Jake Paul, despite losing his boxing match to Mike Tyson social media post Saturday said he had “no regrets about getting in the ring for the last time”.
Boxing legend defeated by social media star Jake Paul highly anticipated fight On Friday night there was an age difference of more than three decades between the two contenders.
Netflix said this on Saturday 60 million families worldwide participated To watch the match. Two The fighters took all eight rounds.Each round two minutes long. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision and the 27-year-old troubled boxer and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion embraced afterward.
Paul expected to earn approximately $40 million from the fight, and Tyson was expected to take home about $20 million for the fight, according to DraftKings and other online reports.
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tyson said on his social media That “It's one of those situations where you lose but still win. I'm grateful for last night.”
The fight almost didn't happen after Tyson experienced The ulcer flared up during an airplane trip in March. Describing his illness on Saturday, he wrote that he “died about June.” He said he received blood transfusions eight times and “lost half my blood and 25 pounds in the hospital and had to fight to get healthy enough to fight them so I won.”
Tyson retired from boxing in 2005 after a 20-year career. He last fought against former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. in a 2020 exhibition match.
He said, “To see my kids stand in front of a packed Dallas Cowboys stadium against a talented fighter half their age and go 8 rounds is an experience no one should be able to ask for. Thank you.”
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