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OT: Iron Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul

I don't see any way that Tyson actually trained seriously for this fight. The fatigue that kicked in after round three had nothing to do with Paul. Tyson perfected the old man nursing home shuffle long before the fight was even 1/2 over. I don't think it was an act.
 
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UCan3 said:
I think this might be the beginning of the end for Jake Paul. Maybe he was good to cash out.

The fight looked like a sparring session where they were both told don’t take any serious shots.

Think Netflix will regret being a part of it.

The pre-show talk was cringeworthy and the tech difficulties made this whole night regrettable.
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Netflix really screwed up and letting people think that the fight started at 8 PM eastern time. they lost people by the minute, leading up to the main ticket.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Netflix is going to surge in value after this.

Bandwidth is an easy solution to fix.
Proof of concept they can get massive numbers for a horrible product.
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I was hoping for a worse fate for Netflix but I think your take is spot on. It was clearly buffering so all I did was log back on when I could. It brought me to the 8pm start and I fast forwarded to about 3 minutes before live and the problem was gone.

Sure my 16 yr old with his phone in his hand hated it but looking at that circle 25% was too much for me to take every five minutes.

Actually, I think that could qualify as a form of torture if it was a UConn game I was streaming.

But once the Paul - Tyson fight started I think they had it figured out and I actually got closer than three minutes to live but if it was a buffering issue even live my guess is that there was a delay. They were just trying to figure out how to set the servers and they never really could do it until they had a stable viewer base which happened by round 8 of the women’s fight. Which for me was the highlight of the night.

Taylor uses her head as a third more lethal hand……..
 
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Tyson's defense looked pretty decent though it seemed. Maybe they had an agreement not to land multiple power combinations.
 
Tommyboy said:
That was a waste of time. Sad watching Tyson.
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Was it sad? He went out there. Still showed some reflexes, but didn't look crippeled. He was washed at 39 losing to McBride.

Yes, I wish he could fight. But he can't. His body wont let him.
 
I think one of the announcers said it near the end saying that time itself will eventually get all those who try to fight it.

Tyson's upper body shape was impressive, but that's a lot of weight to carry on 58 year old legs. The guy has been through a lot in his life. I hope he just enjoys the rest of it.
 
Maybe not "Iron Mike" anymore..... Aluminum Mike??? :D
 
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alexd said:
Maybe not "Iron Mike" anymore..... Aluminum Mike??? :D
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Ahhhh, reminds me of the Yard's "Iron Mike" who was neither Iron or named Mike. Guy was 125 pounds soaking wet.
 
It was a set-up. Jake Paul was guaranteed the win. With this win, he will continue with his clown tour on Netflix with another contender. Tyson was one and done no matter the outcome.

Paul has TERRIBLE technique. His guard was down the whole fight. If Tyson was fighting for real, he would have exploited that immediately, probably for a KO.
 
temery said:
Netflix really screwed up and letting people think that the fight started at 8 PM eastern time. they lost people by the minute, leading up to the main ticket.
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Great point, and the technical difficulties as the night went on was like adding fuel to the fire.

I am sure Netflix is looking ahead to charge for live events - big step backwards last night.
 
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Tyson could have been wearing leg irons and would not have been any slower in closing to Paul. No one involved in this fight could not have known that. A complete set up. Anyone believing Paul is a legit boxer is fooling themselves. Any real boxer would have but Mike on the canvas early. Paul was obvious in his attacks, looked just as winded as Tyson by the end, couldn't follow up any combo and left his face wide open for most of the fight. If Tyson was able to actually get inside, he may have been able to land a knockout punch. The women in the previous bout hit harder and more frequently.

No need to consider any boxing event ever again if this is the best draw that they have.
 
husky429 said:
Silly, scripted fight scheduled for kids and idiots. Pass.
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So, anyone curious about the fight and watched it is an idiot? A truly condescending generalization by someone who clearly doesn't recognize their own idiocy. You're a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
 
Eweconn said:
So, anyone curious about the fight and watched it is an idiot? A truly condescending generalization by someone who clearly doesn't recognize their own idiocy. You're a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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Maybe we should schedule a fight on Netflix to hash it out.
 
This was a ridiculous boxing fight, of course. Tyson is 58 and no business being in that ring.

It also is a cultural touchstone event. You cant deny everyone and there mother was watching this.

As a cultural event, amazing, as a sporting event. You get about what i expected.
 
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CL82 said:
Ah, I thought you were going with "hope I die before I get old."
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I was hoping for "Mama's got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night".
 
JohnFSilver said:
This was a ridiculous boxing fight, of course. Tyson is 58 and no business being in that ring.

It also is a cultural touchstone event. You cant deny everyone and there mother was watching this.

As a cultural event, amazing, as a sporting event. You get about what i expected.
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I would have, had I not fallen asleep
 
Absolutely scripted, or at the very least not a real fight. And they're not even really trying to hide it

 
Well, that was disappointing. You think, even if it were scripted, they'd have a few good exchanges. If someone would like to pay me $2 million to walk around a ring in periodically bite my glove, I'm open to it.
 
navery12 said:
Absolutely scripted, or at the very least not a real fight. And they're not even really trying to hide it

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How was that farce sanctioned?

So many things wrong with it from Jake Paul clearly being on steroids and Tyson most likely being on steroids, to Tyson's age, to neither guy trying.

They didn't even try to make any of it look real, another black eye for boxing.
 
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