Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul 🥊 Set for Friday Night, Nov. 15 on Netflix 🥊

[US Egg]

Tonight further proved how irrelevant boxing has become.

 

No one has more aptly reflected, and exploited, the “bum of the month club” boxing idiom than Paul.

[rusty shackleford]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

A lot of people's childhoods died today 

 

Remember father time is undefeated... Iron Mike thank you for your contributions to boxing

Nah his legacy is the same, his pockets just got lined.

 

speaking of his legacy:

https://youtu.be/0jA3fKMiKMs?si=jBmZJnpibeVFP2O4

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, rusty shackleford said:

Nah his legacy is the same, his pockets just got lined.

 

speaking of his legacy:

https://youtu.be/0jA3fKMiKMs?si=jBmZJnpibeVFP2O4

It has nothing to do with his legacy 

 

It has to do with the millions of people who saw him be the youngest heavyweight champion ever 

 

And now  lose to a YouTube Star turn boxer even if he's talented 

 

It's The end of an era 

 

Boxing is dead and the biggest draws are YouTube Stars and this is coming from a die-hard fan

 

Tyson fury is on his last legs and he's been the best heavyweight in the last 25 years... Canelo is good but 70 fights in he's closer to the end then the beginning 

 

Terence Crawford is probably the best boxer alive and no one cares about him

Edited November 16 by Buffalo716

[agilen]

1 minute ago, US Egg said:

Tonight further proved how irrelevant boxing has become.

 

No one has more aptly reflected, and exploited, the “bum of the month club” boxing idiom than Paul.

It’ll take a bit for the numbers to come out, but so far - this was the largest live stream ever in history, and crushed the viewership of the AFC and NFC championship games from this past January. It will end 2024 as second only to the Super Bowl as the most watched TV event.

 

Not sure how that proves boxing is irrelevant….

[rusty shackleford]

9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

It has nothing to do with his legacy 

 

It has to do with the millions of people who saw him be the youngest heavyweight champion ever 

 

And now  lose to a YouTube Star turn boxer even if he's talented 

 

It's The end of an era 

 

Boxing is dead and the biggest draws are YouTube Stars and this is coming from a die-hard fan

 

Tyson fury is on his last legs and he's been the best heavyweight in the last 25 years... Canelo is good but 70 fights in he's closer to the end then the beginning 

 

Terence Crawford is probably the best boxer alive and no one cares about him

My comment about his legacy was more of just a lead into that interview video with the kid where he just goes real dark real fast.

[Buffalo716]

11 minutes ago, rusty shackleford said:

My comment about his legacy was more of just a lead into that interview video with the kid where he just goes real dark real fast.

I'd say he's just a very tense guy 

 

The interviewer was a very bright child and certainly knew that Mike was in fight mode and just different 

 

It absolutely wasn't a buddy buddy interview... Mike is serious when he does not think of his legacy and he doesn't care what people think

Edited November 16 by Buffalo716

[US Egg]

12 minutes ago, agilen said:

It’ll take a bit for the numbers to come out, but so far - this was the largest live stream ever in history, and crushed the viewership of the AFC and NFC championship games from this past January. It will end 2024 as second only to the Super Bowl as the most watched TV event.

 

Not sure how that proves boxing is irrelevant….

Easy to spin it that way given Netflix is the largest streaming service in the world with about 280 million subscribers. To suppose half of them watched the fight tonight, then yeah, it be what you’re proclaiming….but, I doubt half, or anywhere near that did.

[agilen]

1 minute ago, US Egg said:

Easy to spin it that way given Netflix is the largest streaming service in the world with about 280 million subscribers. To suppose half of them watched the fight tonight, then yeah, it be what you’re proclaiming….but, I doubt half, or anywhere near that did.

…not spinning here. Of course they didn’t get half their subs, but they did beat Fox’s NFC CG 59.7m. It’s far and away the most watched boxing match since the rumble in the jungle.

[Buffalo716]

12 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Easy to spin it that way given Netflix is the largest streaming service in the world with about 280 million subscribers. To suppose half of them watched the fight tonight, then yeah, it be what you’re proclaiming….but, I doubt half, or anywhere near that did.

And they're not watching because of boxing 

 

They're watching their favorite YouTube Star to win or people are watching to watch the youtube star get knocked out 

 

It was not about boxing so yes I agree sadly boxing is dead 

 

I haven't said those words for 15 years and I've been fighting it... After tonight 

 

I don't know where the future of boxing is going... It's not that the talent isn't there.. there are some really talented boxers 

 

Nobody cares about them 

 

Nobody cares about usyk or bud Crawford

1 minute ago, agilen said:

…not spinning here. Of course they didn’t get half their subs, but they did beat Fox’s NFC CG 59.7m. It’s far and away the most watched boxing match since the rumble in the jungle.

As I just explained it has nothing to do with boxing 

 

And this is coming from a die-hard pugilist

[US Egg]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

And they're not watching because of boxing 

 

They're watching their favorite YouTube Star to win or people are watching to watch the youtube star get knocked out 

The “sweet science” can only sour with display l this. This isn’t boxing in truest form. I wasn’t a premiere PPV qevent that people would spend to see.aget a 1,000,000 one time sudscribers

[Fr. Jerk]

2 hours ago, Draconator said:

Good thing my band had a gig tonight. Didn't miss much I gather. 

