KSI fails to hit the mark with chilling Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul prediction

The YouTube sensation and concern spouse of Logan Paul tipped Jake Paul to destruct Mike Tyson and KO the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champion - thing the American was incapable to do

KSI reckoned Mike Tyson was 'a lamb sent to slaughter' successful his combat with Jake Paul.

And portion the YouTube prima claimed triumph successful their arguable bout successful Texas, KSI's pre-fight prediction failed to deed the mark, arsenic Tyson, present 58, lasted the afloat 8 rounds and was hardly wobbled during a lacklustre combat where fans voted with their feet.

On the eve of the bout, KSI claimed: " Jake Paul volition sound retired Mike Tyson. This volition not beryllium adjacent astatine all. Boxing is simply a young man's crippled and Mike is 58 years old. They're sending a lamb to the slaughter and it's disgusting."

But while Paul won via unanimous decision, helium ne'er looked similar dropping Tyson - warring a nonrecreational combat for the archetypal clip successful 19 years. And portion boxing whitethorn good beryllium a 'young man's game', Paul showed that, contempt his quality to bundle and merchantability the athletics - with Netflix buying successful and looking to marque a splash, contempt their streaming woes connected the night - helium is acold from astatine the sport's pinnacle.

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

Speaking aft the fight, Paul explained why, contempt his corner's telephone for him to effort to KO Tyson during the fight, helium simply didn't.

"It's conscionable an honour to beryllium capable to combat him," said Paul. "It was truly pugnacious fight. I expected it to be. He was precisely what I thought. One of the top to ever bash it. An icon.

"I was trying to wounded him a small bit. I was frightened helium was going to wounded me. I did my best."

The eight-round combat was scored 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 successful favour of the YouTuber-turned-boxer.

The opening circular began with Paul, 27, utilizing his younker vantage to repeatedly adjacent the spread connected 58-year-old Tyson, fto escaped a jab and rapidly make distance. Tyson was capable to drawback Paul with a fewer dense assemblage shots earlier the 2 fighters clinched, which elicited dense boos from the crowd.

The 2nd circular followed a akin vein, Paul doing his champion to debar Tyson’s famously dense blows earlier clinching again. Round fig 3 began overmuch much explosively, with Tyson coming retired swinging earlier being met with a bid of near hooks from Paul. Building successful confidence, the YouTuber continued to onshore dense blows connected a static Tyson, who looked grateful for the doorbell astatine the extremity of the round.

The 2 fighters missed jabs astatine the commencement of the fourth, but Tyson struggled to support gait with Paul, who was capable to prime and take his spots connected the progressively weary Tyson. Paul landed a dense one-two combo to kickstart the halfway people of the bout arsenic Tyson did his champion to usage vertical question to debar Paul’s strikes, the erstwhile heavyweight champion managing to onshore a stiff overhand close to extremity the round.

Tyson stood his crushed successful the sixth, sending Paul scarpering from each attempted strike, earlier the 2 exchanged dense strikes passim the seventh, which ended with Tyson landing a changeable to the head.

But the bout was each but implicit headed into the last round, arsenic Tyson took his clip getting disconnected the country stool.