Social media star Jake Paul defeated legendary boxer Mike Tyson through unanimous resolution late Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in some of the unbelievable matchups within the sport’s historical past.
All three judges dominated the combat in favor of Paul, with scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.
The win improves Paul’s skilled file to 11-1 whereas dropping Tyson to 50-7.
“He’s precisely what I assumed, one of many biggest to ever do it,” Paul mentioned after the combat.
Tyson was requested if he was formally completed boxing. He mentioned he wasn’t positive.
“I do not assume so,” Tyson mentioned on the published. “Maybe the brother (Logan Paul).”
Paul, 27, a social media star with greater than 27 million Instagram followers and almost 21 million YouTube subscribers, cruised within the bout.
After a primary spherical that noticed Tyson aggressive, his age caught as much as him. Tyson appeared gradual for a lot of the combat and barely landed any vital punches. His offensive output dropped significantly from the mid-rounds on. The a lot youthful Paul peppered his opponent with jabs and hooks all through the bout whereas taking little injury.
Paul was requested after the combat who he needs subsequent.
“Anyone I need,” Paul mentioned. “Everyone is subsequent on the record.”
Paul made his skilled debut in 2020. He has wins that embrace former UFC stars Ben Askren, Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz and Mike Perry. His lone loss is a break up resolution final yr in opposition to boxer Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
Tyson, 58, is called probably the greatest — and most intimidating — boxers ever. He opened his skilled profession with 19 straight finishes, 12 of which got here within the first spherical. He later knocked out Trevor Berbick on the age of 20 to turn into the youngest heavyweight champion ever. Tyson reigned over the division from 1987 to 1990, claiming and retaining the WBA, WBC, and IBF belts en path to a 37-0 begin.
His first profession loss was a Tenth-round knockout defeat to Buster Douglas in 1990 in what is taken into account the best upset in boxing historical past.
Tyson returned to the ring 20 instances since that defeat, going 13-5 with two “no contests.” He has not competed since dropping to Kevin McBride in 2005. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.
In the co-main occasion, Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano through unanimous resolution (95-94 on all three judges playing cards). The bout, a rematch from their epic first assembly, was one other immediate traditional that noticed 324 landed punches.
Though the cardboard had nice fights all through, followers on-line complained about fixed buffering points for the stream.