Boxing legend Mike Tyson refused to rule out one other boxing match after the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion misplaced an eight-round bout in opposition to 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul on Saturday.
This was Mike Tyson’s first sanctioned skilled boxing bout earlier than retiring in 2005: his final combat was a defeat in opposition to Kevin McBride.
With Netflix dwell streaming the Tyson vs Paul combat, which led to the OTT main’s website crashing throughout the principle occasion, there was loads of hype across the combat. Critics of the combat although went so far as calling it a “glorified sparring session”. There have been additionally boos from the group at AT&T Stadium as Paul gained 80-72 on one decide’s scorecard and 79-73 on the opposite two.
The Related Press famous: “The Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Famer got here at Paul laborious within the opening seconds, and briefly once more to begin the second spherical. In any other case, he largely let Paul come to him, and Paul stated he thought Tyson was too fatigued to be a menace past the third spherical.”
The defeat is the seventh one in Mike Tyson’s profession, which now reads 50-7 with 44 knockout wins. However regardless of the loss, he refused to rule out one other bout.
When Mike Tyson was requested on the post-fight press convention if the loss meant curtains for his boxing profession, he stated: “It is dependent upon the scenario. Not the final one. Possibly his brother (Jake Paul’s brother Logan Paul) subsequent.”
“I’ll kill you, Mike,” Logan Paul, who was standing alongside aspect his victorious brother shot again at Tyson.
On the post-fight press convention, Paul was once more requested if he’d taken his foot off the fuel within the later rounds, and he stated: “Yeah, positively, positively a bit. I needed to offer the followers a present, however I didn’t wish to harm somebody who didn’t must be harm.”
