Jake Paul won the highly anticipated boxing match on Netflix by unanimous decision 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 as Paul landed 78 punches to Mike Tyson’s 18.
Once known as “the baddest man on the planet,” former heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs), returned to the ring Friday to face the YouTube star turned fighter professional Jake Paul (11-1, seven KOs).
The two exchanged verbal spats for months before the delayed fight, but things intensified on Thursday when a video showed Tyson, 58, slapping Paul, 27, in the face during the fight’s weigh-in at hours prime time.
The Tyson-Paul fight was originally scheduled for July before being pushed back several months after Tyson suffered an ulcer problem.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul pose after the final press conference for their upcoming heavyweight fight at Toyota Music Factory on November 13, 2024 in Irving, Texas.
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Tyson, 58, tried to pick up the pace early in the fight, but Paul managed to overcome the initial assaults and continued to hit the former heavyweight champion with shots from distance as Tyson slowed down gradually. as the fight progressed.
“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a unique dream match and we hope it will be the most watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions, which partners with Netflix. fight, said in a statement.
Before the fight, Tyson said he planned to “finish” the “kid” despite the 31-year age gap.
“I’m really looking forward to getting in the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” Tyson said in a statement. “He has grown considerably as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the drive and ambition of a ‘kid’ ‘ can do with experience. and the aptitude of a GOAT. It’s a full-circle moment that will be more than thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I intend to finish him. “
Paul said Tyson would be his biggest challenge yet.
“It’s crazy to think that in my second professional fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most famous fighters and biggest icons,” Paul said in a statement.
Tyson was heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990 and began his career by winning his first 37 matches. He won his first 19 professional fights by knockout. Tyson’s first loss was a huge upset against Buster Douglas in 1990.
Paul, who began fighting professionally in 2020, has previously beaten UFC star Nate Diaz and MMA fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren. He started his boxing career 6-0 before losing to Tommy Furry in 2023.
