Tyson and J Paul

[Back N Black]

Who watched the fight? Thoughts. I'm still not sure. Was it rigged? If it was Mike did a really good job of looking old.

[LaOtto70Charger]

I watched it. Netflix wasn't ready for it.  That fight itself started out ok buy did look like they were just out there. During the walk out Tyson reminded me of Alexander Karelin when he wrestled Rulon Gardner at the Olympics. Just the look on his face it looked like he was going to lose. If they truly got paid by the minute can't blame them for dragging it out to the very end.

[Mike DC]

 
I didn't realize Logan Paul is a solid boxer these days.  When they announced the fight I thought he was still an internet ass clown with no real chance.   

Either way it's disappointing seeing Tyson do so badly.  He looked bad even for his age.  Lethargic.  There are other 58yo guys would who have made a better showing. 

As for it being rigged, I feel like the possibility is there with any big-publicity fight.  But this one wasn't that much of an upset.  How much of a shocker is it when a 27yo beats a 58yo?  Tyson was taking a payoff when he agreed to do the fight at all.  Real life isn't a Rocky movie.   

[timmycharger]

The first few seconds of the first round were promising but after that it was a miserable fight. Tyson is a shell of himself but I expected him to do better than that. I was a fan of him in the 80's when he was still being trained by Cuss Damato but after that not so much.

I was happy to see that it wasn't like Ali's last fight when he got embarrassed by Spinks (I think thats who it was) where you felt sorry for him.

The real entertainment was the fight before with the 2 ladies absolutely going toe to toe. Cheap ass headbutts though, the Irish fighter should not have won.

[Mike DC]

   
This fight didn't exactly play to Tyson's strengths. 

He was an intimidator & power hitter in his day.  Now he is too old to intimidate like before.  And this was an exhibition fight so neither of them were really going for knockouts.

Tyson's leg probably didn't help either.  He admitted he has knee trouble.  That's not only a handicap during the fight, it was also liable to hold him back during training.