Netflix apparently drew 60 million for Tyson-Paul, which likely impacted the buggy broadcast.
Netflix on Saturday revealed 60 million households worldwide spent (wasted?) Friday evening watching two annoying windbags pummel each other for money.
Netflix said the broadcast pull had “our buffering systems on the ropes.”
Fans who are worried about watching the NFL this Christmas or WWE Raw in January might be heartened to know the Tyson-Paul clown show drew much more of an audience share than your average football game or wrestling match.
In comparison, Amazon is reportedly averaging 13 million viewers a week for its Thursday night NFL broadcasts, per Front Office Sports. Last Monday’s broadcast of WWE Raw drew a little more than 1.5 million viewers, per Wrestlenomics.
Last Christmas, the NFL brought in an average viewership of 29.2 million for the Kansas City Chiefs-Las Vegas Raiders game, likely heightened by intrigue in Taylor Swift’s attendance.
With the Chiefs playing the Pittsburgh Steelers on one of the Netflix broadcasts and Swift’s attendance a definite possibility, the streamer could be attracting around 30 million viewers for that Christmas broadcast.
While Friday’s Tyson-Paul broadcast had its glaring issues (both in the ring and with the live-streaming), Netflix has time to amend its infrastructure before the holidays and its WWE broadcasts next year.
For bigger events than regular-season NFL games and WWE matches, Netflix might have its hands full with mounting a problem-free broadcast.
“It’s funny to say, ‘Conor McGregor is scared of Jake Paul and will never box him,’ but it’s the f*cking truth.”
IRVING, Texas – It’s become old hat for [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] to try and lure UFC star [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] into a boxing match, so it’s only natural that the YouTuber-turned-professional-prizefighter would use the afterglow of his win over Mike Tyson to do it again.
With manager Nakisa Bidarian by his side during the post-fight news conference, Paul was asked if he’s interested in setting up a fight with McGregor, and the response was almost daring from both men.
“Yeah, he’ll never do that, though,” Paul said, before Bidarian chimed in: “One, he’s under contract. And two, he won’t do that. He knows better.”
Then Paul continued, “And it’s funny to say, ‘Conor McGregor is scared of Jake Paul and will never box him,’ but it’s the f*cking truth. And look at him go toe to toe with Nate Diaz, who was easy work for me. It was like a Monday sparring session to beat Nate Diaz’s ass. He doesn’t ever want this smoke with me. It won’t ever happen.”
To Bidarian’s point, McGregor being under exclusive contract with the UFC would complicate matters, as McGregor would need the UFC’s blessing to compete in a boxing match with Paul, something UFC CEO Dana White has said he’s not inclined to do.
While there’s no telling what could come next for Paul, a fight with McGregor is unlikely.
The were no winners at Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. Just a lot of losers.
In a turn of events shocking only to the most optimistic among us, a 27-year-old entered a boxing ring against a 58-year-old on Friday night and proceeded to commit what would otherwise be considered borderline elder abuse if not for the million-dollar paydays involved.
The Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight was a debacle from start to finish, and though generations of fight fans tuned in to watch (and bet on) the made-for-streaming event, it didn’t take long to realize what a massive waste of time this was.
Inside the ropes, the fight itself — a somehow sanctioned bout and not an exhibition — was the total farce we expected.
Technically, Paul was declared the victor, but there were no winners on Friday. Certainly not any worth celebrating. There were, however, plenty of losers including, but not limited to…
If this was a test run for the millions of concurrent users Netflix can expect for its upcoming Christmas Day NFL games and WWE Raw broadcasts, it was an epic fail.
Constant buffering and blurry images marred Friday’s undercard, leaving many upset viewers wondering what sort of stress testing Netflix did before millions of people were expected to tune in at the same time. Midway through the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano lightweight title bout, nearly every trending topic on X was related to the fight, with thousands of people complaining about their experience.
There were complaints from people streaming on TV, on tablets and on their phones. It was bad. Especially considering this is not the first time Netflix has streamed live events. We’ve seen similar issues when Netflix broadcast a Chris Rock concert, The Roast of Tom Brady and more.
