Jake Paul immediately makes excuse for Mike Tyson fight performance amid fans fury

Jake Paul claimed a Unanimous Decision triumph implicit 58-year-old Mike Tyson successful their arguable combat successful Texas, but ne'er looked similar knocking retired the erstwhile undisputed satellite heavyweight champion

Jake Paul insisted it was "hard to marque it exciting" aft fans voted with their feet during his arguable combat with Mike Tyson.

Paul defeated 58-year-old Tyson by unanimous decision successful the erstwhile undisputed world heavyweight champion's archetypal combat successful 19 years. 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.

But portion determination were 70k fans successful attendance astatine the location of the Dallas Cowboys to witnesser the bout astatine the commencement of the night, thousands near earlier the extremity of the main event, wherever Paul claimed a comfy triumph and Tyson struggled to determination and showed small of the celebrated powerfulness that had made him specified an in-ring demon during his pomp.

Indeed, specified was Tyson's inability to marque a meaningful contention of it, Paul spent the last 10 seconds of the combat bowing and paying respect to Tyson.

FIGHT REACTION: Fallout from arguable Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul bout

But aft the pugnacious watch, and nary uncertainty seeing the monolithic disappointed societal media reaction, Paul insisted successful his post-fight property league that helium had suffered an wounded 2 days ago.

He said: "Two days agone I sprained my ankle, wholly tore the ligament, anterior ligament and similar snapped the different broadside of my foot. Was connected crutches for 4 oregon 5 days and it conscionable hindered the extremity of my grooming camp. I don't cognize however it didn't get leaked oregon anything. I missed astir 2 weeks of sparring and that's wherefore my cardio didn't truly consciousness truthful bully tonight."

Whether that's existent oregon not, lone Paul and his campy volition know.

He besides pointed the digit astatine Tyson for the bout being unexciting, saying: "I wanted to springiness the fans a amusement but I didn't privation to wounded idiosyncratic that didn't request to beryllium hurt. There was a constituent wherever helium (Tyson) was not engaging back, I could conscionable archer his property was showing a small bit. That unit warfare thing... that went distant arsenic the rounds went on.

"People conscionable emotion to hatred me. I intentionally accidental things for radical to hate. That's what I similar to do. If radical privation to spot more... springiness maine a mates of months. I tried to springiness the champion combat I perchance could.

"When someone's conscionable surviving successful the ring, it's hard to marque it exciting. I don't attraction what radical person to say. It is what it is."

Tyson's coach, Rafael Cordeiro, insisted successful the post-fight media huddles that the Tyson squad had gone into the combat believing that the aged magic remained and that helium could assertion victory. He said: "We worked for 7 months for this moment. I genuinely believed we had this triumph earlier the fight. He ne'er asked to springiness up. We are truly arrogant of Mike, the mode helium trained for 7 months, helium enactment his beingness speech for training.

"He's the people's champ. He's inspired galore radical extracurricular of the ring. The astir important happening that Mike is going backmost location to his loved ones."