Highlights: Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson via unanimous decision in boxing match (2024)

Paul cruises past Tyson in unanimous decision win

Paul opens with a few jabs and eats a punch from Tyson. More jabs. Short right hook lands for Tyson. Boos are coming down from the crowd because of a lack of action.

Tyson comes out ultra aggressive. Where was this the last few rounds? Things then settle down. Paul lands a right to the head and follows with a body shot. Another jab by Paul. Straight right by Paul lands. Uppercut by Paul connects.

Tyson doing a good job taking shots but he just doesn't have the conditioning at this age to hang with a fighter 31 years younger.

Paul's conditioning is on another level compared to Tyson's. He's bouncing around while Tyson is lurking around and slow. Paul is using the jab to break down Tyson. Rosie Perez, ringside, questions why he isn't just teeing off on the legend.

Paul just misses on a right hook. Tyson looks slow and he's not doing much offensively but just landed a short left hook. Paul hasn't landed any significant shots but he appears in control here.

Paul lands a body shot followed by a right hand just before the bell.

Tyson starting to look his age as he's much slower than his far younger opponent. Paul is settling into a rhythm and is landing nice jabs. Tyson isn't doing much offensively and appears gassed already.

The fans are clamoring for more from "Iron Mike."

Tyson comes out aggressive but Paul wobbles him with a short right. Paul goes on to dominate the round, peppering him with shots throughout.

"Not looking good for the legend," Mauro Ranallo says ringside.

Good movement by Paul to avoid punches by Tyson and then lands a body shot. Paul lands an upper cut. We go to a clinch. The crowd is chanting Tyson's name but little damage being done by Tyson.

Roy Jones Jr.: "I don't like Tyson's legs."

Tyson comes out aggressive and they go to the clinch. Tyson lands a left jab and now an overhand right. Paul goes for another clinch. Paul throws a jab. Nice overhand right by Paul. Tight first round but plenty of action.

And ... we are underway!

Tyson is making his way to the ring ahead of his bout with Paul.

Pau ismaking his way to the ring where he’ll look to go 11-1in his professional boxing career.

Paul vs. Tyson revenue has surpassed $17.8 million, almost double the previous $9 million state combat sports gate record set by Canelo Álvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders in 2021, according to event promoter Most Valuable Promotions.

"Since headlining his first fight, Jake Paul has broken gate records at every arena he’s fought at during his professional career,and now Paul vs. Tyson is the biggest boxing gate outside of Las Vegas in US history in terms of revenue," a news release stated. "The Paul vs. Tyson gate is also higher than any non-Las Vegas UFC gate in history, aside from Alvarez vs. McGregor in New York City."

Yes. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has sanctioned the event. There will, however, be a few small changes compared with other heavyweight fights.

The main event will be eight two-minute rounds instead of 10 or 12 three-minute rounds, and both fighters will wear 14-ounce gloves rather than 10-ounce gloves.

Because it is sanctioned, the result will count in their records.

“Iron Mike” is a Boxing Hall of Famer who was the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. He was known for his brutal knockouts, as his first 19 fights ended early — 12 in the first round. At 20 years, four months and 22 days old, he was the youngest heavyweight champion ever.

Tyson has not fought professionally since he lost to Kevin McBride in the sixth round in 2005. He is 58 years old.

Paul, 27, is a social media star with more than 27 million Instagram followers and nearly 21 million YouTube subscribers.

He made his professional boxing debut in 2020, knocking out fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib in the first round. He has since amassed a 10-1 record with wins over former UFC stars Ben Askren, Anderson Silva, Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz and Mike Perry. His lone loss is a split decision last year against boxer Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

Taylor claimed the rematch 95-94 for all three judges in an epic battle.

Both fighters laying it all out there. The entire final round was punches from Taylor and Serrano, most of which landed. Blood is everywhere.

Both fighters going at it at close range. Big combo by Serrano, huge right by Taylor. This is an instant classic.

"It's rock'em, sock'em robots of the highest order," Mauro Ranallo said on the broadcast.

Nice left by Serrano to Taylor's head and now she's going at the body. Straight left by Serrano.

An accidental headbutt by Taylor causes the ref to give her a warning.

Taylor lands a left hand. Serrano with a short right. This is epic!

The ref just took a point from Taylor for the headbutts. Another amazing round ends. If this goes the distance, we'll see whether that point makes a difference.

Huge exchanges from both fighters open the round. Both Serrano and Taylor landing hard shots. Serrano getting aggressive and attacking the body. Taylor connects and then Serrano with a right hook.

We have another classic on our hands.

The action was stopped shortly after starting because a punch by Taylor opened up the cut above Serrano's right eye (caused by an earlier accidental headbutt). She said she was good to continue and they allowed it.

Both fighters land punches at close range. Nice right by Taylor. Is Amanda having issues seeing with the blood coming out?

Both fighters immediately enter the clinch. Good body shot by Serrano. Taylor clinches to stop the barrage of punches from Serrano. Nice short shot by Taylor.

Blood is spewing out of Serrano's right eye from the earlier headbutt.

Both fighters exchange punches at close distance. Serrano clinches with Taylor and immediately connects on a couple short shots. Blood is coming from the right eye of Serrano, suffered from a headbutt.

Serrano lands a left hook right before the bell.

Serrano landed a straight left but Taylor isn't backing down. Both fighters landed nice combinations on each other. Serrano clearly has the power advantage in this matchup, however, and Taylor appears tired early.

"It doesn't look like the normal Katie Taylor tonight," Roy Jones Jr. just said.

Taylor had a nice second round, landing a few nice combinations against Serrano early on. Roy Jones Jr., ringside, did say Taylor appeared to be gassed. Something to monitor as this one continues.