Can Netflix solve these issues before the behemoths of the NFL and WWE entrust their audiences to the service? That’s quite literally a billion-dollar question.
2. Mike Tyson
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Props to Tyson for stepping into the ring at 58 years old after dealing with an ulcer earlier this year, but that’s where the congratulations begin and end. More than anything else, this was a sad display from a notoriously bad human who inexplicably rebounded in the public consciousness following a cameo in The Hangover trilogy.
If you tuned in hoping to Tyson turn back the clock, you were disappointed. If you just hoped Tyson could avoid embarrassing himself, you were disappointed. If you thought two-minute rounds and 14-ounce gloves would level the playing field, you were only playing yourself.
At the end of the day, Tyson earned a reported $20 million for letting a self-described heel toy with him in the ring. It’s hard to see this as anything but a nadir for a sport already dripping in cynicism. A fitting performance for anyone who expected anything else.
3. Jake Paul
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Does Jake Paul actually want to be a champion boxer? Or is boxing just a means to extract the biggest paydays for his content as possible? After watching the 27-year-old waste a portion of his athletic prime and star power on such a sham, it’s hard to conclude anything but the latter.
Tyson spent the first 45 seconds of the fight unleashing everything he had, only for Paul to spend the remaining seven rounds carrying his opponent across the finish line. At multiple times, Paul had his hands down seemingly begging Tyson to land a blow and get the extremely pro-Iron Mike crowd back into the action.
Paul spent the final 10 seconds of the bout literally bowing down to Tyson, then admitted afterwards he was pulling his punches all fight because he didn’t want to “hurt” him. It’s hard to fathom anything more insulting to Tyson’s boxing legacy — and even harder to fathom Tyson ever affording any opponent the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.
As Hector Diaz perfectly stated on Bluesky: “If you’re interested in the Tyson-Paul match, you might enjoy pro wrestling. It’s also a predetermined fight between personalities. The only difference is that wrestling has good payoffs and you’re in on the joke.”
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Former champion boxer Roy Jones Jr. sat ringside on the official call of the bout and kept insisting something was wrong with Tyson’s mouth.
Every round it looked like Tyson was fidgeting with his mouthguard or biting his gloves. This, actually, was a very normal tick for Tyson and something he has done in past fights.
Jones Jr. — who previously fought Tyson in a November 2020 exhibition — refused to believe this.
Repeatedly and erroneously, Jones Jr. kept talking about Tyson’s mouth even as play-by-play announcer Mauro Ranallo kept trying to tell his colleague this was a common occurrence for Tyson.
You could sense Ranallo’s frustration building each round as he attempted to actually inform viewers while Jones Jr. continued to baselessly speculate.
It was far from the most upsetting part of the night, but it certainly made for an annoyingly repetitive conversation throughout the main event. The narrative was finally put to bed when ringside reporter Ariel Helwani asked Tyson about tick immediately after the fight.
Tyson confirmed he just has “a biting fixation” after which, mercifully, we were all able to go to bed, too.
The best thing you can say about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is that it happened, and nobody got hurt.
ARLINGTON, Texas — You didn’t really think he was going to do it, did you?
Most of you out there who were rooting for [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag] to knock out [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] on Friday night in the boxing match of this weird, substance-free decade we’re living in were probably doing so for one of two reasons.
The first is that you find Paul obnoxious and wanted to see Tyson inflict pain on the YouTube star, which is a perfectly reasonable conclusion.
The second is that a part of you, like me, always yearns to feel whatever you felt back in the late 1980s, when Tyson was the baddest man on the planet. This is not reasonable. If you are old enough to remember where you were when Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds, then you most likely woke up this morning with a stiff back or a sore knee and a reminder to schedule your colonoscopy.
And none of us watching him have been through 56 professional fights, three years in prison and the kind of hard living that turned Tyson into a washed-up circus act before he walked away — back in 2005.
If you thought a 58-year-old Tyson had a chance to get in the ring and go blow-for-blow with a 27-year-old in his physical prime, albeit one whose only fights have been novelty acts, then you are denying the reality you experience every day.
