Mike Tyson falls to Jake Paul in his return to the ring

There is still fury in Mike Tyson‘s eyes to fight, although little remains of his agility to surprise his rivals with a knockout. In his return to the ring at 58 years of age, the former heavyweight champion lost by unanimous decision to the youtuber and beginner boxer Jake Paul, 27, in a high-profile battle at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

“I’m just happy for what I can do. “He doesn’t come to prove anything to anyone,” said Tyson, who even came out with a knee brace. “Fighting Tyson was an honor,” said Paul when celebrating his eleventh victory after an eight-round duel.

With a sober entrance and a challenging look, Tyson sought to demonstrate that he was still that strong and prodigious fighter who became a historical reference. However, now returning to the ring professionally after 20 years, there were only a couple of flashes of those skills that led him to success.

It was not until the third round when Tyson showed a bit of that explosiveness that characterized him, but everything was short-lived. The veteran fighter was increasingly cautious, still with good defense, but unable to land blows on his rival.

By the seventh round, the tiredness of the call was evident. Iron Mike. He had pleased the fans by putting on the gloves again, but he couldn’t unleash his magic.

Jake Paul, in contrast, had little to do to emerge victorious and with a couple of jabs he controlled the battle. Although at times he mocked his emblematic opponent in the duel, he also closed with a bow towards Tyson, a champion who, despite this lackluster episode in his career, does not tarnish his record of 50 wins and now seven defeats.

Despite the result, Tyson earned at least $20 million, while Jake Paul pocketed $40 million as the promoter. Although the figure is close to the 30 million that the former champion earned when he was at the peak of his career, it is hardly a balm for his finances after he declared bankruptcy in 2003 after having squandered 500 million.

The platform of streaming Netflix, which has 280 million subscribers in the world, used the name of the legendary boxer as a hook to promote its first live sporting event of great relevance with which it even claimed the record for the most watched fight in the world. However, the transmission had errors, so users on social networks complained about the constant pauses.