Comment on It was rigged?

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”

  You could gamble on it, which means there was money to be made courting suckers.

  I’m sure the lion’s share of “rigged” proclamations were coming from folks who got baited into bad bets.

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• slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thanks for an actualy summary by someone using their brains. I only watched the first few round, then skipped to the end, but I have the same impression.

  Paul was using his head, not wanting kill a 58 yrs old sport legend accidentally. Also, he stayed in distance, to avoid accidentally walking into a stronger punch from Tyson’s shorter arms. The results we have seen are the logical result of these factors, no scripting needed.

  Paul and Tyson made 40 and 20 million from this, 120 million ppl watched live on Netflix, so now the phones will not stop ringing at Paul’s promotion agency to make fights like these happen in the future, as I bet a lot of boxers would love to make money like Tyson did.

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think Tyson had the power in his arms to do some damage but he just did not have the speed to get in at all after 2 rounds. And he’d leave himself open if he tried.

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    After the 3rd he couldn’t stance, he was flat on his feet.

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thanks for the summary, I was wondering how it went down.

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• WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Best summary I’ve read.

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