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polecateddy wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 10:01 Tyson clearly doesn’t have any power left. I’d imagine the fast twitch muscle fibres have long departed. Probably the Roy Jones fight was a fake but if it wasn’t the power was doing nothing to bother chinny Jones.

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 17:15

polecateddy wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 10:01 Tyson clearly doesn’t have any power left. I’d imagine the fast twitch muscle fibres have long departed. Probably the Roy Jones fight was a fake but if it wasn’t the power was doing nothing to bother chinny Jones.

they were gone in 2005

jlh wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 17:19

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 17:15

polecateddy wrote: ↑03 May 2024, 10:01 Tyson clearly doesn’t have any power left. I’d imagine the fast twitch muscle fibres have long departed. Probably the Roy Jones fight was a fake but if it wasn’t the power was doing nothing to bother chinny Jones.

they were gone in 2005

That's being kind Sean...

Controversial wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 09:14

Jake looks like he’s packed the weight on

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 11:58 am i a badperson if i think I'd quite like to see Jake Paul badly injured?

maybe not coma-bad, just, say, massive concussion, broken ribs and 3 nights in hospital in a lot of pain, bad.

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 12:36 I'm amazed at how many delusional people there are out there - who not only think that Tyson would smash Jake (or will, if they actually believe it's a real fight) in a real fight at this stage of his life - but in many cases, think he would actually be a force in the current heavyweight division.

Kilburn wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 13:01 On the plus side for Tyson, and if you’re someone looking at this as a genuine fight, Jake Paul isn’t a heavyweight, and couldn’t even beat Tommy Fury.

It’s a bizarre event though. I can’t quite work out who actually wants to see it.

Also if Tyson does wobble from a shot early on as many expect, is Paul seriously going to go after him with everything to pick up a highlight reel KO? Doesn’t he have enough “haters” already? On the flip side, Paul and Tyson may well have sat in a room together and worked on some sort of script, but this would be equally as farcical once those slo mo replays start answering questions.

Just weird all round. Who actually wants to see this nonsense.

Kilburn wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 13:01
It’s a bizarre event though. I can’t quite work out who actually wants to see it.

gp. wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 14:27

Kilburn wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 13:01
It’s a bizarre event though. I can’t quite work out who actually wants to see it.

Jake Paul has 26.5 million followers on Instagram.

Kilburn wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 14:32

gp. wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 14:27

Kilburn wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 13:01
It’s a bizarre event though. I can’t quite work out who actually wants to see it.

Jake Paul has 26.5 million followers on Instagram.

And they all want to watch their guy fight a 58 year old man who hasn’t had a fight in 20 years?

Maybe they did a poll of the followers and this Mike Tyson guy was their first choice…

gp. wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 12:51

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 12:36 I'm amazed at how many delusional people there are out there - who not only think that Tyson would smash Jake (or will, if they actually believe it's a real fight) in a real fight at this stage of his life - but in many cases, think he would actually be a force in the current heavyweight division.

Does anybody believe that?

hhaehre wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 17:39

gp. wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 12:51

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 12:36 I'm amazed at how many delusional people there are out there - who not only think that Tyson would smash Jake (or will, if they actually believe it's a real fight) in a real fight at this stage of his life - but in many cases, think he would actually be a force in the current heavyweight division.

Does anybody believe that?

If you go by most reactions on social media, then yes.
It's weird because nobody would expect Roger Clemens to throw a 90mph fastball anymore or Carl Lewis to run a sub 10 second 100 meter today, yet Tyson hits as hard as ever because apparently he's "still Tyson".
Even guys like Rogan and Teddy Atlas seems to think Tyson has a chance and they really should know better.

Controversial wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 17:44Even top footballers get to a point in their 30s where they can’t play at the top level anymore.

Grilling Machine wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 18:45

Controversial wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 17:44Even top footballers get to a point in their 30s where they can’t play at the top level anymore.

Mid 30s has always been widely accepted but never written in stone.

Of all the top modern footballers who haven't suffered debilitating injuries and have enough skill to compensate for a bit of lost pace, my view is that the majority stop training sufficiently hard because they've been rich for too long.

Footballers wear the silkiest pyjamas in UK sports, typically retiring before their bodies demand it and solidifying the axiom that most fans buy into: that you're done by 35. Ronaldo might've given some of those believers pause for thought recently.

Jo Pavey and Mo Farah have shown how close you can stay to your athletic peak at 40 for example; like at 90%+. Golovkin didn't fade until his late 30s and could still beat most in the top 20. The problem with this fight is that Tyson's over 50, and there's no amount of PEDs to get around that. He's way more vulnerable to serious harm on the wrong side of middle age, even if he were superfit.

It shouldn't be licensed, but we support boxing despite knowing how corrupt it is, so I think we'd all be venturing into hypocrisy if we complained too much. Just don't watch and hope it's staged, eh.