Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is set to have his first sanctioned boxing fight in nearly 20 years against YouTuber and actor-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
Tyson became the youngest boxer in history to win a major heavyweight title when he was only 20 years old, since 1986. One by one, Tyson won all three major titles of his day (WBA, WBC, and IBF). , and furthermore earned a legitimate claim to the pedigree when he stopped Michael Spinks in one round back in June 1988. At the time Iron Mike was the baddest man in the world.
But Tyson’s reign came to an abrupt and sudden end at the hands of Buster Douglas. After that, Tyson’s career fell apart. He stayed more than 4 years without playing, and when he came back, despite receiving the WBA and WBC titles, he was not the same boxer. Tyson’s professional loss to Kevin McBride occurred in June 2005.
So when 58-year-old Mike Tyson steps into the ring against 27-year-old Jake Paul, it will be almost 20 years since Tyson last had a professional fight. To put things into perspective here, Tyson won his first major world championship in November 1986, and Paul wasn’t born until January 1997. Crazy! Paul was born between Tyson’s first loss against Holyfield, and the painful fight that took place when Paul was only 5 months old.
To date, Paul has 11 professional fights, 10 wins, 7 of those fights coming in the middle distance. Most of his fights were against guys who weren’t professional boxers. In his most recent fight in July, Paul won by 6th round stoppage against Mike Perry, an MMA fighter and a boxer. Ironically, that was the day Paul was scheduled to face Iron Mike, but that fight was pushed back to November after Tyson suffered injuries on a flight, and medical experts advised him not to fight until he recovered. episode. The whole situation is very strange all around. On one side you have the greatest man of all time who is literally 35 years removed from his best fighting days, and on the other side you have a young guy in his prime, with little boxing experience, despite not competing anywhere remotely close. elite level.
Can 58-year-old Iron Mike Tyson turn back the clock and beat Jake Paul?
This episode of Rummy’s Corner will try to answer this question, while also giving a preview of the upcoming fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which will be broadcast live on Netflix on November 15. Please watch and enjoy the video for one man’s opinion. This is Rummy’s Corner (produced and narrated by Geoffrey Ciani).
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