Getting old is real. It stinks. It physically hurts. And if we’re lucky, it happens to all of us.
Tyson has indeed been incredibly lucky to make it to this point in life, to have stumbled into a lucrative second (or third) act as an entertainer and cannabis salesman.
But a boxer?
He’s not that anymore. Get real. It was never in doubt.
The stadium, the millions watching on Netflix — we’ll get to that in a moment — and really most of America wanted it to happen. Nostalgia has all of us in its grip in one way or another. And that’s why this bout, as ridiculous as the very concept of it was, became the most compelling show boxing has put on in ages. It was irresistible. And in some ways, it really delivered.
AT&T Stadium was packed, even though the vast majority of people in the stands were so far away from the ring they might as well have been in Oklahoma. Mainstream celebrities and content creators were all over the place. It looked and felt like a big-time sporting event, and a couple of the undercard matches were among the most compelling and violent fights you’ll ever see anywhere. (Katie Taylor’s controversial decision over Amanda Serrano was perhaps, pound for pound, the best sporting event of the year, even though the judges got the result completely wrong.)
It was a reminder of why boxing, on occasion, can still reach the highest of highs – even though those moments have become more and more rare as the years go by.
But then came the main event and it was … well, the best thing that you can say is that it happened and nobody got seriously hurt.
Tyson got a couple of good shots in early, and Paul looked scared out of his mind for a round. In the second, Paul kept his distance and stabilized. In the third, Tyson came out aggressive, looking for the knockout punch, and then it came down to the simplest concept in sports.
Young beats old.
Paul did the bare minimum, but he won. He didn’t win because he’s an elite boxer or because he landed a bunch of powerful shots. For all the sideshow inherent in this matchup, Paul won a fairly boring and straightforward decision for one reason — because he was fighting a 58-year-old.
“There was (a) point where I was like, ‘He’s not really engaging back,’ ” Paul said. “I don’t know if he was tired or whatever, and I could just tell his age was showing a little bit.”
Mike Tyson (black gloves) fights Jake Paul (silver gloves) at AT&T Stadium. (Kevin Jairaj, Imagn Images)
Paul hinted that he even backed off a little bit because he didn’t want to embarrass the legend, because he wanted to give the crowd a show. He also said he sprained his ankle three weeks ago and lost training time, which contributed to his lack of aggressiveness. Don’t buy it. Until Paul gets in the ring with a real boxer and proves that he’s something more than a guy who’s pretty decent by celebrity standards, this is what his career is going to be like: One scam after another, trolling us all the way to the bank.
Take solace in the fact that, if you missed it due to Netflix’s embarrassing technical issues, you didn’t miss much.
If there’s any lasting legacy from this circus, it’s the missed opportunity for Netflix to assert itself as a real player in the live sports space. Though the exact scope of the problems is hard to gauge, anecdotal reports on social media from people trying to watch the fight suggest that buffering and freezing and technical errors were rampant.
Folks were angry, and with good reason. When you hype an event this much and can’t deliver a smooth viewing experience, it’s hard to earn that credibility back.
We’ll see where Netflix goes from here. We’ll see if Paul wants to risk his reputation fighting a real professional or slink away with the tens of millions he’s pocketing here and find another trick to help him create content.
But people in the stadium voted with their feet – and they were leaving AT&T Stadium by the thousands before they even announced the winner. It was that obvious and anticlimactic. If you didn’t see it coming, however, that’s your own fault. A 58-year-old former athlete, even an icon, doesn’t belong in the boxing ring.
Let’s hope we never get suckered into something like this again.
And folks who remember the Mike Tyson of 20 to 30 years ago would have assumed that bout would’ve ended in a knockout in Tyson’s favor, against almost anyone, much less a YouTube star turned fighter. Drake was among those who thought Tyson would surely win.
But Tyson is now 58-years-old and seemed to be hobbled Friday night by a bum knee. And anyone who watched the fight would say that Paul was in control almost the whole time. And if someone was going to suffer a knockout, it would have been Tyson at Paul’s hands.
