Jake Paul and Mike Tyson to be suspended from boxing after one-sided fight

Both Jake Paul and Mike Tyson volition beryllium suspended from boxing for 7 days pursuing their eight-round contention which ended successful a one-sided triumph for the YouTuber

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson volition beryllium handed suspensions from boxing successful the coming days.

Paul outpointed Tyson successful their arguable combat successful Dallas connected Friday nighttime arsenic the YouTuber failed to unrecorded up to his pre-fight boasts of knocking retired the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight world champion. Paul dominated the combat from the opening doorbell arsenic Tyson laboured done his archetypal outing successful 4 years and archetypal nonrecreational bout successful astir 20.

Neither antheral was wounded successful the contention but arsenic it was sanctioned arsenic a nonrecreational event, some men volition beryllium ordered to remainder by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the assemblage overseeing the fight. The regulations authorities each combatant volition beryllium told to remainder for 3 days for each circular fought; meaning 24 days' remainder volition beryllium ordered for Paul and Tyson. Of course, neither Tyson nor Paul would beryllium expected to combat wrong 3 weeks of Friday's bout ending.

Meanwhile, Tyson does not deliberation his decision against Jake Paul volition beryllium his past quality successful a boxing ring. The eight-round fight, which took spot astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Texas and was streamed connected Netflix, was scored 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 successful favour of the YouTuber-turned-boxer. It was Tyson’s archetypal combat successful 19 years but, speaking to Netflix aft the bout, the 58-year-old near the model unfastened for aboriginal fights.

Asked if it was the past clip helium would beryllium seen successful a ring, Tyson said: “I don’t know. It depends connected the situation. “I don’t deliberation so.” When asked who a aboriginal hostile could be, Tyson pointed retired Paul’s member Logan successful the ring. The erstwhile satellite heavyweight champion besides said helium was “absolutely happy” with his performance. “I knew (Paul) was a bully fighter,” Tyson said. “I didn’t beryllium thing to anyone, conscionable myself. I’m not 1 of these guys who goes retired to delight the world, I’m conscionable blessed with what I tin do.”

Meanwhile, Paul utilized his post-fight comments to wage tribute to his opponent. “ Mike Tyson, this is specified an honour,” helium said. “He’s the top to ever bash it. He is an icon. It was an honour to combat him. He was precisely what I thought helium would be.” The highly anticipated combat did not unrecorded up to its lofty expectations, with a visibly weary Tyson struggling to support gait with Paul for overmuch of the bout.