This was so scripted. You can tell when there’s really no rage or no fighting spirit. There’s no desire to knock each other out. If you watch some of China’s martial arts competition, you would see the same scripted matches. Basically, both fighters keep going back to sparring position. They would just keep sizing each other. When there’s an opportunity to knock someone out, they don’t take it. Going back to sparring position and barely doing anything is the biggest giveaway. Even Mayweather would hug his opponent so that he won’t lose. In this match, both players know they will not get knocked out. It looks like they were both holding back.
Can Mike Tyson at 58 win against Jake Paul who is 27? I think that is the question why people paid to see the match. They wanted to see if Mike Tyson can beat him. But it is like watching WWE. It is pure entertainment. It is very scripted. Some will say yes, some will say no. So the answer to the question is that we would never know because it was scripted like crazy.
For 20 million dollars, I could understand why Mike Tyson did it. It is a lot of money. He is not going to have a lot of chances to make that kind of money. Most people will do it also. Make 20 million dollars without getting hurt, sounds like a really good deal.