After the match, Paul even admitted to pulling some punches and carrying Tyson, ensuring the fight would go the distance.
“I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to hurt someone that didn’t need to be hurt. … There was a point where I was like, ‘OK, he’s not really engaging back.’ And so, I don’t know if he’s tired or whatever, I could just tell that his age was showing a little bit. I just have so much respect for him.”
Jake Paul explains why he didn’t look to knock out Mike Tyson:
Jake Paul carried Mike Tyson in their boxing match, which certainly didn’t go unnoticed by viewers – not that Paul cares.
ARLINGTON, Texas – In the buildup to [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag], there were questions about the Netflix boxing headliner being a real fight, particularly because it featured a 27-year-old squaring off against a 58-year-old.
For anyone who doubted the legitimacy of Paul vs. Tyson, despite the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sanctioning it as a fully professional bout, Paul’s words following his unanimous decision win Friday night at AT&T Stadium will surely not sit well.
“Yeah, definitely a bit,” Paul told reporters at the post-fight press conference, when asked if he went easy on Tyson. “I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to hurt someone that didn’t need to be hurt.”
Tyson got through the first two of eight, 2-minute rounds relatively OK. And during those combined first four minutes, the fight looked technical. But by the third round, Tyson began to look his age. He was slow and sloppy and hesitant, which allowed Paul to comfortably pick apart Tyson from distance.
As the seventh round got underway, most of the 70,000-plus fans in attendance were booing heavily. The fight ended with boos raining down on Paul and Tyson.
While Paul vs. Tyson is sure to have been one of, if not the most watched event in combat sports history, the immediate reaction on social media was negative.
Paul’s response?
“Thank you for everyone tuning in and coming. I tried to give the best fight I possibly could but when someone’s just surviving in the ring basically, it’s hard to make it exciting,” Paul said. “I couldn’t really get him to engage me or slip shots and do something super cool or whatever. But I don’t care what people have to say. They’re always gonna have something to say, and it is what it is.”
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Paul’s manager, Nakisa Bidarian, also didn’t sweat the crticism, saying the fight was always going to be received negatively unless Tyson pulled out the victory.
“The only way that people would’ve been happy is if Jake lost somehow,” Bidarian said. “That would’ve been like, ‘Oh, what a great fight, Mike’s a legend.’ If he knocked out Mike Tyson, it would’ve been rigged. The fight went to eight rounds, so ‘Oh, Mike wasn’t trying. Oh, it wasn’t good enough.’ It was an unbelievable display between a 58-year-old legend and a 27-year-old relatively young boxer. And he actually outboxed the boxer. Jake Paul outboxed Mike Tyson like he said he was gonna do.”
Added Paul: “What can people say? I told everyone what I was gonna do is give him a boxing lesson.”
For more on the fight, visit MMA Junkie’s hub for Paul vs. Tyson.
The co-main event between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor proved to be the most epic fight of the night as the two rivals went the full 10 rounds for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring female light-welterweight titles.
Despite Serrano landing 107 more punches than her opponent — and Taylor losing a point due to a headbutt deduction — Taylor was controversially named the winner in a unanimous decision by the three judges. That only added insult to an already brutal injury sported by Serrano by the end of the bout.
The 36-year-old from Puerto Rico sported an absolutely brutal cut above her right eye and posted a quite graphic close-up photo of the gash after the fight.
And the fight itself? Well … not so much. The two boxers didn’t do much in the later rounds and you should read our awesome fight recap that broke it all down.
Ultimately, Paul won by unanimous decision, with Paul landing 78 punches to Tyson nailing him with just a paltry 18.
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Check out the highlights from Jake Paul’s unanimous decision win over Mike Tyson in their Netflix boxing headliner at AT&T Stadium.
[autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] defeated [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag] on Friday in their Netflix boxing headliner at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
The fight between Paul, 27, and Tyson, 58, lasted all eight, 2-minute rounds and ended with the judges rendering scorecards of 80-72 and 79-73 twice in Paul’s favor.
