Among the many nicknames Mike Tyson has won in his player career, the one who stuck is “the most mean man on the planet”. To bite the ear of his rival to dependence on marijuana, alcohol and cocaine when typing a co-passage on a flight, Tyson often gave the impression that he liked to be banged in controversies. There was an inherent impression to revel in the character of the “bad boy”. For someone, who won 44 of the 59 boxing fights via the KO, the suitable title. And he also walked his speech of garbage. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by KO. At the end of the 80s and early 90s, it was an unstoppable force.
The descending spiral began in 1992 when he was found guilty of rape and spent three years in prison. But Mike being Mike, he showed resurgence in the mid -90s, find WBC and WBA titles. Although in the late 90s and early 2000s fighted against Evander Holyfield (including the lost part of his ear due to Tyson’s bite) and Lennox Lewis practically sealed the end of his controversial but glorious career. Although he had some fights without consequences after that, they were not close to his days. His latest officially sanctioned professional fight, a defeat against the Irish companion Kevin McBride, occurred in 2005.
Then came the announcement that Mike Tyson, now 58, would make a return against Jake Paul against Youtuber. The possibility of combat sounded the classic theme “yesterday once”. Carefully organized prefabricated videos and interviews gave the impression that Tyson was signifying business. But reality was something else.
For someone who is 58 years old, playing someone less is always a challenge. However, the man who took up the challenge was Mike Tyson. A boxing legend, a “children’s dynamite” from Brooklyn. Expectations increased when Tyson slapped Paul during the weighing before the line. The “old” Mike was back, just like his “bad man”.
On the day of the fight, however, the Fizz evaporated. Unless the first two laps, Tyson barely picked up a solid punch. The formerly undeniable champion of heavyweights did not correspond to the speed and movement of his young rivals. According to the AFP news agency, statistics have shown that Tyson was connected with only 18 of the 97 punches launched while Paul launched around 278 punches and won 78.
The situation was such that Paul even managed to show respect for Tyson by bowing in front of him in the middle of the match. In the 90s, it would have been an insult to Tyson, now he nodded with gratitude. Even had to realize that age had caught up. More than Jake Paul, he had lost against time.
Subjects mentioned in this article
