Rebuilding Rob

Last night was the Logan Paul versus Mike Tyson match originally scheduled for this summer. It aired live on Netflix. And while I had some issues with buffering the video stream, it sounds like I didn’t have nearly as much trouble as thousands of fans across America and around the world did.

In case you haven’t heard by now, Jake Paul won the fight via unanimous decision. Bear in mind, Jake Paul is 26 years old; and he was fighting a 58-year-old Mike Tyson who had his last professional sanctioned fight in 15 years.

I must admit that I, personally, I haven’t really watched much boxing since Mike Tyson‘s heyday. But getting ready for the beginning of last nights fight, I felt all the nerves, that I felt watching one of his fights back in the day. Unfortunately, it was not to last as reality came crashing down on Iron Mike.

I must admit that I was hopelessly optimistic , thinking that Tyson would somehow beat Jake Paul. But from the moment that Tyson made his entrance, he did not look like his old self. I know he has said many times that he is a different man now than he was back in his boxing heyday. And it showed.

Here’s the other thing. Jake Paul did not knock Mike Tyson down. They made such a great point about the fact that Paul has either knocked down or knocked out all of his previous opponents. Yet , he could not – or would not – knock down a 58-year-old man.

So what honestly was the point of all of us? I understand it’s a big payday for both men. I saw somewhere that Paul was making $40 million for this fight; whereas Tyson was making $20 million. Either of those purses is nothing to sneeze at.

For Jake Paul, I’m sure this was some wishful fulfillment; something that he could just scratch off his proverbial bucket list. And one of the promotional clips for the fight, there was a promotional clip for the match where Jake Paul said “I was sitting around one day said “I wonder if I could beat Mike Tyson.”

As for iron Mike, I think this is just one last chance to get into the ring. One final opportunity to see if he still had one more fight in him. Unfortunately, he really didn’t. Having said that, it could’ve been worse. It could’ve looked more like “Ric Flair’s last match” in which the septuagenarian stepped into the professional wrestling ring, one more time in a tag team match. Unfortunately, for Flair, he was hung-over; having passed out twice during the match. At least Tyson was able to have slightly more dignified, final match.

Saturday night, Mike Tyson learned that Jake Paul was one tough cookie. But he also learned first-hand that no one defeats Father Time. Not even “the baddest man on the planet”

The crowd was clearly pro Tyson for the fight. I found myself cheering for him as well. This is especially ironic, considering that the man is a convicted rapist. Then again, this country did just elect a convicted felon to the highest office of the land, so there’s that too.

As for the undercard matches, I don’t remember seeing such an impressive boxing card in decades. Granted, I probably haven’t watched boxing in decades. But last night’s show was enough to probably get me to watch boxing again in the near future.

Did you watch the Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight on Friday night? What are your thoughts on it? Did you have any experience with Netflix glitching?

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