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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul left a permanent stain on two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s boxing legacy with a tedious points win in front of 70,000 frustrated fans in Texas – and millions watching the controversial bout on streaming powerhouse Netflix.<\/p>\n

Tyson, as you might expect from a man aged 58 and having not competed professionally in 19 years, was a shadow of his old self.<\/p>\n

Paul, 27, is a boxing novice but was too young and too athletic. He kept Tyson at range, landing jabs and accurate punches in an eight-round contest of two-minute rounds.<\/p>\n

Tyson was slow and sluggish. He received a hero’s reception before the fight, but there were huge boos as the fight drew to a close.<\/p>\n

Some fans left before judges’ scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 were announced.<\/p>\n

In an uncomfortable moment post-fight, Tyson, after his seventh pro loss in 57 bouts, called out Paul’s brother Logan and suggested he could fight again.<\/p>\n

There were question marks on the legitimacy of this fight and how seriously both men would take it, but Tyson said he “came to fight”.<\/p>\n

Both men wore heavier gloves with extra padding as part of the conditions set by the Texas commission, who sanctioned it as a pro fight – a decision which looks even more ludicrous post-fight.<\/p>\n

Lighter gloves would have made no difference, no punches thrown even came close to a knockout.<\/p>\n

Tyson landed only 18 punches in the entire fight, compared to Paul’s 78.<\/p>\n

Paul made his celebrity name by posting prank videos online and amassing a social media following of 70 million before venturing into boxing.<\/p>\n

He wins his 11th pro fight, having lost to Tommy Fury last year, and once again reiterated his desire to fight Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.<\/p>\n

“He knows he wants a payday so he knows where the money is at,” Paul said.<\/p>\n

An old man versus the novice<\/p>\n

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the result is no surprise and will embolden those critics who felt it made a mockery of boxing. Tyson said his heart was not in the sport following a loss to Kevin McBride in 2005.<\/p>\n

From early on it was clear this was a man nearing his sixties, who still carried a little power but no stamina.<\/p>\n

The general feeling was if Tyson was to win he would need to knock Paul out early and, though he landed a right hand in the first, Paul started connecting cleanly with jabs and wobbled Tyson with a left hand in the third.<\/p>\n

Paul – wearing the world’s most expensive shorts – began to pepper a man 31 years his senior.<\/p>\n

Tyson, a black brace over his right knee, was making Paul miss with some head speed at times. He lunged in with a hook which missed by at least a foot in the fifth, illustrating just how much of a difference the age was making.<\/p>\n

The veteran felt more damage in the seventh round as a left hook from Paul landed on the temple. By this point, most fans seemed eager to hear the final bell.<\/p>\n

Underwhelming bout but spectacle for fans<\/p>\n

The event was streamed to Netflix’s global reach of 283 million subscribers worldwide. The bout may have underwhelmed, but a show was put on for those in attendance.<\/p>\n

With Paul reported to make \u00a330m and Tyson half that, no expense was spared for a fight generating such ludicrous amount of money.<\/p>\n

Paul was driven to the ring in a customised green car to the tune of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight. His brother, WWE wrestler and fellow social media star Logan Paul, sat beside him.<\/p>\n

On the back seat was a pigeon which he tried to gift Tyson – known to keep racing pigeons at his home – during fight week.<\/p>\n

Fans remained standing throughout as an ear-splitting, pulsating roar for Tyson reverberated around the stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.<\/p>\n

Dressed in his trademark all black, he strutted to the ring sporting the same stern look he has had all week.<\/p>\n

More than \u00a314.1m was recouped from ticket sales alone, with one VIP group package which included a ringside seat and photographs with the fighters costing as much as \u00a31.6m.<\/p>\n

Boxing royalty Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr and Andre Ward formed part of the television broadcast – and stars of Netflix shows such as Cobra Kai watched from ringside, alongside NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.<\/p>\n

The final time we see Tyson in a ring?<\/p>\n

Paul’s insistence he could beat Mexican superstar Alvarez is a claim which seems even more preposterous after going the distance with a man who was in his prime more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n

For Tyson, perhaps the lure of the limelight was too much to stay away from, and the several millions also provided added motivation.<\/p>\n

Whatever his intention, for his safety and to discourage other former champions, hopefully the itch to get back in the ring has been scratched.<\/p>\n

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