Paul vs Tyson on 11/15! (Netflix only)

Mike is making a comeback!

Could be he is out of MONEY! At ~ 55, I'll bet he is not the Mike Tyson we all knew and admired!;)

Maybe if he wins, or even makes it through all the rounds, he can line up a fight with George Foreman?💲💲💲
He isn’t close to out of money. He does quiet well now
Doesn’t party ( besides weed) anymore either
Dude wants a challenge
 
Use to love watching Tyson in his prime.
So here is the tough question. In their respective prime, who wins the fight between Ali and Tyson?
Most of my friends state Ali, but my vote is Tyson. Not sure if the stick and move concept would work against Tyson in his prime.
We kind of already saw it. Ali beat Foreman who was a bigger Tyson.

I'd have to say Ali.
 
Not me. Back in the day, I was into boxing. I was there to see in person, Joe Frazer fight the home town favorite "Dave (Ziggy) Zyglewicz" in the Houston Coliseum back in 1969. I saw Dave train in the Houston gym many times before that fight and thought "he was the man". I'll never forget what a real boxer can do at that level. See the full fight ("short" video) below.

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Interesting fight. Well two things: you can't stand and exchange with Frazier unless you are George Foreman. And even if you are George Foreman, you have to land punches.

Zigs unfortunately violated these rules.
 
Jake Paul is a rangy unorthodox fighter but much younger. What 7 inch reach advantage and age advantage is infinity.

I saw Evander Holyfield fight Vito Befort and the loss of hand speed by Evander was stunning. Of course he lost quickly though my appearances was in excellent shape.

Tyson must get to Paul early. Paul wins unless he makes a mistake and gets caught by a right hook or uppercut.

I hope it goes for at least 3 rounds and no one seriously hurt.
 
I don't expect it to be a good fight. If I were to watch it, it would be out of pure curiosity about how a 50-plus-year-old man handles himself in a ring. I am a former boxer and knew many others. The reflex to effectively defend oneself in a ring declines fast after 35 (one's mileage varies). Almost all boxing organizations have an upper age limit for issuing licenses. It is typically 40 or less. Just saying.
Plenty of boxers still fight professionally past 40, well past. Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes are 2 examples of top level boxers who fought into their 50's.
 
We kind of already saw it. Ali beat Foreman who was a bigger Tyson.

I'd have to say Ali.
Interesting. I always saw Foreman as more lumbering than Tyson, who had greater hand speed than Foreman.
 
So here is the tough question. In their respective prime, who wins the fight between Ali and Tyson?
Most of my friends state Ali, but my vote is Tyson. Not sure if the stick and move concept would work against Tyson in his prime.
When Ali and Tyson were asked who would win the fight in their prime, Tyson said himself that Ali was the greatest. But Ali implied Tyson would win.

And immediately after knocking out Holmes, Tyson said he wouldn't have stood a chance against Holmes in his prime.
 
Plenty of boxers still fight professionally past 40, well past. Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes are 2 examples of top level boxers who fought into their 50's.
I don't see "plenty." The percentage of fighters who fight past age 35 is small. They are limited to past champions who are trying to make more money, hang on to the past glory, etc.. Too many of them fight way past their prime (late 30s, into 40s) and risk getting hurt. Training (sparring often) and fights can cause long-term damage to one's brain. More power to fighters if they can fight into their 50s without hurting themselves and still draw fans.
 
I'm currently paused on Netflix so I didn't see it.

All I could think about while hearing the hype is "Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King." The age difference is similar. Although not a battle of the sexes, the hype of a "changing of the guard" is similar.
 
Had a friend say he seen better fights at Walmart. I didn't watch but age showed up for Mike the way it sounded.
 
It was a money grab fight for sure. Tyson never even tried really, they kept their distance for a long time. What can you do?
 
It was a money grab fight for sure. Tyson never even tried really, they kept their distance for a long time. What can you do?

Im sure it was worth it to them for the 8 figures they each got paid.

Would Paul ever be willing to take on someone near his age in his weight class?
 
Well my biggest disappointment was with NetFlix streaming. It would freeze/buffer every 10 minutes or so during the preliminary bouts. Seems lots of people were having the problem. Thankfully they fixed it by the time the main event was on.

IMO, the three preliminary fights were better than the main event. The Tyson/Paul fight was a little disappointing. Paul clearly won but neither fighter was as aggressive as I was expecting. It seemed to me in the first couple of rounds, Paul was either afraid of Tyson or trying to wear him down. But they both made a better fight of it after about round 3. "I think" Paul dazed Tyson a time or two but didn't move in for the so called "kill". (I'm not sure if that was because he was afraid of Tyson or was giving him respect or just extending the main event for the "show".) Anyway, it was a legitimate fight, just not as brutal or as competitive as I was expecting.
 
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As a boxing fan who saw everyone one of his early fights, I had no interest and did not tune in to Netflix to watch a washed up Mike Tyson fight.
This fight did not disappoint me, and glad I didn’t waste my time.
 
I scanned the fight on YouTube this morning... for some reason "WWE" kept popping into my head... :)
 
I thought Paul would win based on the age gap, but I didn’t expect such a poor showing from Tyson. He looked slow and off-balance from the start. He landed a grand total of 18 punches (none dangerous) in the 8 round match.

The folks who paid big money to be there in person definitely did NOT get their money’s worth.
 
The two bouts prior to the Tyson/Paul night time dance were good, although the judges decisions were suspect, especially in the ladies fight.

Shades of Old Mike Tyson were not there. A money grab, for sure.

I suspect if Paul gets to fight a quality heavyweight, he will get his clock cleaned quickly.
 
Looks like Netflix is moving to a new direction with sports events. I wonder how that made money on this promotion?
 
Looks like Netflix is moving to a new direction with sports events. I wonder how that made money on this promotion?
Well they probably hoped to get a bunch of new subscribers with this fight but it may have backfired on them. They had a lot of streaming problems for the first few hours and the new subscribers might have second thoughts about staying.

 
I didn't watch it, but from many of the comments here it sounds like neither one of them even really tried that hard. Sounds like they were both super-cautious and just trying to get through the 8th round. Makes me wonder whether Netflix really was dumb enough to pay these guys a combined $60 million for a very mediocre fight performance. I mean, if I'd been negotiating this for Netflix, I would have demanded certain benchmarks be met in order for each guy to receive their full share. Otherwise, they could simply collude and kind of sleepwalk through the fight to pick up their outrageous paychecks. Does anyone think Netflix might've been savvy enough to have included some kind of "poor performance, less money" clause into the contracts?
 
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