Tyson vs Paul More about the spectacle than the boxing
A man who once dominated boxing, Mike Tyson, is returning to the ring at the age of 58. His opponent is an influencer who boxes and is over 30 years his junior. A big audience is guaranteed.
It's up to an old man to try to put things right: In an effort to put a floundering sport back on the map, 58-year-old Mike Tyson is set to make a return to boxing ring. His opponent: Jake Paul.
Jake who? While to many boxing fans the 27-year-old may remain an unknown quantity, he certainly isn't when it comes to social media. Paul has more than 27 million followers on Instagram and over 18 million on TikTok.
After initially trying his hand at acting and singing, Paul stepped into the ring for the first time in 2018 and has been fighting professionally since 2020. The influencer has won 10 of his 11 fights. However, most of the victories came against opponents who were just as inexperienced as he was. Five of them had never been in the ring before.
Paul took on Youtuber AnEson Gib in his first professional bout. The Saudi Arabian-born Brit was also making his debut at the time but has since put his boxing career on hold following just his second fight that came in 2022. Paul's next opponent was former NBA point guard Nate Robinson, who was making a one-off appearance in the boxing ring.
As a boxer, Paul's only defeat came in 2023, against someone with a well-known surname in boxing: Tommy Fury of Britain - who is the half-brother of former world boxing champion Tyson Fury.Battle of KO specialists
By the time the better-known Fury surprisingly won his world title against Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, Tyson's last professional fight was already a decade behind him: in 2005, the American lost to Ireland's Kevin McBride by technical knockout and retired.
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