Following Jake Paul’s defeat over the legendary Mike Tyson, fans are all saying the same thing about another fight on the card.
Taking place in front of around 72,000 people at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – as well as the millions watching around the world on Netflix – there is no doubt that this was a highly anticipated event.
Tyson and Paul failed to live up to the hype. Credit: Christian Petersen / Getty
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Watching Mike Tyson step back into a boxing ring at the age of 58 against an opponent 31 years his junior was always going to bring eyes to the screen – even if it was out of morbid curiosity.
Sadly, Tyson was unable to rewind the clock and topple the 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer, and Paul was declared the winner by unanimous decision after eight two-minute rounds.
In fact, when all was said and done, the fight was nothing short of… underwhelming.
The action was slow and predictable, with some reports claiming that fans were leaving for the result was even announced.
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But that certainly couldn’t be said about the fight that preceded Tyson and Paul, as Katie Taylor toppled Amanda Serrano in a rematch for the ages.
Defending her undisputed light-welterweight title in a rematch from their MSG bout, all three judges narrowly awarded the win to Taylor at 95-94. The fight was action-packed, controversial, bloody… it was EXCITING.
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Taylor emerged from the rematch victorious. Credit: Al Bello / Getty
As a result, viewers have taken to social media to declare that Taylor and Serrano should have main-evented the show (and that Serrano was “robbed”).
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“Let’s be real, that Taylor/Serrano fight was the real main event tonight,” one X user wrote.
“Serrano vs Taylor should’ve been the main event,” another added.
A third tweeted: “The main event should’ve been Katie Taylor and Serrano. Not Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. I said what I said”
“Taylor vs Serrano should have been the actual main event. #PaulTyson,” wrote another