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Mike Tyson returned to fighting professionally in boxing after 19 years and five months. He did it against Jake Paul, who ended up winning the fight by unanimous decision of the judges.
The judges’ scorecards favored Paul 79-73, 79-73 and 80-72.
The fight, which was official, although not sanctioned by any of the boxing organizations around the world, It was agreed to eight rounds of two minutes each.
Tyson, 58, accused from the beginning from the fight over the years, despite the fact that he took off a right hand from his opponent with a movement of his waist.
Paul, 27 years old, took advantage of his speed in the second round to enter and exit with the jab to stay away from the once devastating blows of the former heavyweight champion.
In the third round aggravated ‘Iron’ Mike’s slowness, Jake connected with a pair of left hands that shook his head.
The fourth round showed off the heavyweight legend, with his guard tied in front of the ‘influencer’ who seemed to consent to him so as not to hurt him.
The veteran born in Fort Greene, New York maintained his attitude in six and seven. Guard up, no energy to fight.
Paul didn’t push. He scored again and again with the jab, at an average of five to one of his rival who was noticeably panting between each episode.
In the eighth and final round it was more of the same, with both boxers pacing the ring. J.ake Paul landed 97 punches to Tyson’s 18 throughout the contest.
‘Iron’ Mike retired from professional boxing in 2005. with a record of 50 wins, 44 of them by fast track and six defeats.
In his career as a boxer Paul, who started in 2018, has 10 wins, seven by knockout, and one defeat.
Tyson’s purse for this fight was 20 million dollars, Paul brought in 40 million.
The fight received extensive promotion and was broadcast through Netflix, a video-on-demand platform with more than 280 million subscribers worldwide that generated almost $34 billion in revenue last year.
