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Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in manufactured mismatch as Father Time comes calling
(www.theguardian.com)
Fuck this year is disappointing.
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The dude is 58 and in better shape than the vast majority of people his age and he just made 20 millions.
He won
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Now I can go back to never thinking about Jake Paul again.
Next week he's digging up Muhammad Ali for Disney+.
Until he runs for office or Trump puts him in his cabinet.
The last decade or so has really taught me to avoid saying the words "that will never happen."
Don't you think that into existance Matt! Take it back!
Look, I don't believe in manifesting, but I still think we should be a little cautious
There is a non-zero chance of this happening, unfortunately.
Oh he'll definitely be President at some point, that's a given.
Wish he'd fight young competitive boxers now. It's wild how much time catches up to a human.
I think that would be even less of a worthy accomplishment for any currently fit athletes. At this point it's like dunking on a crippled kid then bragging about being the best in your school.
The main event really undercut the earlier fights.
Serrano vs Taylor was fucking amazing. Despite Taylor’s dirty moves, she couldn’t keep Serrano at bay for a single second. I can’t believe the judges robbed her of the win.
That fight was exceptional and the brow cut was so hard to watch. If the 3rd match wasn't there the whole thing would've been a waste of time as a casual watcher. 2nd match was good but wouldn't have pulled my attention by itself. 1st one seemed bush league.
Serrano has earned my respect. I'm not a regular fan of the sport and this is the first time I've watched a fight in over 20 years. How she didn't get the W is beyond me. Her trainer was dropping bombs in the post match interview though, I wouldn't fuck with that dude.
All 3 of the opening fights were amazing.
I'd argue the 1st one was weak where the winner couldn't even punch with his left hand. Just kinda swatted like a kitten. The title card just sucked so bad you might've lowered your standards to say it was amazing.
The only thing real in this conflict was the paychecks at the end.
And the buffering
Oh boy did we buffer.
We buffered like it was 1999.
You just reminded me of an awful joke my mom made many times about partying like it's 1999 which I'm sure you're referencing. Many times I asked her what our plans were and she would start singing that line in cringier and cringier ways that I groaned more and more as a kid, teenager, and adult. She passed unexpectedly a few years back.
All that to say, thanks for the rare reference I haven't heard since, and I internally groaned again. I hope you have people to groan about it like I do you cheeky devil.
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I thought it was cute all the people saying Mike was going to murder him. As a 45 year old boxer I am pretty exhausted after 3 minutes. 5 rounds later and I'm ready for a nice cup of tea in an armchair sitting by the window. Time catches up to us all.
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I'm glad no one got hurt. The other fights on the card were better. Main event was boring and predictable. Tyson was slow and off balance. Paul threw and landed 2x the punches Tyson did. Not a match that would convince a non fan that there is something more to the sport than punching.
I learned it involves a lot of homoerotic hugging as well
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