Ireland's Jake Paul beats boxing legend Mike Tyson

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — 

Jake Paul bushed boxing fable Mike Tyson by unanimous determination to triumph an intergenerational heavyweight conflict successful Texas connected Friday that failed to unrecorded up to its tremendous hype.

The bout betwixt the 27-year-old societal media influencer-turned-prizefighter Paul and the 58-year-old erstwhile heavyweight champion Tyson was streamed unrecorded connected Netflix and played retired successful beforehand of a sold-out assemblage astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington.

Those fans were near mostly disappointed arsenic Tyson showed his property and was ne'er capable to make immoderate discourtesy against his younger opponent, landing conscionable 18 punches to Paul's 78.

"First and foremost, Mike Tyson — it's an grant to beryllium capable to combat him," said Paul. "It was arsenic pugnacious and hard arsenic I thought it would be."

Tyson, who wore a genu brace, ne'er mounted overmuch of a situation aft being wobbled by immoderate near hands successful the 3rd circular but did capable defensively to debar taking immoderate superior damage.

He acknowledged aft the contention to warring done a limb injury.

"Yeah, but I can't usage that arsenic an excuse. If I did, I wouldn't beryllium successful here," Tyson said. "I knew helium was a bully fighter. He was prepared, I came to fight. I didn't beryllium thing to anybody, lone to myself. I'm not 1 of those guys that unrecorded to delight the world. I'm conscionable blessed with what I tin do."

Tyson, 1 of the astir fearsome heavyweight champions during his heyday successful the precocious 1980s and aboriginal 1990s, was successful his archetypal nonrecreational combat successful astir 20 years. He was noncommittal erstwhile asked if helium would instrumentality to the ringing again.

"I don't know. It depends connected the situation," helium said.

Paul (11-1) said helium tin present combat anyone helium wants, perchance adjacent Mexican Canelo Alvarez, aft being the main attraction successful the mega lawsuit that brought retired a star-studded assemblage and 72,300 combat fans.

"This is the biggest event, implicit 120 cardinal radical connected Netflix,” helium said. “We crashed the site, the biggest U.S. boxing gate, $20 million, successful U.S. history, and everyone is adjacent connected the list."

Taylor beats Serrano

In the co-main lawsuit earlier successful the evening, Ireland's Katie Taylor retained her ace lightweight rubric by beating Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano successful a arguable unanimous determination aft a convulsive affair.

Serrano came guardant passim the fight, but their heads crashed unneurotic hard successful the aboriginal stages, resulting successful a heavy chopped implicit Serrano's close eye. The referee aboriginal took a constituent disconnected Taylor for caput butts.

In the extremity each 3 judges scored it 95-94 for Taylor, who denied accusations from Serrano's country that she was warring dirty.

Taylor won the pair's erstwhile meeting, astatine New York's Madison Square Garden successful April 2022, and said determination would beryllium a 3rd meeting.