Jake Paul won the highly anticipated boxing match on Netflix by unanimous decision 80-72, 79-73, 79-73, with Paul landing 78 punches to Mike Tyson’s 18.
Once known as the “Badest Man on the Planet,” former heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson (50-7, 44 knockouts), returned to the boxing ring Friday against YouTuber-turned-pro Jake Paul (11-). 1, seven eliminations).
The two have traded verbal barbs for months ahead of the postponed fight, but things escalated on Thursday when the video showed 58-year-old Tyson Paul being slapped27, across the face weigh for prime-time combat.
The Tyson-Paul fight was originally scheduled for July before Tyson pushed it back a few months after it took place an ulcer problem.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul pose after the final news conference for their heavyweight fight at the Toyota Music Factory on November 13, 2024 in Irving, Texas.
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Tyson, 58, tried to push the pace early in the bout, but Paul was able to overcome the initial onslaught and continued to pound the former heavyweight champion with long shots, slowing Tyson down as the fight wore on.
“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream match and we expect it to be the most-watched boxing event in boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions, which is partnering with Netflix. to fight, he said in a statement.
Before the fight, Tyson said he intended to “finish” the “kid” despite the 31-year age gap.
“I’m really looking forward to getting in the ring with Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” Tyson said in a statement. “He’s grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it’s going to be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with experience. and the ability of an ACHUR. It’s a full circuit moment that will be beyond exciting to watch; Because I started his boxing journey on the undercard of the fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish it.”
Paul said that Tyson will be his biggest challenge.
“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m going to face Tyson myself to see if he has what it takes. One of boxing’s most famous fighters and an icon to overcome one of the biggest,” Paul said in a statement.
Tyson was the heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990 and began his career by winning his first 37 bouts. He won his first 19 professional fights by knockout. Tyson’s first loss was a huge upset against Buster Douglas in 1990.
Paul, who started fighting professionally in 2020, defeated UFC star Nate Diaz and MMA fighter and Olympic fighter Ben Askren. He started his boxing career 6-0 before losing to Tommy Furry in 2023.
