On Friday night, veteran boxer Mike Tyson went head-to-head with Jake Paul in a heavyweight boxing match that lasted all eight rounds. Paul, who rose to fame as a YouTuber before shifting to a boxing career in 2020, won by unanimous decision in a bout that most viewers described as sloppy.
After earning legendary status in the ring as a heavyweight champion with a career that began in the 1980s, Tyson retired professionally in 2005 and then laced up his gloves to do exhibition matches for a few years. The 58-year-old’s last bout was in 2020 against Roy Jones Jr., another former world champion. Paul, who’s 27, had been training for months after their original fight was postponed. The pair’s training journey is chronicled in Netflix’s documentary, Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson.
On Thursday night, Tyson slapped Paul in the face during the pair’s standoff at the weigh-in after Paul crawled onto stage, stepped on
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