Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul Highlights: Jake Paul has gotten the victory on the BIG occasions against Mike Tyson with the scores 79-73. Promoted as the biggest boxing match of 2024, it took the 12 round decision in the closing of Saturday night at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
YouTube celebrity turned boxer Jake Paul was all of the two fighters as Mike Tyson, 58, looked lethargic and his reflexes were sluggish. When it comes to age, it was in stark relief in Tyson’s performance. He was hardworking in the first two rounds though Jake Paul leveled up in the eight-round contest.
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The honor of the two was evident when the You Tuber Jake Paul addressed Mike Tyson as ‘G.O.A.T’ and in return the former world heavyweight champion referred to Jake Paul as ‘good fighter’. In the last five minutes of the fight Jake Paul even dedicated the final salute to Mike Tyson.
Earlier, the current WBA, WBC, and IBF lightweight champion, Katie Taylor, defeated Amanda Serrano for the titles. In the second main undercard bout early in the day, Neeraj Goyat of India triumphed over Whindersson Nunes. Goyat defeated Nunes via unanimous decision (59-55, 60-54 X2) in a six-rounder. In that match Mario Barrios defeated Ramos to defend his WBC welterweight title.
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The first live sports event streamed by Netflix lasted through eight full rounds of boxing between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, in which Paul was the winner by unanimous decision.
After the fight, Jake Paul was very polite although he won the fight admitting that it was Tyson who taught him how to fight. How about that Mike, much love, he is a legend. That is the greatest known to man and has ever existed. He’s the GOAT. I respect him, he motivates me, and we wouldn’t have been here today if it wasn’t for him.”
Mike Tyson also talked about his performance, by saying, “I didn’t prove nothing to anybody except myself.” He also wanted to compliment Paul as an athlete as he described him as “a very good fighter”.
The fight on Nov. 15 was scheduled for AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Guest presenters and commentators were Roy Jones Jr., Cedric the Entertainer, Kate Abdo, Rosie Perez. Prior to the fight, Netflix released the docuseries “Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson,” two episodes: the first one is about Paul and Tyson preparing for the event.
Prior to Paul vs Tyson there were three fights presented on the main card. The first was a super middleweight match in which Neeraj Goyat beat Whindersson Nunes. The second was a welterweight bout between Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos, the match being(**) a split draw, meaning that Barrios still holds the WBC welterweight title. Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano in co-main event of the night.
Numerous segments of the broadcast were filled with fans grumbling on social media about Netflix which had buffering problems, resulting in blurry vision or delays alternatively during the event.
Fight did not deliver as expected
After the first round, Tyson attacked Paul and landed two good punches at the opponents, but he was not very aggressive after that.
Thus, Paul developed his aggressive attitude when Tyson began initiating the strikes, but his punches were not very proper. Tyson would mostly just sit back and let Paul approach him, though he would grab the attention of Paul on sometime and ask him questions.
Yet the younger fighter failed to knockout as he threatened to do during the unpleasant weigh in session when Tyson smacked him on the face.
Some boos emerged from a crowd thirsty for more of the action during the match in AT&T Stadium, Texas.
After the fight Paul said to Tyson ‘you are the greatest fighter of all time’. He is the greatest of all times, he is a legend.” He said further, “That was really tough like I expected it to be.”
For his part, Tyson admitted that he was still interested in boxing.
“I don’t know. Well, in most cases it does make more sense,’ stated Tyson. Pressed on whether Friday was his last fight he added: “I don’t think so.”
TV broadcast issues during Tyson-Paul fight
It was a boxing fight and aired on the Netflix network, which was Netflix’s biggest live sports event.
Some 85,000 viewers registered on the website Down Detector before the fight concerned with outages or streaming.
Fans were also grumbling on social media about delayed streaming and buffering issues before the live boxing match.
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