Boxing has always been a sport that attracts a lot of hype. From the weigh in to the training to the trash-talking, there is always a lot involved with the fight even for the undercards to the main event. On Saturday, the main event was Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., but the undercard received a lot of attention as well.
The undercard was an interesting one on Saturday night as it included former NBA player Nate Robinson taking on former YouTuber Jake Paul so it had a few celebrities going at it. There was a lot of interest in this one from current and former NBA players, for obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, the fight lasted all of 1 round as Paul hit Robinson with a brutal right hook in Round 2 and knocked him out. The knockout had some reactions from the Philadelphia 76ers as Joel Embiid was definitely watching.
NIGHT NIGHT
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) November 29, 2020
Former Sixers guard Evan Turner, who was the 2nd overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft, saw Robinson go down, and now he wants to get in the ring with Paul as well.
I wanna fight jake Paul
— Evan Turner (@thekidet) November 29, 2020
On top of the craziness that went down on the field, there was commentary from rapper Snoop Dogg and his reactions were legendary. He translated his brilliance on the microphone to the commentary on the fights and rookie Tyrese Maxey was loving it.
SNOOP GOT ME CRYING 😭
— Tyrese Maxey (@TyreseMaxey) November 29, 2020
Another former Sixer, Josh Richardson who was just sent to the Dallas Mavericks on Nov. 18, was on the floor with Snoop’s commentary and jokes.
Snoop said the uncles at the BBQ🤣🤣
— Josuélito (@J_Rich1) November 29, 2020
Richardson went so far as to make a plea to ESPN to get them to sign him.
Can we just take a moment to remember that Snoop commentated a fight, performed some fire songs and then commentated another fight immediately after performing last night. ESPN SIGN THIS MAN PLEASE .!!
— Josuélito (@J_Rich1) November 29, 2020
It was clear that Saturday night was a lot of fun and that Snoop Dogg needs to commentate an NBA game at some point. [lawrence-related id=39613,39610,39594]