Tyson, competing for the first time since an exhibition against fellow aging legend Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020, looked his age against the much younger, faster and crisper Paul, who admitted afterward that he didn’t want to hurt Tyson.
You can watch the full highlights from Paul vs. Tyson in the video above.
Follow along for live updates and results from the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing event at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
ARLINGTON, Texas – MMA Junkie was on the scene and reporting live from Friday’s Netflix boxing event headlined by [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag].
In one of the unlikeliest of matchups, Tyson, a 58-year-old legend of the ring, returned to fight 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Paul in a heavyweight bout scheduled for eight 2-minute rounds. The fight headlined streaming giant Netflix’s first foray into live combat sports at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
The Paul vs. Tyson event also featured perhaps the biggest women’s fight of the year in the co-main event as [autotag]Katie Taylor[/autotag] and [autotag]Amanda Serrano[/autotag] squared off in a rematch of their 2022 Fight of the Year, which Taylor won by split decision.
The seven-fight lineup began with prelims at 5:30 p.m. ET, which streamed on the Netflix Sports YouTube channel. The main card started at 8 p.m. ET and streamed on Netflix, available to anyone with a Netflix subscription.
Check out our up-to-the-minute results and behind-the-scenes from the event below.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson lineup, results
Heavyweight: Jake Paul def. Mike Tyson via unanimous decision (80-72, 79-73, 79-73)
Super lightweight: Katie Taylor def. Amanda Serrano via (95-94, 95-94, 95-94) – for Taylor’s IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO women’s super lightweight titles
Welterweight: Mario Barrios vs. Abel Ramos ruled split draw (112-114, 116-110, 113-113) – for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
Super middleweight: Neeraj Goyat def. Whindersson Nunes via unanimous decision (59-55, 60-54, 60-54)
Super middleweight: Shadasia Green def. Melinda Watpool via split decision (97-93, 94-96, 96-94) – for vacant women’s WBO super middleweight title
Super lightweight: Lucas Bahdi def. Armando Casamonica via majority decision (95-95, 96-93, 98-92)
Featherweight: Bruce Carrington def. Dana Coolwell via unanimous decision (80-70, 80-70, 80-70)
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson prelims live stream
Jake Paul wins lackluster unanimous decision over Mike Tyson
After eight rounds of action, Jake Paul won a unanimous decision over Mike Tyson, with scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 8 recap
With just two minutes remaining, the crowd rose to its feet hoping to see one last moment of magic from Tyson. Paul kept the action going with combinations as Tyson remained in his defensive position, trying to evade the incoming shots. After the 10-second warning, Paul bowed in respect to Tyson as the final seconds ticked away.
Tyson connected with a couple of punches to begin the round, which woke the crowd up. However, the moment was short-lived, and the boo birds were once again chirping. Paul offered a left jab throughout the round, and occasionally put together a combination to stay busy.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 6 recap
Paul continued to lead the dance by offering quick punches as he circled around the ring. The crowd chanted for Tyson, hoping to draw out a big moment. Paul continued to work relatively consistently, mixing up punches to the body and head. However, Tyson’s lack of action drew more boos from the crowd.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 5 recap
Tyson circled more than the previous round, but could not muster up enough offense to prevent Paul from firing punches to the body with the left hand. Tyson got in one solid punch, but Paul responded with a left, and evaded Tyson’s next offering. The round concluded with Tyson missing a left hand. Displeased with the action, the crowd’s boos grew louder.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 4 recap
Paul remained cautious as he pumped out the left jab. Punches in combination landed for Paul as Tyson stood in the center of the ring. With fatigue clearly a factor for Tyson, he didn’t offer much offensively, but was still quick with head movement in spots.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 3 recap
Tyson came out of the gates fast in Round 3 with heavy punches. Paul was able to evade damage and circle away, though. After the reset, Paul put to get a series of left hands that landed cleanly. Paul then went back to the body before landing a left upstairs. Tyson appeared to show fatigue as Paul found success.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 2 recap
Tyson bounced around left and right, eventually landing a looping left hook to counter Paul. As Paul pumped out a left jab, Tyson showed off quick head movement in his peek-a-boo style. Paul reset and targeted the body. Tyson looked for a big looping left hand right at the bell, but it didn’t connect.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Round 1 recap
Tyson came out charging at Paul, who quickly circled away and clinched. Tyson connected with a solid left hand. A right hand was not far behind it. Tyson kept the pressure up, coming forward with punches, prompting another clinch from Paul. The crowd booed Paul slowing down the action. After the separation, Paul whiffed on a big right hand. A moment later though, he connected with a quicker right. Tyson kept on the hunt until the bell.
