Comments Thread For: 'He's 58': The internet responds to Jake Paul's 'embarrassing' but record-breaking night against Mike Tyson

[kafkod]

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I am no fan of exhibition fights or spectacles like this but let’s be fair - can you name the guy Canelo fought in his 10th fight? Or perhaps Oscar, Floyd, Lennox, or Andre Ward’s 10th opponent? Were they world class level fighters when these ATG guys fought them?

Paul is doing EXACTLY the same thing all the ATGs did. He just happens to be Uber famous and rich at this point in his career.

Can you name one future ATG who earned $40million for fighting a 58 year old former ATG in his 10th pro fight?

[Toffee]

I cannot believe those commentating idiots before the fight started were actually building up this up with all the hoopla and dramatics, the whole event felt like a 2-bit whore with commentators trying to sell BS. I lost respect for Andre Ward. I never would have thought he would ever do anything like this.

It was interesting that during the fight the commentators kind of turned.

I don't know whether that was because they felt the same sick feeling in watching it as I did, or whether they just 'read the room' and realised that no-one was enjoying it.

The crowd reaction was similar. Pumped up at the intros, and then it all got a bit eerie.

[tomhawq]

I stopped watching after the 4th round and changed the channel. It's obvious Paul is showing restraint in that fight, afraid to end the legend on a stretcher.

It's a business. There's nothing more to it.

[PBR Streetgang]

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I am no fan of exhibition fights or spectacles like this but let’s be fair - can you name the guy Canelo fought in his 10th fight? Or perhaps Oscar, Floyd, Lennox, or Andre Ward’s 10th opponent? Were they world class level fighters when these ATG guys fought them?

Paul is doing EXACTLY the same thing all the ATGs did. He just happens to be Uber famous and rich at this point in his career.

A quick search on BoxRec and some simple math shows Canelo's first 10 opponents sported an aggregate record of 9-17-1. Two we're making their pro debuts, nine had a winning record and they averaged 2.7 fights of experience prior to facing Alvarez. Canelo settled for a split draw with one of them. While Alvarez was fairly young, I have to imagine that none of the dudes had much amateur or Olympic experience.

I don't particularly like Paul. I don't think I ever wanted him to win in any of his fights and I don't think he's a likable character. Despite this, I also think he gets alot unfair criticism for his level of competition. The market typically dictates what someone is paid and the level of attention someone receives. I had more casuals telling me they were going to watch this event than any traditional boxing match that I can recall. Hopefully they tuned in to the Barrios/Ramos and Serrano/Taylor fights and got exposed to real boxing in the process.

[rmorris003]

The real winners were the people like me who boycotted it.I knew this **** would be garbage.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Barrios v Ramos was a great fight. I already have Netflix so I watched for that fight. I knew Tyson v Paul was a farce to make Mike a nice payday.

Mike and Jake have been good friends for years, the fight was more WWE than anything else. Only really ****** people thought this was a real fight and believed the fake buildup.

Tyson has health problems and this was Paul giving him one last great payday. Actually made me proud of Jake for once.

[CubanGuyNYC]

The real winners were the people like me who boycotted it.I knew this **** would be garbage.

You missed two great fights on the undercard.

[CubanGuyNYC]

There isn’t a single person that has ever even visited this site that can do what Jake Paul has done and continues to do. He was a highly successful YouTuber who turned to boxing as a hobby, and put together an event for his tenth fight that no one would’ve believed remotely possible only a year ago. At 27, Jake was already a multi-millionaire before last night. Today he’s 40 million dollars richer. In the process, Paul made his iconic pal 20 million bucks and many others a whole lot of money. If you didn’t like the main event, you could’ve enjoyed two sensational undercard fights. And it was all free if you already have a Netflix account, which many of us do. Don’t hate on Jake. Use his example to motivate yourself to find your own level of success in the world.

[57Blues]

Are we really shocked by the outcome? We know that Paul cherry picks on a larger scale than Canelo. Paul picked someone he could beat. Let's see him get in the ring with let's say, an Andre Ward.

I expected to see the Tyson who showed up.

As long as Paul has a great undercard on Netflix, I'll tune in.....and will watch the main event involving whoever he faces. Of course I'll be rooting for his opponent.

yea i did not expect much other then one good fight on the under but that said it really brought home how an old man is still an old man no matter how hard he trains, it was taking Mike 40 seconds to get to his stool that is a stool you sit on not the other. Man i would prefer to remember his just as a young bad dude with a nasty attitude then to see what he was last night, just another old man being an embarrassment to himself trying to be young again. But i was not offended i knew it was a circus one i had to check out esp for the price.
the only good that might come out of this card is if NetFlix decides to put on some solid fight cards without the circus act. I respect he grabbed the money who would not ?

[mjh1969]

I stopped watching after the 4th round and changed the channel. It's obvious Paul is showing restraint in that fight, afraid to end the legend on a stretcher.

It's a business. There's nothing more to it.

Agreed. I couldn't watch the whole fight. I was thankful that Tyson did not get hurt.