Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul: Mike Tyson beaten by Jake Paul on points in drab contest
The event was streamed to Netflix’s global reach of 283 million subscribers worldwide. The bout may have underwhelmed, but a show was put on for those in attendance.
With Paul reported to make £30m and Tyson half that, no expense was spared for a fight generating such ludicrous amount of money.
Paul was driven to the ring in a customised green car to the tune of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight. His brother, WWE wrestler and fellow social media star Logan Paul, sat beside him.
On the back seat was a pigeon which he tried to gift Tyson – known to keep racing pigeons at his home – during fight week.
Fans remained standing throughout as an ear-splitting, pulsating roar for Tyson reverberated around the stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.
Dressed in his trademark all black, he strutted to the ring sporting the same stern look he has had all week.
More than £14.1m was recouped from ticket sales alone, with one VIP group package which included a ringside seat and photographs with the fighters costing as much as £1.6m.
Boxing royalty Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr and Andre Ward formed part of the television broadcast – and stars of Netflix shows such as Cobra Kai watched from ringside, alongside NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.
