{"id":126660,"date":"2024-11-16T22:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126660"},"modified":"2024-11-16T22:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:12:23","slug":"angry-fans-believe-jake-paul-carried-mike-tyson-through-awful-netflix-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126660","title":{"rendered":"Angry fans believe Jake Paul &#8216;carried&#8217; Mike Tyson through awful Netflix fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As Jake Paul\u2019s bout against Mike Tyson <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/15\/sports\/jake-paul-vs-mike-tyson-fight-live-updates-news-results-video-more\/\">dawdled on into the wee hours<\/a> of Saturday morning, the internet came aflame with accusations that the YouTuber-turned-boxer was stringing the fight along.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though Paul, 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/16\/sports\/jake-paul-asserts-his-dominance-with-win-over-mike-tyson\/\">won Friday night\u2019s marquee contest by unanimous decision<\/a> at AT&amp;T Stadium, there\u2019s been no shortage of chatter contending that he could have knocked down Iron Mike, 58, long before the bell rang on the eighth and final round.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Jake Paul (l.) and Mike Tyson (r.) hug at the end of their heavyweight boxing bout at AT&amp;T Stadium on Nov. 15, 2024  <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPaul carried Tyson for the final 4 rounds and almost didn\u2019t want to knock him out,\u201d Bill Speros, sports columnist with the Boston Herald <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/billsperos\/status\/1857658377733648528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cTyson basically stood there and took the beating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlad he got his $20M and his last shot,\u201d Speros further opined, citing previous reporting from outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jake-paul-mike-tyson-fight-money-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">CBS News<\/a> about Tyson\u2019s payout for the fight. (CBS reports that Paul\u2019s payout of $40M was double Tyson\u2019s.)<\/p>\n<p>Others shared his sentiments. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cJake Paul is carrying Mike Tyson through this fight,\u201d Robert Griffin III, the NFL quarterback-turned NFL analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RGIII\/status\/1857657718288294169?mx=2\">wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw he hurt Mike with the 3 jabs in a row in the 2nd round and pulled all the way off the gas. He could have ended it there and in every round since. Smart business move by Jake Paul. Gives all his sponsors more air time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul admitted after the fight, he eased up on Tyson after seeing the former heavyweight champion tiring. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yeah definitely,\u201d Paul said. \u201cDefinitely a bit. I wanted to give the fans a show but I didn\u2019t want to hurt someone that didn\u2019t need to be hurt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight at AT&amp;T Stadium on November 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix \u00a9 2024<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some viewers felt Paul\u2019s restraint was a damnation of the sport as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake Paul carried Mike Tyson for 8 rounds and knew knocking out Iron Mike would be a very bad look,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWintner\/status\/1857658109415588232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">one user wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cJake Paul is not serious about being a champion. He needs to step his game up or stop with the novelty act matches. The public won\u2019t lean into the hype anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(The public would and did \u2014 70,000 fans attended in-person at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; hundreds of thousands more watched through Netflix, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/15\/sports\/netflix-streaming-issues-leaving-mike-tyson-jake-paul-viewers-livid\/\">despite painful buffering<\/a> issues.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jake Paul (r.) is announced as the winner against Mike Tyson at AT&amp;T Stadium on November 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix \u00a9 2024<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Magic Johnson, for his part, was disappointed to see how far one of the GOATs of boxing had fallen off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust sad smh. I cut it off because I couldn\u2019t watch anymore. It\u2019s sad to see Mike Tyson like this because I went to every Tyson fight. This fight tonight was not great for boxing,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1857661166006448627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">he said via X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1857658589378175470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Dave Portnoy gave his two-cents<\/a>, adding, \u201cCredit to Jake Paul + Mike Tyson for pulling off one of the great cons of century. I shoulda put 10 million on Jake. Not cause he\u2019s good but cause he fought a senior citizen. I would say everybody involved should be ashamed but I\u2019d take the money it too if I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/16\/sports\/angry-fans-believe-jake-paul-carried-mike-tyson-through-awful-netflix-fight\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Jake Paul\u2019s bout against Mike Tyson dawdled on into the wee hours of Saturday morning, the internet came aflame with accusations that the YouTuber-turned-boxer was stringing the fight along.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126660\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}