What was hyped as the most important boxing occasion in years failed to achieve these lofty expectations on Friday night time in Arlington, Texas. Jake Paul outboxed the legendary Mike Tyson in entrance of a document crowd at AT&T Stadium, however the struggle was removed from thrilling.
As a substitute, the 27-year-old Paul boxed circles across the 58-year-old Tyson and appeared to hold him to the end line as an alternative of go for the end. Whereas there was tons of intrigue into what Tyson would appear to be at this superior age towards a relative novice compared, the struggle was by no means actually near delivering on fan expectations. That was thanks partially to the bigger gloves and shorter rounds. In the long run, Paul earned a unanimous determination by a large margin on all three scorecards.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Katie Taylor could have scored one of the crucial controversial wins of the 12 months in a call towards Amanda Serrano within the co-main occasion. The struggle was a rematch of their basic from 2022 during which Taylor additionally walked away the winner, however this time was a bit extra complicated as Taylor was deducted a degree for fixed headbutt makes an attempt as she tried to work her method inside in addition to the truth that Serrano landed considerably extra punches over the course of the struggle. One of many headbutts landed on Serrano and precipitated a gnarly reduce above her proper eye. The reduce continued to worsen over the course of the struggle to the purpose the place the referee referred to as for the physician to have a look. In the long run, Taylor earned the win 95-94 on all three scorecards.
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Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul struggle card, outcomes
- Jake Paul def. Mike Tyson by way of unanimous determination (80-72, 79-73, 79-73)
- Katie Taylor (c) def. Amanda Serrano by way of unanimous determination (95-94, 95-94, 95-94)
- Mario Barrios (c) vs. Abel Ramos ends in a cut up draw (114-112, 110-116, 113-113)
- Neeraj Goyat def. Whindersson Nunes by way of unanimous determination (59-55, 60-54, 60-54)
- Shadasia Inexperienced def. Melinda Watpool by way of cut up determination (97-93, 94-96, 96-94)
- Lucas Bahdi def. Armando Casamonica by way of majority determination (95-95, 96-93, 98-92)
- Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington Jr. def. Dana Coolwell by way of unanimous determination (80-70, 80-70, 80-70)
The place to look at Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul
- Date: Nov. 15
- Location: AT&T Stadium — Arlington, Texas
- Begin time: 8 p.m. ET (Fundamental card)
- The place to look at: Netflix (subscription required)
Countdown
- Employees predictions and professional picks for the principle occasion
- Boxing legends, champions make their picks for the principle occasion
- Brookhouse: 5 keys to victory for Paul
- Campbell: 5 explanation why Tyson shall be victorious
- Mahjouri: Taylor vs. Serrano amongst undercard fights to look at
- Brookhouse: Why Paul is in a lose/lose state of affairs
- Story of the tape for the epic showdown
- Campbell: 5 largest storylines to look at in Arlington on Friday
- Paul particulars plan to ‘climate the storm’ early towards Tyson
- Occasion rescheduled to November after Tyson suffers ‘ulcer flare-up’
- Dana White says ‘no person needs to see Mike get beat by this jerk off’
- Taylor vs. Serrano 2 set for undercard
- LOOK: MVP providing $2 million VIP package deal for struggle
- Official guidelines set for uncommon bout
- LOOK: Raiders proprietor offering gymnasium for Tyson to coach
