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First and foremost, Mike Tyson — it's an honor to be able to fight him,
Yeah, but I can't use that as an excuse. If I did, I wouldn't be in here,
I cut it off because I couldn’t watch anymore. It’s sad to see Mike Tyson like this because I went to every Tyson fight. This fight tonight was not great for boxing."
You all can say you wasted your time, I didn’t. That’s Iron Mike Tyson. You got to see him box. He’s 58 years old. He made you believe he could do it. He didn’t go down. Dude is an actual living legend."
I’m here to make $40m and knock out a legend.”
While the fight purses have not been officially disclosed, Paul claimed at a press conference in August The gloves Mike has on are looking heavily padded while Jake has on Grants which are full on punchers gloves!
I think Jake let him live.
And speaking to Mail Sport after the fight, Jake's brother Logan said of Tyson He's tough, proud of him, weathered the storm against a young brute named Jake Paul.
Let’s do a fight with Floyd Mayweather in INDIA,
Singh, a 2008 Olympic bronze medallist, said in a social media post tagging the undefeated Mayweather I don’t think so.”
Pressed on whether he thought Friday night would be his final appearance in a boxing ring, the Brooklyn native added I can’t use that for excuses,
said Tyson, who landed just 18 of 97 punches (18.6%) in the contest, compared to 78 of 278 (28.1%) by Paul I didn’t prove nothing to anybody, only to myself,
said Tyson, who was coming off a 7,097-day layoff You look at the numbers, and I hate to say it, but they're kinda sad."
When the stats flashed up on a graphic during the fight, one commentator forlornly said It was just sad to see a legend like Mike Tyson not able to do much inside the ring."
Mike Tyson’s next contract should call for him to land at least 25 punches."
I love Mike Tyson, but they giving him too much credit
WBA light middleweight champion Terence Crawford added I'm getting ready to watch this Tyson vs Jake Paul fight like I'm watching someone cast a spell that I hope actually works
Before the fight began, podcaster and UFC ringside personality Joe Rogan tweeted Anybody who had anything to do with that Tyson/Paul debacle owes the public an apology
New York sports talk radio legend Mike Francesa tweeted You will forever be a legend..rather [sic] you like ir or not and it will never be another one!
After the bout, WBA lightweight belt holder Gervonta 'Tank' Davis posted a tribute to Tyson on his Instagram story, saying This man is an icon and it's just an honour to be able to fight him. And he's obviously the toughest, baddest man on the planet,
the 27-year-old explained
