Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson LIVE: Result and reaction as fight panned as ‘elderly abuse’ and ‘disgusting’

Jake Paul seemingly admitted he was only trying to “hurt” Mike Tyson “a little bit” in their controversial fight, which the YouTuber won on points.

Paul, 27, beat Tyson, 58, after eight two-minute rounds, with the scorecards reading 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 in his favour. The bout was Tyson’s first professional contest since the heavyweight legend retired in 2005, though he did box Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition in 2020.

During Friday’s fight, which took place at AT&T Stadium in Texas and streamed live on Netflix, Paul was accused of holding back against Tyson – or ‘pulling’ his punches.

Mike Tyson refused to retire after defeat to Jake Paul at 58 years old in their controversial fight in Texas on Netflix.

The former heavyweight world champion dropped a unanimous decision over eight rounds and was a shadow of himself, landing just 18 punches according to Compubox.

Yet Tyson, despite an underwhelming performance, insists he could return to the ring and even floated a bout against Paul’s brother Logan Paul, who fought Floyd Mayweather Jr last year.

Nico Ali Walsh: “Jake Paul is an embarrassment to this sport. If my grandfather was still around, he’d call him out. Absolutely no shame... Love you Mike.”

Former NFL star Robert Griffin III: “Jake Paul is carrying Mike Tyson through this fight. He saw he hurt Mike with the three jabs in a row in the second round and pulled all the way off the gas. He could have ended it there and in every round since. Smart business move by Jake Paul. Gives all his sponsors more air time.”

"What a sad watch," KSI says. "Whole thing was sad.

“Mike Tyson is twice the age of Jake Paul. It was never ever going to be close.

“I can't believe that this elderly abuse was even sanctioned. Just disgusting."

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed he was no fan of the Paul vs Tyson fight.

“I didn’t really watch it, I was in Katie Taylor’s changing room. I watched the first 30 seconds which were quite entertaining,” he said according to TalkSport’s Michael Benson.

“After that it was horrible to watch. It was hard to watch and it was always going to be like that… Mike came out like a raging bull, but after that he was gassed. Mike’s a legend and he showed a load of heart, but you just don’t need to see it.”

"It was what it was, I'm not shocked, Mike is an all-time great at selling a fight and making you believe. I'm not disappointed, but it's a 58-year-old man, in that kind of shape, it's a win in itself.

“You can't teleport back in time, I hope you're not too disappointed, I'm relieved Mike didn't get caught with something.

“But it's time for Jake to fight somebody a lot younger than Mike and more accomplished, then he'll get legitimacy."

Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson on points in an anti-climactic fight on Friday, as the heavyweight legend endured an unsuccessful return to boxing.

Paul, 27, was widely criticised for choosing to fight Tyson, who is 58 and had not fought professionally in 19 years. But the YouTuber-turned-boxer will only care that the result went in his favour, as he beat “Iron Mike” after eight two-minute rounds.

The fight played out in front of 70,000 fans at AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and with millions of viewers watching on Netflix. It took place five months after it was initially due to, with Tyson suffering an ulcer flare-up on a plane in May, forcing the postponement of a planned July date.

Amanda Serrano has taken to social media to express her frustration at a points loss to Ireland’s Katie Taylor.

The Puerto Rican’s camp has accused Taylor of dirty tactics after she had a point deducted for a heabut.

“I landed 107 more punches, she got a point deducted and I lost 95-94 lmfao,” Serrano wrote on X after the classic fight.

Despite a disappointing main event, let’s not forget an epic co-main event between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

A close fight, and no robbery, but Serrano may feel hard done by for a while.

That’s because Serrano's 324 punches landed were the most by a female boxer in boxing statistics company Compubox’s history, while she also landed an incredible 58.2% of her power punches.

Mike Tyson said he repeatedly bit his glove during his fight with Jake Paul because he has “a biting fixation”.

Tyson, 58, appeared to bite his glove numerous times during his points loss to Paul, 27, as the controversial fight played out at AT&T Stadium – home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.

Paul emerged a winner on all three scorecards – 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 – after eight two-minute rounds, with the bout streaming live on Netflix.