Amanda Serrano shows off insane cut over right eye
Shortly after losing a heartbreaking decision to Katie Tayor, Amanda Serrano showed off a close-up shot of the damage above her right eye, which was caused primarily by a headbutt.
To my fans I’m going to always give it everything I have. I’m a ruthless warrior & Katie is my buddy but Damn her best attribute is her head. No punching power but hard ass head lol. pic.twitter.com/6WlyNUH5Uj
Mike Tyson conducted a pre-fight interview in his locker room, allowing the world to see much more than expected. After Tyson shook hands with the interviewer at the end, he turned to walk away, revealing his entire rear end.
Katie Taylor retains titles in razor-thin unanimous decision
After Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano went to war again, the judges all saw the fight the exact same, turning in identical scores of 95-94 in favor of Taylor, who retains her IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO women’s super lightweight titles.
The crowd rose to their feet for the final round which started at a ridiculous pace. Once again, both fighters just obliged to throw hammers in close proximity. Midway through, Serrano appeared to rock Taylor, but she soon responded with a combination of hooks. Serrano kept firing back as Taylor looked to clinch. The crowd roared in the closing moments as they traded shots until the final bell.
Throwing caution to the wind, the fighting in a phone booth continued to start Round 9. Fast punching exchanges repeatedly occurred as they remained within inches of each other. Serrano appeared to get the better of a majority of the exchanges as Taylor initiated a couple of clinches to slow the action.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 8 recap
Continuing to keep the pressure on Taylor, Serrano marched forward with punches, and found success early in Round 8. Once again, they decided to meet in the middle and brawl it out. The referee paused the action to warn for headbutts from Taylor, and in fact, deducted a point.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 7 recap
Both fighters seemingly agreed to just meet in the middle and throw down, bringing the crowd to their feet. Both landed big punches as the action reached its peak. For a moment, they slowed, but quickly got right back into it. Taylor appeared more sharp as the blood flowed from Serrano’s cut.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 6 recap
Serrano turned up the aggression a little in Round 6. She quickly closed in offering punches, but Taylor landed well in counters too. A nasty cut was opened over the right eye of Serrano after an accidental headbutt, causing the fight to be paused. After the doctor checked on it, the fight resumed, much to the delight of the crowd. Despite the cut, Serrano continued to march forward as she traded punches with Taylor, who continued to get the better of the exchanges.
With the bruising building on Serrano’s face, Taylor continued her approach from the outside. When Serrano swung with punches as she came forward, Taylor ducked under and circled or clinched to stay out of danger. On the exit, Taylor offered a few quick punches to score.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 4 recap
Taylor backed herself into the ropes early in the round, but unleashed furious combinations to draw big reactions from the crowd. Serrano stayed put and attempted to return fire, but it appeared Taylor figured out how to deal with Serrano’s pressure as she connected with a pair of clean left hands in the closing seconds. Serrano added a big punch of her own though right before the bell.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 3 recap
Working behind a left jab and staying light on her feet from the outside, Taylor connected well while avoiding Serrano’s offerings. That didn’t stop Serrano from marching forward looking to land, but Taylor appeared more aware of what was coming her way, in what looked like her best round yet.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 2 recap
Serrano continued with her steady forward movement to begin Round 2. She connected with a few clean strikes, but Taylor was right there ready to fire back. After a clinch, Taylor landed a nice combination as she managed the forward pressure from Serrano.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: Round 1 recap
Serrano looked to set the tone early by controlling the center of the ring, and initiated the first big combination of the fight, pushing Taylor into the corner. Taylor circled away from danger, but Serrano continued to stalk forward with punches, keeping Taylor on the outside. In the closing seconds, Serrano blasted Taylor with a big punch to get a big reaction from the crowd.
