Tyson vs Paul

[Hot Lunch]

When it's time to sit down and watch TV, the wife and I will be watching Part 2 of Cobra Kai Season 6. Just released today. That's the beauty of modern technology. You don't have to watch things when they air.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Neither does this forum, but you still post here like a spectre at the feast!

You won't hear from me again.

 

[Simfers]

Y'know, honestly... No. I've never been interested in the "talking" parts of the fight build-up, not in boxing, not in MMA, anywhere. I in fact actively avoid it. I can watch a UFC card in 2 hours instead of the broadcast 6 because I fast-forward through all the talky bits, the entrances, all that extraneous stuff. When I watch pro wrestling, which I do sometimes, I skip the promos and angles. I just want to see the action.

So Jake Paul's antics simply don't move me because I haven't seen them. I know his name and I know he has lots of terrible tattoos because I saw that weigh-in picture, but that's it.

But watching a journeyman boxer fight an old and shopworn Mike Tyson just doesn't excite me. I'm already not the most ardent boxing fight anymore, and this does nothing to re-kindle the flame.

I'll check out the results tomorrow, and if it turns out to be something spectacular, I'll watch the fight (I have Netflix). But only the fight.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I will not be watching, but I will want to know who wins..... I know who hope wins.... decisively.... but I don't want to name names....all I will say is he use to be a heavy weight boxing champ

 

[Steve]

Well not watching the fight. Kid has to watch a western movie for school, so we are watching Appaloosa.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Side complaint about this - was listening to the news and they were talking about how netflix has this and some random football games. With football basketball and hockey (I don't watch baseball often so not sure there), they're each on different streaming services now. Some are on cable as well, but not all - I can only watch about a third of the only sports team in raleigh, on raleigh cable for instance. So to watch one sport you might need cable and two separate streaming services. To watch all sports, you need like 6.

And they've got "aggregate" streaming services that cost more. But those still don't have what are often considered exclusive or prime time games since those are exclusive to streaming services, so you still need to buy the streaming service along with it.

Yet these leagues wonder why people keep going to "Free streaming sites" to watch these games.

 

[Sammy Naur]

Adjusted for age, Tyson won. Mostly by humbling Jake Paul.

The whole card was great. Serrano was robbed. Barrios vs Ramos was one of the best fights I've ever witnessed.

 

[Buka]

That was a set up fight. Both of those asholes took the public for a ride. I haven’t seen that since DeLohya/Mayweather.

I should have known. What a disappointing sham.

 

[Sammy Naur]

I should have known. What a disappointing sham.

Why do you feel this way.

I thought the fight was great. Tyson is still an amazing fighter at 58, Paul is a great boxer at 26.

 

[drop bear]

That was a set up fight. Both of those asholes took the public for a ride. I haven’t seen that since DeLohya/Mayweather.

I should have known. What a disappointing sham.

I had a more altruistic view that jake chose not to murder Tyson in front of a million people.

 

[Gyakuto]

What a lacklustre fight. Tyson lacked vigour and never really moved forward to attack like he used to. In the past, his tactic was to overwhelm his opponent, pushing him back, back, back then -KAPOWZEROONY! - uppercut to oblivion! But Tyson appeared detached from the action, keeping back and never getting in. Paul is just a big bloke with long arms…that is currently his thing. He’s a reasonable boxer but nothing special but it’s his size that takes him a long way.

I was pleasantly surprised with Paul’s humility and respect toward Tyson at the end of the fight. Despite his reputation for arrogance and insouciance, at the last ten second signal, Paul stopped, put down his guard and performed a bowed toward Tyson. Paul spent 90% of his winner’s interview, praising Tyson Tyson seemed a bit bewildered during his interview.

I do wonder if Tyson’s brand might be damaged by this outcome. I’m no longer going to order any Tyson-branded merchandise, after all.

 

[Gyakuto]

My conclusion is that a big, younger opponent will defeat an older, smaller person. The oriental martial arts are based upon a lie!