Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson, Katie Taylor wins controversial epic against Amanda Serrano in Netflix boxing spectacular
By Simon Smale
Topic:Boxing
Mike Tyson made an impressive start to his fight with Jake Paul in Texas.
Skip to timelineMike Tyson's highly anticipated return to the boxing ring has ended in an entirely expected defeat to YouTuber-turned boxer, Jake Paul, in front of 72,300 fans in Texas and millions more on streaming service Netflix.
Paul won a unanimous points victory over the former undisputed heavyweight champion, 31-years his senior, with one judge scoring it 80-72 and the other two 79-73.
"He is an icon," Paul gushed in a crowded ring after the eight-round fight.
"It was an honour to fight him."
As many expected and plenty feared, Tyson was a fragile shell of the fighter who once struck fear into the entire sport.
His desperate footwork saw the 58-year-old shuffling around the ring with barely any semblance of the ferocious terror he once was.
Despite a bright start and the bout being fought over two-minute rounds, Tyson badly tired and was barely able to land a glove on Paul, who danced around the ring to jeers from the capacity crowd at Arlington's AT&T Stadium.
Comfortable in the knowledge he had defeated Tyson, Paul bowed to his opponent before the final bell, at which point they embraced.
"He is a very good fighter," Tyson said post-fight.
"I didn't prove nothing to anyone, just myself. I'm not one of these guys who goes out to please the world, I'm just happy with what I can do."
Tyson refused to say he would not return to the ring in the future, even suggesting he would be open to fighting Jake's brother, Logan Paul, who went the distance with Floyd Mayweather in 2021.
Katie Taylor defeats Amanda Serrano in bloodbath
Katie Taylor won a second thriller against Amanda Serrano.
The tepid anticlimax of the main event was a poor climax to what had been a thrilling night of boxing.
In the co-main, Irish fighter Katie Taylor retained her undisputed super lightweight titles with a bloodbath of a victory over Amanda Serrano.
Serrano was horribly cut by an accidental headbutt from Taylor, the gruesome injury clearly hampering the seven-weight world champion.
Taylor, who was later harshly deducted a point by the referee who appeared to change his mind over whether the frequent head clashes between the southpaw and orthodox fighter were accidental or not, was by unanimous decision, all three scoring it 95-94 in the Irishwoman's favour.
The result was not well received by the Texas crowd, who roundly booed Taylor as she claimed her belts, before heralding the fight as "an amazing moment in women's boxing".
"It was an absolute slugfest, a war," Taylor said after the fight.
"I don't care if the crowd of the commentary team don't like it.
"I certainly wasn't fighting dirty. It gets rough in there."
A disappointed Serrano, who lost the first meeting between the pair by split decision at Madison Square Garden in 2022, was visibly emotional at the decision.
"I knew it if went to the judges it was going to be a little shady," she said, later describing the darling of Irish sport as a "dirty" fighter.
"She kept headbutting me, but we knew that from the very beginning".
In the other world title fight on the undercard, defending WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios retained his title against Abel Ramos after a barn-burner of a contest which the judges ruled a split decision draw.
Look back on how all the action infolded in our live blog.
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Jake Paul wins by unanimous decision
Here comes Jake Paul
Amanda Serrano's cut
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Let's wrap this up
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Former world champion Andre Ward just said on Netflix: "Hopefully people aren't too disappointed but he's 58 years old, what did you expect" style="width: 650px; height: 433px;" />S
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Why does Jake Paul not fight someone his own age or any like actual boxers
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Or, if reports in the States are to be believed, $40million question.
Some thoughts on the fight from you
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What an embarrassment for the sport and all of us who tuned in. Love the idea of live sport on Netflix but this was truly terrible
- Paul
That was the saddest "boxing" match in history, the whole event seemed to be a quick paycheck and everyone who spent money on this is the real loser.
- Anom
overall not a particularly quality fight…
- Matteo
“Still hard to hit Tyson”! Roy Jones jr says, as Paul lands three clean slow motion punches.. crowd is not pleased.
- Harry
Will be interesting if Netflix does something like this again! Talk about an anti-climax
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Mike Tyson doesn't think this is it for him
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By Simon Smale
Mike Tyson is in the ring. He's not talking much, he's still absolutely gassed to be honest.
"Absolutely happy," he says with how his fight went.
"I knew he was a good fighter.
"I didn't prove nothing to anyone, just myself. I'm not one of these guys who goes out to please the world, I'm just happy with what I can do."
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Here is the winner, Jake Paul.
"Mike Tyson, this is such an honour," Jake Paul says, on Netflix.
"He's the greatest to ever do it.
"He is an icon. It was an honour to fight him.
"He was exactly what I thought he would be.
"Thank you America. This is the era of truth. It feels like we're back.
"I was trying to hurt him."
As for who is next for Paul?
"Anyone I want," he says.
"This is the biggest event, over 120 million people, we crashed the site.
"Canelo needs me.
"He knows he wants the payday, he knows where the moneyman is at."
Key EventJake Paul wins by unanimous decision
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Here's how the judges had it.
