Mike Tyson open to return to the ring after humbling defeat to Jake Paul

  • Former world champ no match for YouTuber-turned-boxer
  • Paul praises 58-year-old as ‘the greatest to ever do it’

After Mike Tyson’s first professional boxing match in nearly 20 years proved little more than a high-profile mismatch on Friday night, the former undisputed heavyweight champion expressed satisfaction with his performance and hinted that he may stay unretired.

Tyson dropped an eight-round unanimous decision at AT&T Stadium to the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a fight streamed globally to Netflix’s 280m subscribers at no additional cost. The 58-year-old managed to win just two rounds on all three judges’ scorecards, losing by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 (twice) but finishing the proceedings on his feet and remaining unbowed.

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Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson after Katie Taylor controversially beats Amanda Serrano – as it happened

Moving right along. Next up is the first of two world title fights on the televised undercard: Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos in a scheduled 12-round fight for Barrios’ World Boxing Council welterweight championship.

It’s worth mentioning the 29-year-old from San Antonio never earned his title in the ring, instead being declared champion by the WBC after previous holder Terence Crawford (who’d unified all four belts at 147lbs) moved up a weight class to fight Israil Madrimov.

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