Tyson v. Paul fight
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First round: pretty even. Tyson landed a couple left hooks but nothing clean. Paul landed some clean jabs.
Second round: Tyson was still moving and throwing some punches but Paul was starting to land more frequently.
Third-Eighth round: Tyson completely gassed, got hurt at least once. Not throwing punches. Standing on the outside with hands up. Paul landing occasionally but taking no chances for the easy decision.
One sided affair. Mike looked 58.
Have you seen a recent clip of Axl Rose on tour with GnR? Same vibe for me.
Can’t ever go back.
Well….at least we all got to see Mike Tyson’s ass after that interview tonight.
My brother saw G&R live in 2016 and said they were amazing, including Axl.
Keep in mind that was 8 years ago.
Mike sorta made up for it tonight by admitting on-air he “has a biting fixation.”
Tyson got in a few good shots the first couple rounds, probably won the first two, but also took a few shots and looked hurt after the third. Tyson looked gassed and mostly danced around for the last five rounds, never got really aggressive and barely attempted any punches. Tyson took punches ok and just kind of rode it out to the end.
Paul for the most part kept his gloves too low, danced around, and hit a number of jabs, way more than Tyson, but not much real power behind them. Paul despite winning pretty much rounds 3-8 still seemed tentative, as thought he didn't want to go for a knockout out of fear it would be a bad look or something. As expected, definitely didn't live up to the hype.
The Tyson fight was over before I even realized my stream was over an hour delayed.
HOPE YOURE HAPPY NETFLIX
HOPE YOURE HAPPY NETFLIX
Most youtuber and social media stuff is BS, this was no different.
A story in three acts:
1. Insane degree of overhyped marketing for a fight that could easily be father vs. son.
2. Terrible execution by Netflix to the point that most could not watch (I watched a live Twitter stream of some guy recording the jumbotron in the arena). People are big mad.
~Interlude: a couple of pretty good undercard bouts, if you could get them to stream.
3. Fight actually happens. Most can't watch because Netflix shit the bed. Dumb as shit pre-bout antics. Tyson looks decent for an old man for part of one round. Then something resembling a middle school slow dance ensues for the next seven rounds with very little activity or landed blows for either guy. Paul wins by unanimous decision, rightfully so even in this scripted joke. Obvious money play for them, with maybe a chance for Paul to get a fight against a real boxer.
Epilogue: What little honor remained in the once great sport of boxing was squandered on this farce. I'm glad Iron Mike didn't die, but he is mostly rust at this point. Final conclusion, wrestling remains the king of all sports.
I see AC/DC is going to announce a tour here soon. Debating to go or not, I know it's 20 years too late, but I've never seen them. I know they are way past their prime, seen some clips from last year where Brian Johnson can't sing anymore. Still might have to do it, but with super low expectations.
Saw the Eagles last fall too for the first time. Also 20 years too late, that show looked like it was at a retirement home. Joe Walsh singing sounded like a muppet impersonating Joe Walsh. Don Henley still sounded ok at times, but more than half their songs were by replacements and the rest were meh.
In fairness, I didn't deem that real boxing. The match never should have been sanctioned. But it does more harm than good for a sport like boxing which already had issues and low popularity.
Over/under $200 a piece with fees for nosebleed at a giant football stadium with terrible acoustics
It was real. Just a crappy boxer against a really old boxer.
My buddy saw Tyson doing court ordered community service back in the 1990's in Washington D.C.
He said Tyson was roped off and he couldn't talk to him. He said Tyson wasn't that tall but his hands were bigger than your head.
CSB.
He said Tyson was roped off and he couldn't talk to him. He said Tyson wasn't that tall but his hands were bigger than your head.
CSB.
Watched the replay this morning...stream was just fine. Glad I didn't stay up for that snoozefest.
I was hoping Tyson would go for broke and we'd see fireworks in the first couple of rounds.
I was hoping Tyson would go for broke and we'd see fireworks in the first couple of rounds.
Did you watch Ramos/Barrios and the women fight? Thats not brutal enough for you?
Saw ac/dc for the first time in 1980 and it was incredible!! My kids all grew up listening to them so I would love to go to their concert with my kids 45 years later!!
TBF it didn’t qualify for betting in my state because it was a farce.
I think the two real undercards helped boxing. They were both great fights that went the distance. The Taylor decision hurt credibility.
Sounds like the people (myself included) who quit trying to watch and went to bed.
Netflix has 2 big PR problems from this.
1. The fight itself.
2. Failing miserably to stream a live event.
I dunno. Most people missed the main event anyways. A LOT of people that have never cared about boxing actually watched it. And enjoyed it. Watched the undercards out at the sister in laws house around a bunch of hillbilly hunting type buddies of theirs. None had any idea how fight cards work and that there was actually more than one match going on. I saw a group of people interested in something that resembles a ball game that went back and forth vs a melee that's over in 10 minutes like all this UFC shit that pushed boxing aside.
I lived boxing when I a kid. My dad had a descrambler he got from a dude at work so I got to watch all the pay per view at the peak of boxing. It was nostalgic watching and getting interested in it even if I didnt know who the fighters were. It makes me want to catch more boxing again. It'd be cool if that one event can be a catalyst for more boxing events.
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