• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
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    24 minutes ago

    The same people who took this seriously are the same people who mock wrestling fans. And wrestling fans could see through this.

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    I don’t see how Paul wins here at all. Either he beats up a 60 year old man or gets beat by a 60 year old man. There’s no way to look good in this.

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      He won 40 mil and Mike won 20 mil.

      It was dumb, we paid attention, Tyson cashed in. Nobody was hurt. They both won.

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      Meh it’s the 60 year old man’s decision to fight. Your argument is in the same vein as “you can’t fight against a woman”. If they want it, so be it.

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        That’s not a fair comparison, age matters, most people don’t get smarter or stronger when they grow old. More fair comparison would be “you can’t fight against a child”, some children are quite strong for their age, as Mike definitely is for his age, and some eager children would surely want to fight against a professional in his prime. But there’s no point for said professional to fight them apart from a show match, and you don’t destroy children or elders in a show match even of you can.

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    If anyone actually watched the whole thing, Tyson came out hot and Paul had a moment of fear. Then old man got hit a few times and looked like he was about to wobble to the ground.

    I thought it was gonna be fake and scripted. And most of it was. But, the actual fight? Mike came out hot and it was pretty clear Paul could have taken him out a number of times but didn’t. He didn’t want to hurt him.

    Look, I don’t like Jake Paul or Mike Tyson. But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”

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      I think Tyson had the power in his arms to do some damage but he just did not have the speed to get in at all after 2 rounds. And he’d leave himself open if he tried.

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      But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”

      You could gamble on it, which means there was money to be made courting suckers.

      I’m sure the lion’s share of “rigged” proclamations were coming from folks who got baited into bad bets.

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    4 hours ago

    Fake News, you couldn’t watch the fight on Netflix it was stills between buffers.

    But for real who expect an out of form 60yo to do anything but loose.

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    Of course it was, Tyson isn’t a Saiyan. He ain’t getting stronger at 60.