Hobbling Mike Tyson leaves fans 'sad' over pathetic performance in loss to Jake Paul: 'He can barely walk'

It wasn't conscionable Jake Paul hitting 58-year-old Mike Tyson connected Friday nighttime successful Texas. It was reality.

'I chopped it disconnected due to the fact that I couldn't ticker anymore,' NBA fable Magic Johnson wrote arsenic the erstwhile heavyweight champion was losing a unanimous decision connected Netflix. 'It's bittersweet to spot Mike Tyson similar this.'

YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI went truthful acold arsenic to picture the 'sad' combat arsenic 'elder abuse,' which is simply a melodramatic turnaround for an lawsuit that had been wide anticipated astir the world. 

Once thrilled to ticker a boxing fable look a cocky Gen Z upstart 31 years Tyson's junior, fans were yet near dismayed to spot the self-proclaimed 'Baddest Man connected the Planet' succumb to an influencer helium would person easy beaten successful his prime. 

Yes, Tyson did spell the region connected Friday, but the combat was lone scheduled for 8 rounds, which were trimmed to 2 minutes each from the accustomed three. 

As a result, Tyson was lone successful enactment for 16 minutes connected Friday. But to those watching him lumber astir the ringing with a brace connected his close knee, it felt overmuch longer. At 1 point, 'he's 58' began trending connected X successful notation to Iron Mike's age.

Undisputed ace welterweight champion Terence Crawford didn't propulsion immoderate punches erstwhile discussing the combat online.

'I emotion Mike Tyson, but they giving him excessively overmuch credit,' Crawford wrote. 'He looked similar trash, to bid that agelong and lone propulsion 97 punches the full combat is crazy. I'm conscionable gladsome helium didn't get wounded retired there.'

Sportswriter Callum Boyle agreed.

'Sad to ticker arsenic a boxing fan,' Boyle wrote. 'Mike Tyson's bequest should stay successful the past and not beryllium tarnished by immoderate this is expected to be. Still can't instrumentality Jake Paul earnestly until I spot him combat a morganatic boxer successful the premier of their career.'

There were immoderate who were impressed with Tyson's show successful spite of everything. For instance, British speech amusement big Piers Morgan wrote that Tyson inactive has 'the bosom of a lion.'

Skip Bayless admitted helium was amazed Tyson is 'still capable to propulsion punches,' but conceded that Iron Mike 'looked beauteous pathetic.'

The stats lone confirmed what everyone already knew: Tyson landed conscionable 18 of 97 punches, with lone 4 of those shots connecting with Paul's torso.

Of course, this combat was delayed erstwhile aft Tyson had an ulcer flareup aboard a cross-country fight, truthful possibly the nationalist should person expected the benignant of spectacle that took spot astatine AT&T Stadium connected Friday.

But curiously, bettors inactive believed successful Tyson, with 85 percent of wagers astatine FanDuel being placed connected boxing's elder statesman.

For instance, Drake enactment $355,000 connected Tyson to triumph lone to find retired with the remainder of the satellite that the Brooklyn autochthonal was decades past his prime, to it conservatively.

But contempt the hype and the hope, a 58-year-old Tyson simply could not bushed begetter time. 

'This is the saddest happening I've ever seen,' 1 professional added. 'Tyson tin hardly walk.'