I already knew from the very start that the fight was going to be an issue, and my suspicions were right. The fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson that aired on Netflix on Friday, Nov. 15 was one of the most hyped-up title matches. The setup was fascinating with Paul, who was formally well-known for being a YouTuber, and brothers with Logan Paul, a prominent YouTuber who influenced Jake to follow in his footsteps.
In 2018, Paul appeared in boxing in an exhibition match against KSI’s brother Deji. Paul’s professional boxing career didn’t start until 2020, and since then, he has matched and defeated former NBA players, MMA fighters and a few pro boxers. However, that was not all that impressive.
This fight against Paul and Tyson was definitely hyped up to be one of the biggest professional boxing matches, and I can not deny that. But a match with a 58-year-old versus a 27-year-old? I’m not sure about you, but that doesn’t seem all that fair to me.
And yes, Tyson is one of the greatest boxers of all time, but that was during his prime in the ’90s when he was one of the most well known athletes in the world, but fighting in the year 2024 against another professional boxer who is much younger and faster than you doesn’t make for an entertaining match.
During the fight, you can notice that Tyson couldn’t move around a lot and was way stiffer. Especially since in June this year, he almost died from having eight blood transfusions after losing half of his blood, and 25 pounds while at the hospital. Hearing this after the fight sheds even more light on how Tyson should not have even thought about stepping back into the ring.
If Paul were Tyson’s age, this fight would go the other way quickly. If you look at all those who boxed before and what they look like at Tyson’s age, they more than likely can not even hold up with a professional fighter like Paul, so seeing Tyson do it is incredibly impressive.
From that point as well, Tyson was doing a whole lot of training leading up to this fight, so he is definitely not a slacker at his age and can definitely throw a strong punch. But Paul is a professional fighter at the prime age point of 27 and will only get stronger and better over the next few years.
