Nearly 40 years after making his professional debut, and 19 years after being battered into retirement, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson will climbs back into the ring for a Netflix-backed bout that has drawn widespread condemnation across the boxing world.
Tyson, who terrorised the heavyweight division during an imperious reign in the late 1980s, is lacing up the gloves once more to take on Youtuber Jake Paul, 27, in an officially sanctioned fight at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas.
Queensland’s Dana Coolwell was all heart against future world title prospect Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington, picking himself up off the canvas in the fourth and eighth rounds before losing a shutdown unanimous decision.
Fighting on the biggest stage of his 25-fight career, the Beerwah local showcased his talent, but Carrington was simply on another level in the first fight on the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul undercard.
Carrington eventually won with three scores of 80-70.
Known as a lighter weight Mike Tyson who grew up in the same neighbourhood as his heavyweight hero, Carrington started landing pinpoint one-two 스포츠토토사이트 combos in the second, was dangerous with a left hook and remained defensively perfect.
This fight has officially broken the record as the biggest non-Las Vegas boxing event in US history.
It’s also bigger than every other non-Las Vegas UFC event ever outside of Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 stoppage of Eddie Alvarez eight years ago.
With two hours to go until the main card starts, Paul vs. Tyson gate has surpassed (US) $17.8 million, nearly double the previous Texas gate record for combat sports in both boxing and MMA, obliterating Canelo’s record of $9 million.
Tyson-Paul promoters are expecting around 70,000 people or more to flood into AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
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