After Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, Arlington arena to host another damp squib when Dallas Cowboys return to NFL action

‘It was the champion of times, it was the worst of times’ wrote Charles Dickens successful his blockbuster astir the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities.

The communicative was released 165 years agone but the operation perfectly encapsulates the thoughts of everyone who stayed up successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday greeting to ticker erstwhile undisputed satellite heavyweight champion Mike Tyson combat YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul connected Netflix.

The combat which preceded it was an implicit belter betwixt Ireland’s super-lightweight champion Katie Taylor arsenic she successfully defended her IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles against lion-hearted Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano.

Fight fans astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, location of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, were connected their feet cheering some boxers arsenic they traded non-stop blows passim the titanic ten-round contest.

London Olympics golden medallist Taylor, inactive going beardown aged 38, bushed Serrano who is 2 years younger, successful a arguable divided determination astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York successful April 2022 successful an implicit barnstormer.

There was further contention successful this scintillating sequel with Serrano sustaining a gaping chopped supra her close oculus aft an accidental clash of heads successful the sixth circular and Taylor was aboriginal deducted a constituent for a headbutt successful the eighth.

But contempt claims of a robbery from casual boxing fans and boos from the 72,000 crowd, the defending champion was rightly awarded the combat 95-94 by each 3 judges.

The unrecorded sum was criticised connected societal media for perpetually being interrupted by buffering but successful information erstwhile it came to the heavyweight combat betwixt 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul, those who mislaid transportation were the fortunate ones.

There were much boos and jeers passim arsenic Paul stumbled his mode to a points triumph aft 8 lethargic rounds and if helium truly wants to beryllium respected helium indispensable combat a credible nonrecreational heavyweight of his ain property adjacent clip out.

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