Yeah, he “won” against Tyson. Tyson looked old and weak, legs were not with him… Paul didn’t even go full ham, Tyson barely threw punches, and you could tell it wasn’t full effort for either fighter.
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ramble81@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Haven’t watched it, but did he seriously win? That doesn’t compute for me.
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 5 months ago
KeefChief13@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tyson looked good the first 2 rounds. By the 3rd he was drained, looked like an old man, legs failed him, he was bobblin around in there while Jake threw jabs from distance and landed more shots. Went to the judges.
JDPoZ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That first punch that landed on Paul’s face made him stop dancing around like an idiot… but yeah after 2 rounds it became just a war of attrition, where Tyson’s knees (which apparently were in a brace outside of the fight itself) just couldn’t hold up and let him close the gap and deliver any of his admittedly still-fierce punches.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I didn’t watch the whole thing but Paul’s shots didn’t even seem like they had any power behind them. He won on points obviously because Tyson was drained but it felt like even old man Tyson could have just stood there and tanked those weak-ass punches.
Disclaimer: all I know about boxing I learned from Rocky movies.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Taking in the fact that late 30s is already considered old in boxing years, an almost 60 year old former champ losing to a young opponent with decent experience should start to make sense.
RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 5 months ago
The age advantage alone is huge.
meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tyson was throwing up blood on a plane a few months ago, he just did this for the money.
jaybone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Knees weak, throwing up blood on his flight already, mom’s spaghetti.