Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson — result
Mike Tyson’s second exit from boxing was even more miserable than his first as he lost to the YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul in a dismal heavyweight contest on Friday.
The eight-round fight, which was streamed live on Netflix, was scored 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 in favor of Paul, who is 31 years younger than Tyson.
The 58-year-old struggled with his movement throughout and, in the final rounds, Paul appeared hesitant to inflict too much damage on the former undisputed world heavyweight champion. “I was trying to hurt him,” he insisted in the ring afterwards.
Distressingly, Tyson appeared to suggest after his defeat that he could be lured back into the sport in the future. He identified Jake’s brother, Logan, as a potential next opponent.
Netflix’s first foray into live combat sports meanwhile endured some rocky moments with a number of viewers complaining of streaming and buffering problems before and during the fight.
Main card fight results
- Heavyweight: Jake Paul def. Mike Tyson via UD
- 🏆 Super Lightweight: Katie Taylor def. Amanda Serrano via UD
- 🏆 Welterweight: Mario Barrios retains title with draw with Abel Ramos
- Super Middleweight: Neeraj Goyat def. Whindersson Nunes via UD
A blot on Mike Tyson’s record
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We’ve had a couple of emails asking about this but, yes, this loss will go on Mike Tyson’s professional record because it was a sanctioned bout.
That means Tyson’s pro record now stands at 50-7. Jake Paul becomes just the sixth man to defeat Tyson, the former undisputed world heavyweight champion, joining Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Danny Williams and Kevin McBride.
Paul’s professional record meanwhile improves to 11-1.
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💬 Ryan L: “We are living in a South Park episode.”
💬 Harry V: “A shameless cash grab by Netflix, whose servers couldn’t handle it. 1/10 experience.”
💬 Darren A: “Worst part is, we all knew it was gonna be s***. But we all still watched. Awful, awful poison.”
💬 Rory P: “Embarrassing for all involved unfortunately, myself included. We all watched, tempted by the prospect of Iron Mike delivering one more knockout but it was clear after the second round he was all out of steam.
The Taylor/Serrano fight before was so far ahead of the main event, it might as well have been a different sport. Netflix can try and turn the crowd noise down all they want but we all heard the boos. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end for these kinds of events…”
Your views on tonight’s main event
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💬 Sky: “I’m not even going to call this a fight. It looked like two guys who really didn’t want to get hit because they already had their paychecks. Glad it was free…”
💬 Y: “I feel ashamed I actually watched this.”
💬 Dom M: “Tyson is 58 but looked like 78. No mobility whatsoever. Paul barely broke a sweat and earned a big payday. I gotta think the entire thing was staged. The women’s world title fight that preceded this one was by far the highlight of the night.”
💬 Josh H, via email: “Comfortably the worst boxing match I have ever watched. Makes me long for the glory days of Mayweather vs. McGregor.”
Worth the wait?
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Nearly five hours later, the main card is in the books and truth be told, it was not worth the wait.
At age 58, Tyson looked a shell of himself, understandably so. Paul seemed to take his foot off the gas after a strong flurry early in the fight.
The best fight of the night turned out to be Serrano vs. Taylor, which had intense action, blood and a controversial ending.
Between the sluggish main event, Netflix’s technical difficulties and buffering, this event overall feels like something of a dud.
Andre Ward, the former unified super middleweight and light heavyweight world champion, has just summed it all up quite nicely on Netflix. “Hopefully people aren’t too disappointed but he’s 58 years old, what did you expect?”
Tyson says he’d be interested in fighting Logan Paul
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Oh boy.
Ariel Helwani asks Mike Tyson if this is his last fight. “I don’t know. It depends on the situation,” he replies. When pressed if this is the last time he will be in the ring, he says: “I don’t think so?” Helwani asks who he could fight next. “Maybe I fight his brother.”
“Motherf*****, I’ll kill you Mike,” Logan Paul, stood next to his brother Jake, shoots back.
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