within the night, Eire’s Katie Taylor retained her tremendous light-weight title by beating Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano in a controversial unanimous determination after a violent affair.
Serrano got here ahead all through the struggle, however their heads crashed collectively laborious within the early phases, leading to a deep lower over Serrano’s proper eye. The referee later took some extent off Taylor for head butts.
Ultimately all three judges scored it 95-94 for Taylor, who denied accusations from Serrano’s nook that she was preventing soiled.
Taylor received the pair’s earlier assembly, at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard in April 2022, and mentioned there can be a 3rd assembly.
