If you’re a 27 year old boxer in your and you can’t beat a 58 year old boxer whose prime was 35 years ago idk man. I just feel like this was so clearly fixed. What other sport would have a matchup like this?
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Unfortunately boxing has a reputation of these kind of celebrity/nostalgia bouts that fail to live up to the hype. That fury wilder fight was epic but those are fewer and fewer it seems like but I’m not an avid fan
Tbf, I think it's actually on brand when it comes to boxing because they love putting promising up and comers against people they know they'll win against to pad their records.
There were probably other Paul Bros. stipulations to the match, as well.
Answering your question, all of them, they call it “exhibition match” retired players against young ones it’s very common to see actually. They use it to rise money for many proposes. Look: https://youtu.be/TDMUCBCAn0A
I don't think it was fixed... if it's fixed you're implying Tyson has no pride. These types of matches in sports have been the reason for arguments for many many years. Movies like the later rocky movies were made about this type of thing.
That doesn’t matter though, Paul is bringing attention back to boxing that it hasn’t had in well over a decade. I have friends who were raving about Amanda Serrano who have only watched boxing once (Floyd vs Connor in 2017) and couldn’t tell you anything else. Fixed or not, still good for the sport.
Paul has said it again just yesterday.. there is no point injuring a man that doesn’t deserve to be injured .. he took his step off the gas in respect for the legend .. Iron Mike 💪🏽
That’s what I’m saying!! The second the fight started, it was glaringly obvious how old Tyson is (in this context at least) so what did Jake Paul really have to gain from this??
I get it and I am NOT a Loagie supporter but he showed a humanistic side in a cutthroat sport by not attacking Tyson when he could have. He noticed the legend having a hard time and fell back. That was obvious no matter how you debate the age gap.
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What a snoozer...
#MikeTyson
There were probably other Paul Bros. stipulations to the match, as well.
Reminded me of this pre-fight scene, though.
You tied with a 60 year old man
…he lost 🤣