Thousands storm out of Jake Paul v Mike Tyson fight without knowing the winner

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were BOOED vociferously during the second-half of their long-awaited fight - before fans stormed out without waiting to find out the winner.

The controversial bout between the YouTube sensation and 58-year-old former world heavyweight champion was a hot ticket in Texas - with the fight being shown worldwide on Netflix.

But it failed to justify the hype and many in attendance had seen enough by the time the bout hit its halfway mark. By the end of the fight, it was notable how many had left, such was the lack of reaction among the crowd as Paul was announced winner by Unanimous Decision against 'Iron Mike'.

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The victory - 80-72 with two judges and 79-73 with the third - was the 11th of Paul's 12-fight career. His only defeat thus far came against boxer and Love Island star Tommy Fury.

But fans were annoyed at the lacklustre nature of the fight, Tyson, carrying a knee problem, struggling to move, and Paul not wanting to try and KO the legend - despite his corner telling him "You can stop Mike now" before the seventh round.

"Mike doesn't have it anymore," said Roy Jones Jr, on commentary for Netflix. "Legs are gone."

Speaking in the ring after the fight, as fans who had remained until the end continued to stream out, Paul said: " Mike Tyson, it's such an honour. Let's give it up for Mike, the greatest to ever do it. We wouldn't be here without him today with him, this man is an icon. It's just an honour to be able to fight him. It was really tough fight. I expected it to be.

"He was exactly what I thought. One of the greatest to ever do it. An icon. I was trying to hurt him a little bit. I was scared he was going to hurt me. I did my best."

The opening round began with Paul using his youth advantage to repeatedly close the gap on Tyson, let loose a jab and quickly create distance. Tyson was able to catch Paul with a few heavy body shots before the two fighters clinched, which elicited heavy boos from the crowd. The second round followed a similar vein, Paul doing his best to avoid Tyson’s famously heavy blows before clinching again.

Round number three began much more explosively, with Tyson coming out swinging before being met with a series of left hooks from Paul. Building in confidence, the YouTuber continued to land heavy blows on a static Tyson, who looked grateful for the bell at the end of the round.

The two fighters missed jabs at the start of the fourth, but Tyson struggled to keep pace with Paul, who was able to pick and choose his spots on the increasingly weary Tyson. Paul landed a heavy one-two combo to kickstart the halfway mark of the bout as Tyson did his best to use vertical movement to avoid Paul’s strikes, the former heavyweight champion managing to land a stiff overhand right to end the round.

Tyson stood his ground in the sixth, sending Paul scarpering from each attempted strike, before the two exchanged heavy strikes throughout the seventh, which ended with Tyson landing a shot to the head.

But the bout was all but over headed into the final round, as Tyson took his time getting off the corner stool. There was little of the famous power left in any of Tyson’s punches, and the pair embraced as the bell rang.

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