Serrano nearly dropped Taylor, but she was saved by the bell. Serrano landed a clean overhand left early and later in the round another one that buckled Taylor before time expired.

Taylor, of Ireland, is one of the best boxers in the world. She has been the undisputed and lineal world lightweight champion since 2019 and the super lightweight champion since 2023.

Taylor, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is 23-1 with six wins by KO.

Serrano, who dropped the last fight with Taylor by split decision, is one of the best female fighters ever. The Puerto Rican is the only female boxer to win world titles in more than four weight classes.

Serrano is 47-2-1 with 31 wins by KO.

Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is at AT&T Stadium for Paul vs. Tyson. He has hosted past huge fights but said nothing compares to this thanks to the power of Netflix.

"This tonight gives us a chance to go to 40, 50 million people," Jones said on Netflix.

The undercard of the much-hyped Tyson vs. Paul event ran into some trouble, and it had nothing to do with the boxers in the ring.

Annoyed views on X complained of frozen, stuttered or low-quality video on the stream from Netflix.

Users shared gifs of highly pixelated videos, or images of wires and comments suggesting that the streaming company’s IT department must be in for a rough night.

One even dusted off the old “connecting” screen from the America Online days to make a joke about the problems.

A spokesperson for Netflix said the company had no comment at this time.

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Taylor and Serrano fought once prior in what some consider the greatest fight in women's boxing history. In that bout, Taylor defeated Serrano via split decision. It was a back-and-forth battle, and we'll hope we get the same in the rematch tonight.

Wow. What an awesome fight. Barrios entered as the -1200 favorite and was expected to cruise. Instead it was a war where both fighters left everything on the canvas (including a lot of blood). Major props to both warriors.

The judges ruled it a split draw, allowing Barrios will keep his title belt.

• 114-112 Ramos
• 116-110 Barrios
• 113-113 Draw

Tysonstunned a teenage girl on Thursday after she lobbed him an easy feel-good question — onlyto get a shockingly bleak response about death and eternal nothingness.

The jaw-dropping comments came as Tyson did a round of interviews ahead ofhis high-profile boutwithPaul.

When 14-year-oldJazlyn Guerra, the young journalist behindJazzys World TV, asked what kind of “legacy” he hopes to leave behind, the unflinching Tyson explained how fleeting and seemingly meaningless strolling this planet could be.

“I don’t believe in the word ‘legacy.’ I think that’s another word for ego. Legacy doesn’t mean nothing. That’s just some word everybody grabbed on to. Someone said that word and everyone grabbed on to that word, now it’s used every five seconds,” Tyson said in an interview that posted on Thursday.

Read the full story here.

Barrios, the heavy favorite, was cruising in this one before Ramos connected on a straight right that sent his opponent to the mat. Ramos continued to batter Barrios with shots but he was saved by the bell.

We have a fight as we head to Round 6.

With 15 seconds remaining in the round, Barrios dropped Ramos with a hard straight right. He connected a left hook moments prior to set up the lethal punch.

This might not last much longer.

Barrios is heavily favored and for good reason. His elite skill set was on full display early in this one, as he landed a straight right that buckled Ramos' knees. He fell backwards but did not hit the mat.

We go to Round 2.

WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios (29-2) will aim for his first title defense against Abel Ramos (28-6). Barrios, 29, is a big favorite at -1200. He has won three straight fights.

Two more fights remain ahead of the main event.

• Katie Taylor (champion) vs. Amanda Serrano, for the undisputed lightweight title
• Mario Barrios (champion) vs. Abel Ramos, for the WBC welterweight title

Goyat cruised past Nunes via unanimous decision in the opening fight of the night. Two judges scored the fight 60-54 while one judge had it 59-55.

Goyat, now 19-4-2 in his career, put his extensive experience on display against a foe with little time in the ring.

Neeraj Goyat vs. Whindersson Nunes, a middleweight fight, is about to kick things off at AT&T Stadium outside Dallas.

Goyat, of India, is 18-4 with 8 KOs. Nunes, a Brazilian, is 2-2-1. Nunes is a comedian and fellow YouTuber with 44 million subscribers.

Paul was asked earlier this week what goes through his mind when he thinks of vintage Tyson.

“I fear no man, so I want him to be that old savage Mike," he said. "He says he’s going to kill me. I’m ready. I want that killer. I want the hardest match possible Friday night, and I want there to be no excuses from everyone at home when I knock him out.”

Does he see this going the distance?

“No, someone’s getting put to sleep. It’s going to be a war, and we’re both heavy hitters. It’s not going the full 16 minutes.”

Both fighters weighed in for the final time and are almost the exact same weight. Paul, at 6-foot-1, does have a three-inch height advantage over Tyson.

Yes. It was initially scheduled for July 20, butTyson suffered an ulcer flareupwhile he was on a flight that postponed it.

On “Countdown: Paul vs Tyson,” a pre-fight documentary, Tyson described in detail what he went through.

“I had a big ulcer, 2½ inches, and it was bleeding,” Tyson said. “All my friends were calling me like I was dying. I asked the doctor if I was going to die, and she didn’t say ‘No.’ ... You wouldn’t believe what I endured from my ulcer. I lost 26 pounds.”

Tyson still packs a huge punch, even at 58, but he's fighting someone half his age in the peak of his professional boxing career. Since Tyson last fought — a sixth-round TKO to Kevin McBride in 2020 — Paul has competed 10 times.

Ring rust is a real thing. How much will it affect Tyson tonight? He's looked good in training but it could be different in the ring and his cardio is not anywhere close to what it used to be.

At ceremonial weigh-ins on Thursday, Tyson faced off with Paul for the final time before their bout. Craziness ensued when Tyson slapped Paul across the face.