- 80-72
- 79-73
- 79-73
I mean, great.
The other fights were bangers
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At least the two fights before this were bangers.. this is terrible
- Rhys
And this was by far the worst of the entire televised night that we saw.
We go to the scorecards
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I am just glad that Tyson got out of that OK.
Sure, the scorecards will have Jake Paul the winner.
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Final round.
The crowd are resigned.
Tyson is late to get off his stool, taking every second available to him.
Paul looks to the body, misses, cuffs a couple of shots.
Tyson catches Paul but there's no power behind it now, if there ever was in this fight.
Paul jabs, missing though.
Paul misses with three jabs.
Now he comes in and lands.
Paul is barely landing.
The crowd is booing.
This has not been great but, to be honest, who expected it to be anything else.
With 10 seconds to go, Paul bows to Tyson.
They stop, content to let the clock run down.
And now they embrace at the bell, forehead to forehead.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 7
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"Speed your s*** up," says the Paul corner.
"You can stop Mike."
Signs of life though from Mike Tyson!
He throws a couple of jabs, again has Paul running.
There's a shot from Paul that lands to the body. Paul might be setting up the overhand right.
He looks for a left hook but misses, only a cuffing contact at most.
Paul lands a two punch combo.
Now he goes again with a one-two combo.
Two shots to the head from Paul, but that's has enlivened Tyson who lands one of his own!
A nod of respect from Tyson as the bell goes.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 6
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Tyson is still not moving his feet, but is trying to be up and down.
Now he darts in a bit.
Paul jabs but it falls short, and again.
Tyson leaps in but misses.
Jab thrown by Paul into the body of Tyson, but he misses.
Now he lands though, to the body and then up top.
Tyson comes forward and sends Paul leaping backwards.
Paul throws out jabs that miss.
There is disquiet in the crowd, booing as Paul runs away.
"He doesn't have it any more," Jones Jr says in commentary.
I mean, he didn't have it any more 19 years ago.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 5
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We're into the second half.
Paul was being told to got harder in his corner.
Tyson throws a jab.
Paul lands with an overhand right, now a one-two shot from Paul.
Tyson jabs but misses.
Tyson ducks under a jab.
Now Tyson is knocked back by Paul to the chest.
Left hook lands from Tyson! "Good shot," says Jones Jr.
Cuffing left from Paul, tentatively lands.
Now Paul tries a body shot, and lands with an overhand right.
Now Tyson lands with an overhand right to end the round.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 4
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Tyson is told to relax by his corner.
Paul comes to the centre of the ring.
Tyson jabs, misses, Paul does the same.
Paul lands with a long-range right.
Good jabs from Paul.
Paul lands a two-punch combo.
Tyson is struggling, feeling the pace.
Paul can pick him off at will here.
Two long jabs land from Paul.
Paul lands a cuffing left to the head.
Paul has taken his foot off the gas, perhaps hesitant to really hurt Tyson, who is walking back to his corner like a geriatric.
It's not pretty.
This is an appalling spectacle.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 3
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TYSON COMES OUT SWINGING!
This is all action to start the third!
OH WOW!
Paul lands with three left hooks! Tyson didn't like that.
Paul is confident, and he's landing to the head of Tyson.
"Mike does not look good at all," Roy Jones Jr says.
He ducks under another right.
Paul lands to the head with an upper cut.
"He's in big trouble, this might be his last round," Jones Jr says.
Paul doesn't step on the accelerator and Tyson sits down at the end of the round.
No footwork at all
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Tyson still got hand speed.. But got no footwork to go with it
- Rhys
Very static isn't he.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 2
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Tyson lands with a nice shot.
It's cagey, but the crowd is really getting behind Tyson still.
They clinch and there are boos.
Paul jabs to the body.
Tyson vs Paul, Round 1
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I expect Tyson to come out and fly into Paul in an awesome display of fistic fury. After that, who knows what's going to happen.
Here we go.
Tyson comes forward, Paul gets on the run.
Paul dived at Tyson and gets caught under his arm.
Tyson hits Paul!
Tyson lands again with the right!
Tyson is chasing Paul, Paul is running and they clinch.
They clinch again - everyone boos.
Tyson lands another shot!
Paul jabs and runs, jabs and runs.
Now lands a combo. Nice stuff from Paul.
Paul jabs, Tyson chases and punches to the body. He is warned for hitting low.
Tyson jabs to end the round.
Tyson is an overwhelming fan favourite
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The crowd is really getting behind Mike Tyson.
It is roaring as he is introduced to the crowd.
Netflix is struggling
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There are 72,000 people in the stadium.
There are millions watching online.
And Netflix appears to be struggling, with more outages being reported - as indeed is ours at ABC Sport HQ.
Tyson vs Paul, tale of the tape
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Here's how the fighters match up.
Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Record: 50-6-2 (44KOs)
Height: 178cm
Reach: 180cm
Weight: 103.6kgs
Jake Paul
Age: 27
Record: 10-1 (7KOs)
Height: 185cm
Reach: 193cm
Weight: 103kgs
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