Take a look inside Mike Tyson’s locker room, courtesy of ‘Stitch’ Duran
Mike Tyson will lace up the gloves once more, and will do so in a very comfortable locker room at AT&T Stadium. Take a look inside thanks to this video by Tyson’s cutman Jacob “Stitch” Duran:
Mario Barrios, Abel Ramos fight to split draw; Barrios retains title
It was a competitive fight throughout. So much so that the judges couldn’t determine a winner. One judge scored the fight 116-110 for the incoming champion Barrios. Another scored the fight 112-114 for the challenger Ramos. The third and final judge scored the fight even at 113-113, making the fight a split draw, and therefore Barrios retains his WBC welterweight title.
Mario Barrios, Abel Ramos trade knockdowns in competitive title fight
The WBC welterweight title bout between Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos has been a thriller. Both fighters have scored big knockdowns in the fight, but both have recovered well to remain competitive in this fun fight.
Between rounds of Mario Barrios vs. Abel Ramos, a video of Mike Tyson’s arrival played on the video screens, which drew the loudest reaction of the night thus far.
Neeraj Goyat toys with Whindersson Nunes in shutout victory
Neeraj Goyat made it look easy against Whindersson Nunes in the main card opener. Goyat showed off his elusive defense and fast hands over six rounds, only dropping one round in the eyes of one of the official ringside judges. The unanimous decision scores read 59-55, 60-54 and 60-54.
Naturally, with Paul vs. Tyson taking place at AT&T Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, it’s only right the world-famous Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders open the main card with a routine on the entrance walkway.
YOU’VE BEEN THUNDERSTRUCK… and so was the cameraman.
Jake Paul shamed by advertisement truck outside of AT&T Stadium
Someone driving an advertisement truck outside of AT&T Stadium really wanted their feelings to be known about Jake Paul taking on a 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
Boxing legend Lennox Lewis says Jake Paul will be ‘scared’ of Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis shared the ring with Mike Tyson in 2002, and won by knockout in the eighth round. It’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about Tyson, and he believes Jake Paul will be running away after he realizes what he’s gotten himself into.
Three-time world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is in Dallas for #PaulTyson:
“Not many people have stepped in the ring with Mike Tyson and can talk about it. Only I can.” pic.twitter.com/5kVDzC0Mvb
Shadasia Green went toe-to-toe in a closely contested fight against Melinda Watpool for the vacant women’s WBO super middleweight title. After 10 rounds, the judges were split, with two seeing the fight for Green with scores of 97-93 and 96-94 in her favor. The dissenting judge scored the fight 94-96 in Watpool’s direction.
Paul vs. Tyson merch tables feature $40 tees and $300 autographs
Want merch? There’s plenty of it here with multiple tees and hoodies featuring the Paul vs. Tyson matchup. There are also multiple autograph stands by Fiterman Sports with various Paul and Tyson autographs available, including signed boxing gloves.
Lucas Bahdi and Armando Casamonica slugged it out for 10 rounds. Despite their best efforts to put either other out, the fight reached the final bell where Bahdi was declared the winner by majority decision with scores of 95-95, 96-93 and 98-92.
Most Valuable Promotions touts Texas combat sports live gate record
According to Most Valuable Promotions via press release, the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson card has “shattered” the Texas combat sports live gate record:
“Paul vs. Tyson gate has surpassed $17.8 million, nearly double the previous Texas gate record for combat sports in both boxing and MMA, obliterating Canelo’s record of $9 million.”
In addition, the promotion says it has beaten any boxing event outside of Las Vegas:
“Paul vs. Tyson’s gate is also higher than any non-Las Vegas UFC gate in history, other than McGregor vs Alvarez in NYC per public records.”
“Shu Shu” Carrington brings pressure in opening bout
Bruce Carrington put pressure on Dana Coolwell from the opening bell, leading to a unanimous decision victory to open the preliminary card.
