Boos ring out as Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson, 58, in controversial Netflix fight

Jake Paul claimed a regular triumph implicit Mike Tyson successful the arguable and unprecedented Netflix combat successful Texas, with large boos ringing retired astatine the extremity of an underwhelming bout.

YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul, 27, and erstwhile heavyweight champion Tyson, 58, went the region aft 8 two-minute rounds.

Paul did not overly wounded Tyson but was comfortably connected apical passim and was handed an unanimous triumph by the judges.

The triumph volition beryllium celebrated by Paul’s galore supporters – helium has implicit 70m followers crossed each platforms – and volition apt pave the mode for much fights, with The Problem Child precocious calling retired boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez. 

Tyson, meanwhile, volition surely defy the impulse to hold to different contentious but lucrative fight, having suggested helium would beryllium unfastened to a ‘full comeback’ during combat week – if helium bushed Paul. 

Few tin assertion to person had a bigger interaction connected not conscionable boxing but athletics arsenic Tyson, who became the youngest heavyweight champion successful past successful 1986. 

Tyson, known arsenic the ‘baddest antheral connected the planet’ during his heyday, went connected to found himself arsenic 1 of the all-time greats implicit the adjacent decade. 

His vocation and beingness was not without its just stock of controversy, however, with Tyson infamously disqualified for biting an opponent’s receptor during a fight and having respective much scandalous moments successful the sport. 

Outside the ring, helium spent 3 years successful situation successful the aboriginal 1990s aft being convicted of rape. 

Many wrong the boxing assemblage expressed interest for Tyson’s welfare but his sensational boxing instrumentality was subject to definite conditions, including the usage of heavier gloves, reducing the interaction of punches, and shorter rounds. 

His hostile Paul, 1 of the biggest contented creators successful the world, held a 10-1 grounds earlier this fight, astir of his erstwhile wins coming against ex-UFC fighters and his sole decision coming to Tommy Fury successful February 2023.

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