Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul full fight preview
by Cory Braiterman · MMAmania.comTonight (Fri., Nov. 15, 2024) one of the most bizarre — yet highly anticipated — boxing matches in ages is going down from inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, streaming live online via Netflix with an 8 p.m. ET start time (details here).
This is certainly not the boxing match that combat sports fans have been yearning to see, but as it’s happening? You bet everyone is tuning in — “Prelims” undercard action begins at 6 p.m. ET (watch it here), with the main event scheduled to go down around 10 p.m. ET.
Anecdotally, the names involved and the platform, Netflix, has really brought this out to a wider audience than normal. Indeed, this is a fight that’s broken outside the bubble, and all mainstream eyes are going to seeing if the aging Mike Tyson, 58, can beat back 27-year-old YouTube star, Jake Paul.
I saw a vision of hell
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What is there to say about the concerns about Tyson’s advanced age that hasn’t been said already?
Tyson was a force of nature 35 years ago, a knockout king who was talked about as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A generation is defined loosely at around 20 years. More than 3 billion people have been born in the time since Tyson was even relevant — much less at the pinnacle — in the sport of boxing.
But, that’s just it. He was once at the highest of highs. And man, does he still hit hard:
Can he channel that power one last time into the sternum or jaw of the most controversial figure in boxing today? If he can beat back Father Time — who has inflicted plenty of damage on him already — then we’ll get easily one of the biggest viral moments in the history of boxing.
Paul, on the other hand, is 30 years his junior and has been training and practicing boxing for years now. He packs legitimate power in his own right.
He’s obviously not without flaws — he’s still a relatively neophyte boxer, and a decidedly not highly-ranked Tommy Fury was able to out-move, out-work and out-last him in Paul’s only professional loss to date. That’s what 20 some-odd years of boxing experience will do when faced with a more even-age matchup against a newcomer.
If you aren’t a Paul fan, you probably really don’t like the guy. Perhaps you’re a hater, even. For most of his boxing career, Paul has managed to get one up on that group. Aging mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters were hopefully going to show the man the door.
People were banking on Tyron Woodley to knock the man cold, but two brutal losses later, Paul was covered in glory. Then it was Anderson Silva — fresh off a win over Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. — but he, too, fell. Nate Diaz was then supposed to out-land and out-work him. Nope. Finally, Mike Perry was going to be the one to savage the cocky young star, but that dream, too, was dashed and broken.
We’ll see if Tyson can make the dreams come true for countless Paul haters ... sooner than later.
FINAL PREDICTION: Jake Paul via technical knockout
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