The best thing about the Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I know it makes me sounds like a fuddy duddy, if not worse, but I have no interest in watching young women beat the shit out of each other.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's my gut reaction as well, much as I like to think I'm not a sexist.

I haven't watched much womens boxing. I have watched a lot of womens mma fights and usually they are way better than the guys. It is kinda like watching the little guys fight. They usually can't hit hard enough to KO anyone so they throw leather with a ton of action.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I haven't watched much womens boxing. I have watched a lot of womens mma fights and usually they are way better than the guys. It is kinda like watching the little guys fight. They usually can't hit hard enough to KO anyone so they throw leather with a ton of action.

Yup.

I'm not a big MMA fan, but they've done a much better job of promoting womens combat sports, and the talent pool is much deeper there, than it is in boxing.

Boxing goes through spurts and cycles where it looks like womens boxing is going to break out and become more mainstream, and then it just peters out and is never promoted with any sort of consistency.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Tyson fight was promotional genius. One guy with no track record to speak of, and a 58 year old (I mean come on, that's beyond absurd to expect anyone that age no matter how fit for his age or how good in his prime could still box competitively), and yet look at the level of interest and the revenues

[samosa4u]

The best thing about the Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight ...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

The best thing about the Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight ...

Those are the size of the gloves they had to wear. Likely made out of the same material too...

[Snapolit1]

100% real. Plastic.

QUOTE=Aquarian Sports Cards;2475256]Those are the size of the gloves they had to wear. Likely made out of the same material too...[/QUOTE]

[irv]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

The best thing about the Mike Tyson / Jake Paul fight ...

Sent her career through the stratosphere. Only 20 yrs old too. Feel like a dirty old man looking at her.

[NiceDocter]

Best thing about the Tyson/Paul fiasco? ITS OVER

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

Best thing about the Tyson/Paul fiasco? ITS OVER

You won the internet for today

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

Best thing about the Tyson/Paul fiasco? ITS OVER

It was over before it started LOL. Tyson did a nice job of selling it though. Did people actually believe a 58 year old who had not fought in 19 years could beat even a mediocre boxer in the prime of his life? Apparently so.