There was so much information and opinions of all kinds that revolved around Mike Tyson‘s professional return to the ring, that once the fight against Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington last November was over, the enormous effort it took to get into the ring at the age of 58 and with a guy 30 years younger, and on top of that, to give him a battle, was lost from sight.
Mike Tyson stood up and did what he had to do, and more
The defeat to Paul was the seventh of his professional career, because it should not be forgotten that Mike Tyson insisted that this fight should not be an exhibition, but should be official, something that after 19 years of retirement, had its climax at the moment when the bell rang after the eight rounds and Tyson was still standing, while his opponent bowed to him.
While it is true that Jake Paul is not a boxer in the full sense of the word, Mike Tyson fought the controversy of the enormous age difference, standing up to a man, who with a great tonnage, could well give him a blow that would send him to the canvas, not by talent, but by force, regardless of the fact that Tyson did know what he was doing. And that’s not to mention that months before he got sick and was in delicate health.
There were many, professionals or spectators, who accused rigging or cheating, that the match was directed by a script, and that neither of them in the ring did what they should or could, but there are others from the boxing world who defend what ‘Iron Mike’ did, even above the task of Jake Paul, who also had the plus of making that boxing function a reality that, like it or not, broke paradigms.
A message to all those who mocked Tyson
One of those people is coach Sean M, who criticised those who are never ashamed to mock Mike Tyson. “Tyson never took punches, never overcame adversity, had no heart, had no guts; everyone he faced was intimidated… blah, blah, blah!” he said in a Twitter post, in response to the video that a user shared and in which you can see a few seconds of the rematch between Donovan “Razor” Ruddock and Mike Tyson, that last fight before he went to jail for the legal matter with Desiree Washington.
The former heavyweight champion’s life story is the main argument to refute the criticism of him and his efforts, because after all, and regardless of the economic gains, who else but him could have gotten into the ring in those conditions having much to lose, and apparently so little to gain?