Former world champion Mike Tyson is ranked 309th in the BoxRec heavyweight rankings after his recent points defeat to influential boxer Jake Paul. Iron Mike, 58, defied his age in his first professional fight since losing to Kevin McBride in 2005.

The marquee fight between Tyson and Paul was available to watch worldwide on Netflix. However, boxing icon Tyson found it complex to compete with The Problem Child considering their 31-year age difference. Avoiding defeat by knockout, Tyson left Arlington, Texas with a points defeat, but he took positives from his return to the ring.

After the fight, Tyson took to social media to say: “It’s one of those situations where you lost but you still won. I’m grateful for last night. I don’t regret entering the ring for the last time. I almost died in June. I had 8 blood transfusions. I lost half my blood and 25 pounds in the hospital and had to fight to get better to fight, so I won. My kids saw me go head to head and finish 8 innings with a talented fighter half my age, packed Dallas Cowboy Stadium is an experience no one could ask for. Thank you.

Following this, Tyson finished 309th in the latest BoxRec heavyweight rankings, an astonishing 183 places behind relative newcomer Paul. The legendary figure is only slightly ahead of Terrell Jamal Woods, who has won one of his last 15 fights and has a record of 29-62. Even lesser-known boxers like Peter “The Problem” Naylor rank significantly above Tyson.

In contrast, Paul dropped to 126th in the world after his decisive victory in Texas. Reflecting on the fight and whether he went effortless on Tyson in the later rounds, Paul stated: “Yeah, definitely, definitely a little bit. I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to [to hurt him]. I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to hurt someone who didn’t need to be hurt.

While the fight didn’t produce the fireworks many expected, some spectators were so disappointed that they left AT&T Stadium before the decision was announced. However, the fallout was not suppressed.

In delicate of his performance, Paul received a call from none other than undisputed delicate heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.

“@jakepaul, what can you do in the ring against the current undisputed champion?” – Beterbiev asked in an Instagram post. “Just know that I’m always open to any suggestions.”

On Saturday, it was revealed that the main event on Netflix was watched by more than 60 million households, leading to several outages for the streaming platform. Meanwhile, the fight’s purse exceeded $18 million, doubling the previous Texas record for combat sports in boxing and MMA and breaking Canelo Alvarez’s record of $9 million.

Jake Paul’s farcical victory over Mike Tyson made headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons. Wydarzenie było transmitowane na żywo dla wielomilionowej publiczności, a tylko nieliczni byli zadowoleni z tego, co zobaczyli podczas trudnej dla boksu nocy.

Anyone who had any real hope for Tyson to win was sanguine at best and downright naive at worst. Nigdy nie miałby szans w starciu z mężczyzną o połowę młodszym od niego i będącym w życiowej formie, niezależnie od umiejętności bokserskich.

It always went one way, with Iron Mike doing nothing of note beyond a few punches early in the opening round. In total, he only landed 97 punches, and Paul kept circling him despite the fact that virtually no one considered him a worthy opponent.

Jeszcze przed wydarzeniem krążyły plotki, że zostanie ono napisane po ukazaniu się w mediach społecznościowych niepotwierdzonego dokumentu. He claimed to detail how events unfolded round by round, predicting Paul would win by knockout.

Ultimately, it was a different result, with the YouTube star taking the points victory after eight terrible rounds. The truth is that nobody could have scripted such a dull fight, which was essentially a vanity project for Paul at the expense of a living legend.

It says a lot that Tyson Paul’s punch at the weigh-in was the funniest moment of the fight week. Było to ogromne rozczarowanie dla każdego, kto liczył na obejrzenie porządnego złomu, ale ci, którzy widzieli przez fasadę, i tak nie spodziewali się wiele.

Tony Bellew, który wściekł się na Paula podczas rozmowy z Express Sport przed walką, wyraził się w świetny sposób w mediach społecznościowych. He suggested that people should resist the temptation to watch these events because it is the public interest that drives them.

Jednak w miarę jak walka osiągnęła szczytową oglądalność w serwisie Netflix wynoszącą 65 milionów, wydaje się, że w dającej się przewidzieć przyszłości tym absurdalnym spektaklom nie widać końca. A gloomy time for the sport of boxing, indeed.

Ali Walsh, whose mother is Rasheda Ali, is a middleweight with a record of 11-1. The 24-year-old told Sky Sports how Paul made him a lucrative fight offer, which he turned down because it was under the name Ali.

Nico said: “Morally it was an uncomplicated choice. I said no before I even heard the numbers. I think it was over $3 million. Of course, it would be money I had never earned in my career. That would be money like I’ve never seen before. But is everything really money? That’s how I was raised.

“You have to ask yourself, how much is your pride worth? How much are you willing to sell for? Because that’s how it is, at least in my book. Anyone else can do it. But to me I’m Ali, I carry my name with so much weight that I don’t think I should be playing in the mud with guys like Jake Paul.

Ali Walsh, who is close to Tyson, was disgusted by Saturday’s events. In lightweight of the result, he wrote on Twitter: “Jake Paul is an embarrassment to the sport. If my grandfather were still around, he would have called out to him. Absolutely no shame… I love you, Mike.

However, on Instagram, the prospect revealed that he would fight the YouTuber-turned-boxer, but only if Tyson asked him to. This would certainly be another eye-catching event that Paul could successfully promote through his own Most Valuable Promotions.

Meanwhile, Nico’s mother Rasheda said her father – who died in 2016 at the age of 74 – would have been “humiliated” by Saturday’s fight were it not for both men’s bedazzled handbags. She said Fox News: “Boxers didn’t earn money, as you know, Tyson does. Dad would be thrilled to have made that kind of money.

– Well, he would be excited to some extent. Dad would be horrified because boxers didn’t earn that much back then. They were fighting for their lives and I think when my dad started making boxing more entertaining, that’s when people joined the fight and boxers, after my father, started making a lot of money.”

Ali’s biggest fortune came at the end of his career when he collected $7.9 million (£6.3 million) for a defeat by Larry Holmes in 1980. Ali fought only once more, losing in 1981 to Trevor Berbick, who was knocked out by the juvenile Tyson five years later. Three-time heavyweight champion Ali earned $57 million (£47.7 million) during his Hall of Fame career.