 

Just checked the "highlights". Nope, we didn't!

[Buffalo716]

5 minutes ago, US Egg said:

The “sweet science” can only sour with display l this. This isn’t boxing in truest form. I wasn’t a premiere PPV qevent that people would spend to see.aget a 1,000,000 one time sudscribers

It's obviously not

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

5 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Tyson with a nice moral victory and a big pay check. Cool to see the legend at least give it a try.

I woke to see he had lost. I thought he would of given the kid a fight and may win but not to be. my only question is and I agree with the fact that boxing as I once knew it is gone for good and tyson was the last of a generation of great boxers. this kid, a youtube celebrity that doped up on roids and calls himself a boxer? his prior fights with has beens and no names? now he can feel real proud that he took out a 58 year old legend.

 

yeah, the days of ali and foreman, sugar ray, hagler or hearns and duran are long gone and so is boxing as the sport it once was. at the end of the day, it was really just about money. because it really couldn't of been about pride on pauls part, I mean who could really be proud of beating up an old man? yes, that old man stepped in the ring, the young buck didn't force him and tyson was there not only for pride but for the big pay day too but maybe paul can do a better job in the future picking who he fights? you know, guys his age group?

 

I can say this though about tyson, in his prime, paul would of never had a chance...

[Process]

5 hours ago, agilen said:

It’ll take a bit for the numbers to come out, but so far - this was the largest live stream ever in history, and crushed the viewership of the AFC and NFC championship games from this past January. It will end 2024 as second only to the Super Bowl as the most watched TV event.

 

Not sure how that proves boxing is irrelevant….

That wasn't boxing

[Lost]

6 hours ago, agilen said:

It’ll take a bit for the numbers to come out, but so far - this was the largest live stream ever in history, and crushed the viewership of the AFC and NFC championship games from this past January. It will end 2024 as second only to the Super Bowl as the most watched TV event.

 

Not sure how that proves boxing is irrelevant….

 

People only tuned in to hopefully see Tyson put an end to the career of this Paul dude.    Paul vs anyone from post Tyson era wouldn't draw near the same audience.   I suspect majority of people who do watch Jake Paul fights however are probably are rooting for him to get knocked out.  

 

 

 

Edited November 16 by Lost

[May Day 10]

Boxing has been irrelevant for many years.  Unfortunate because I never could get into mma.  Mma is/was the natural progression from boxing and it's our quick gratification culture/time period. 

 

Those 2 undercard matches though were terrific and put on display the potential of the sport.  They not reminded me of gatti/ward, both back to back title fights.  

[Bray Wyatt]

This was Jake Paul giving his friend Tyson one last huge payday. He had chances to knock him out and didn't. No one wanted to see Tyson get knocked out and he was not going to do that to him

1 hour ago, May Day 10 said:

Boxing has been irrelevant for many years.  Unfortunate because I never could get into mma.  Mma is/was the natural progression from boxing and it's our quick gratification culture/time period. 

 

Those 2 undercard matches though were terrific and put on display the potential of the sport.  They not reminded me of gatti/ward, both back to back title fights.  

 

The two under card fights were great!

 

 

[US Egg]

20 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

This was Jake Paul giving his friend Tyson one last huge payday. He had chances to knock him out and didn't. No one wanted to see Tyson get knocked out and he was not going to do that to him

Didn’t watch the fight. Read this, thought hmmm. Just watched on YT. Paul never unloads on Tyson.
 

Tyson appears so out of place it looked(was) farcical.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

37 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

This was Jake Paul giving his friend Tyson one last huge payday. He had chances to knock him out and didn't. No one wanted to see Tyson get knocked out and he was not going to do that to him

 

 

Exactly right.  Jake Paul made 40 million and Tyson made 10 million off this fight.  Jake could have absolutely murdered him in there, but that was never what this was about.  Say what you want about Jake Paul, but the guy is a freaking marketing genius.

[Sojourner]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

Didn’t watch the fight. Read this, thought hmmm. Just watched on YT. Paul never unloads on Tyson.
 

Tyson appears so out of place it looked(was) farcical.

Tyson hurt him a couple of times early and never went after it again. Jake had multiple chances to actually end the fight in the final 3 rounds. Tyson was gassed and a couple of body shots would have opened the head space completely. 
 

2 things as to why, like his previous fights, tell me why there was an agreement in place pre-fight;

 

The states that allow betting were again spot on with the outcome. That’s one of two things. Majority of bets on A or B. Massive singular bets. Would not surprise me one bit if those were made by both camps or the promotion, as there’s no restrictions in place for a boxer or their team to place bets on themselves or the outcome of the fight. The majority of bets placed were on Tyson to win and KO. Same for Paul. Any bets placed in his favor were for KO. The lines never shifted away from decision and Paul. 
 

Not saying gambling have a hand in fixing but with boxing especially, and it’s corrupt history, it wouldn’t surprise me. 
 

The other point that I’m in is again the age of Mike Tyson. No ones fighting a guy that age. This fight just screams to me that Tyson is getting a great payday to give validity and credibility to Paul’s boxing.