Tyson and Paul Face Off
If the 14-ounce gloves save Tyson’s equilibrium, the judge’s decision won’t!…
The carnival is coming to town, fellas. Prepare yourselves for Netflix’s debut boxing livestream because we’re just days out from Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, and despite being a circus show no boxing purist asked for, it has grabbed the world’s attention.
Like most Jake Paul fights, a face-off before fight night is scheduled, and social media marketing tactics are in full effect. Unlike past opponents of Paul’s, however, the name of Mike Tyson can sell this fight alone, and as the two sat down and we all expected a lot of sh*t talk, it remained respectful… for the most part.
Oh yeah Mike Tyson is NOT playing with Jake Paul anymore 😳 pic.twitter.com/wTjT654EsL
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) November 11, 2024
The numbers must look good because if they didn’t, we know The Problem Child would be pulling out his marketing tricks to garner attention. As he refrained from his antagonizing self, we can only assume the attention is precisely where Most Valuable Promotions want it to be, and honestly, this resulted in a rather lackluster face-off.
There were a few noteworthy highlights. Including a gift from Paul to Tyson in the form of a caged pigeon. Tyson’s response: “It looks like a little budget pedigree. I’ll feed him to my falcon.”
Bird talk aside, it remained amicable, which, hopefully, is the calm before the storm.
Jake Paul just gifted Mike Tyson a pigeon and he said he’s going to feed it to his falcon 💀 pic.twitter.com/TQclyu9V1k
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) November 11, 2024
A Video Game Predicts Tyson Knockout
Elsewhere in boxing news, the Undisputed boxing game simulated Tyson vs. Paul with a surprising outcome. Well, I say “surprising,” but once you consider it’s a video game that likely creates attributes based on prime Mike Tyson, it’d be a skewed prediction, to say the least.
During the simulation, a 58-year-old Tyson lands a menacing left hook to The Problem Child’s cranium before dropping him with a right hand. After returning to his feet, Paul is knocked back to the ground with a body, resulting in a 75-second knockout victory for ‘Iron Mike.’
In a perfect world, video games would deliver precise predictions. Unfortunately, last week, I robbed a bank, spent the night with a stripper, jumped out of a helicopter, and survived on GTA 5, and we all know only one of those three outcomes is possible in real life.
Mark Wahlberg vs. Reality
Last and probably least, Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg shared his desire to see prime Tyson return to the ring.
Mark Wahlberg is celebrating the opening of his restaurant, Flecha Cantina, in Las Vegas – where he shared his thoughts on the upcoming boxing bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. pic.twitter.com/t2khk8kHSj
— Clocked N’ Loaded (@ClockedNload) November 8, 2024
Well, no sh*t Mark… The entire boxing community literally wants the exact same thing. The reality, however, is that prime Mike hasn’t existed since the early nineties. We’re dealing with a 58-year-old man who won the heavyweight title in 1986, hasn’t fought professionally for 19 years, and retired off the back of 3 KO losses in his final four bouts.
I’m no Jake Paul fan, but I’m also a realist: If the 14-ounce gloves save Tyson’s equilibrium, the judge’s decision won’t!
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