Jake Paul defeated Mike Tyson in a boxing match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday.
While the heavyweight bout went the full eight rounds, it certainly won't go down as an instant classic. Tyson landed just 18 of his 97 total punches,a crowd of over 70,000 was expected
, late in the match over a lack of action. Tyson threw fewer than 10 punches in each of the last three rounds, and Paul ended the match by bowing toward his opponent in the final seconds. “Let’s give it up for Mike,” Paul said in the ring, not getting much response from a crowd that started filing out before the decision was announced. “He’s the greatest to ever do it. I look up to him. I’m inspired by him."“I was trying to hurt him a little bit,” Paul added. “I was scared he was going to hurt me. I was trying to hurt him. I did my best. I did my best.”“I didn’t prove nothing to anybody, only to myself,” Tyson said when asked what it meant to complete the fight.
Tyson vs. Paul was originally scheduled for July before being postponed in May after Tyson experienced an ulcer flare-up. The bout was professionally sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, though, it consisted of two-minute rounds instead of three-minute rounds, and heavier gloves designed to lessen the impact of punches.
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