Boxing

[jimmy jazz]

Man am I the only idiot watching this dumb fight lmao

Nope.

When you see Tyson stood in the ring before the fight even starts, you realise how old he is. Looked like a little old man.

Did you see the fight before this? Now that was a great fight.

[degrassi.knoll]

Nah I only tuned in for the beginning of the main event. I have never really watched boxing and don't especially care about it but a lot of the youth I work with have been talking about it, so I feel somewhat obligated to be in the know. I just wanted to see if anything crazy happened but as soon as I went "aww" when Tyson took a right hook I was done. I don't need to watch an old man lose lol.

[DJChameleon]

Nope.

When you see Tyson stood in the ring before the fight even starts, you realise how old he is. Looked like a little old man.

Did you see the fight before this? Now that was a great fight.

Yeah the women fighting was the best matchup.

[Guybrush]

We're very nostalgic. I like that, but sometimes it's a little sad too. New bands and artists have to compete with old ones. This year's possibly biggest boxing event's main draw is someone who was at the top of his game in the mid 80s. So much market is cornered by old stuff and old people.

[DJChameleon]

Yeah and people glossed over him being a convicted rapist but I guess he has paid his debt to society so now it's okay and he's allowed to be revered.

[jimmy jazz]

Yeah the women fighting was the best matchup.

I reckon combat sports and also tennis, they can compete as far as entertainment goes.

Serrano/Taylor were throwing so many punches and they both got hurt, I'd watch that before some of the top fights I've seen. Mayweather for example, boring cunt. It was fast paced and brutal, that's what I want in my fights.

[SGR]

He's nearly 60.

Jake Paul is a shithouse for taking the fight. There is no honour in beating someone twice your age.

I can tell you are no fan of Jake Paul 

I'm not a fan either, rather, I'm completely indifferent about him. Never watched any of his Youtube content, just know that he's popular.

But I had a different impression - after round 2 or 3, it became pretty obvious that Paul was restraining himself to me and was trying not to seriously hurt Tyson. My dad and uncles grew up watching Tyson fight, so I've heard many stories...like the time my Dad asked my uncles to record his fight against Buster Douglas because he was going out on a date with my Mom - he came back and said: "So how was the fight?" to which my Uncles were like: "It was...pretty good. It'll probably be a little different than you expect".

I told my Dad before this fight that I'd be seriously surprised if Tyson won - the thirty year age gap was striking and father time is unbeaten. Even Iron Mike isn't immune. But anyways, I don't think Paul is a 'shithouse' or whatever for taking the fight - both he and Tyson knew it would sell big, and it did. And Paul paid respect to the legend that is Mike Tyson and didn't embarass him in the ring when all indicators say that he could have if he wanted. So my respect for Jake Paul actually grew a little bit after watching the fight.

The way the commentators talked about it though had me cracking up - like can Jake Paul really say he beat Mike Tyson? If Tyson was in the nursing home and the caretakers beat him up, could they say they beat Mike Tyson?

Other people apparently had similar thoughts which resulted in some pretty funny memes:





The biggest loser of the night in my opinion? Netflix - because they were obviously completely unprepared for the load their streaming servers would be under, despite ample time to prepare (even more time than initially thought due to a months-long delay).



Anyways - like Mayweather vs. McGregor, this fight was more spectacle than substance.

[jimmy jazz]

If it was a one off then maybe it'd be different, I know he's playing the game but he's also trying to be a legit boxer.

Fight some professional boxers then.

I'd like to see him fight one of those women last night. Reckon they'd have him tbf.