Spyke
pyrereply
lemmy.world

if Netflix charging extra for the fight?

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pyrereply
lemmy.world

so you either have Netflix or don't, how does watching it if you already have it make you a mark

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reddthat.com

Tbh, Jake has already lost. If he wins, people will say he beat up a 58yo man, former boxer or not. If he loses, he got beat up by a 58yo man.

Like, there's no way he can actually win in the square of public opinion, and I'm here for it.

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Pretty sure he lost in the square of public opinion years ago, now he's just capitalizing on it.

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qazreply
lemmy.world

He wins when he gets attention, and he will get that either way

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100% just like anything to do with Jake Paul, this is about money, and the fact that we are all talking about it really only points to one outcome. He won and we lost.

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Blackmistreply
feddit.uk

Pretty sure it's all about the millions of dollars both men will make. If losing is becoming richer by more money than I'll ever see in my life then I'll lose all day long.

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lemmy.ml

Even if you're anti-Paul, watching the fight is free press for him. Same as how Trump did it

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You're right, it should have been pre-election and Trump instead of Paul. Now there's a fight I'd pay to watch

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fedia.io

Well this just about aged like fine milk. Far from beating Jake to a pulp, Tyson threw just 18 punches the entire fight. Though I suppose it's inevitable when Tyson is more than double Jake's age and he retired years ago

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SkyezOpenreply
lemmy.world

Isn't this what basically half of people expected to happen? It was an exhibition, not a fight.

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Th4tGuyIIreply
fedia.io

Oh, I'm not surprised at the outcome, I expected the almost 60 y/o man to lose to the under 30 y/o man, but was just surprised to see the stats on just how little Tyson actually did in the fight.

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I haven't kept up with his stuff but according to some article I read, he's been essentially crippled for a few years now? Like had to be in a wheelchair 2 years ago, then vomited so much blood at one point that the fight was pushed by 6 months... He's not healthy for an 80 year old, much less 58.

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Kecessareply
sh.itjust.works

Paul wouldn't have challenged Tyson in his prime, his professional career is a sham.

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Kecessareply
sh.itjust.works

Who would be the equivalent these days? They should challenge Paul!

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They do all the time, he's not gonna take any fight where he can lose, especially if money isn't the number one motivator. The fact that this isn't common sense is worrying.

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Anticorpreply
lemmy.world

That dude legit scared me through the computer screen during his backyard brawling days. It scared me to know people like him existed. Did you see the fight where he burst a dude's eye, and fucking blinded him?

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chingaderareply
lemmy.world

What's even scarier is that he got absolutely rolled when it came to pros.

You're not wrong, dude was champ in the non pro arena, and as soon as he stepped in it was just as shocking with different winners.

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Absolutely! I remember going from "holy shit this guy is terrifying and we have video evidence of him being able to kick ass" to "what the fuck? These not-as-terrifying looking people are messing him up bad!"

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lemmy.world

It's all scripted so it would turn out however they wrote it. Boxing is scripted and every altercation and weigh in fight/drama in boxing and UFC/MMA is set up and fake

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lemmy.world

I'm NOT watching the fight cause I refuse to give attention and money to a convicted rapist and an influencer creep

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lemmy.ca

I was not aware about Tyson being a rapist. Thanks for bringing this up. Damn them both.

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It happened so long ago, I forget many people weren't around. I thought it was common knowledge. I think it was the movie the hangover which started turning him into a meme and caused people to transfer that into actually liking Tyson. He's an idiot at best, a rapist at worst.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/jake-paul-vs-mike-tyson-fight-why-b2647687.html

Most fucked up part of the article, Tyson speaking about his victim:

"I just hate her guts,” he said of Washington in 2003. “She put me in that state, where I don’t know. I really wish I did now. But now I really do want to rape her.”

Tyson has also been quoted as saying he did “four or five things worse than what I’m accused of”. To eliminate any potential uncertainty – four or five things worse than rape.

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As much as I'd love to watch Jake Paul having to spit out all of his stupid teeth, I'm not paying those people fucking money.

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lemm.ee

Love the meme but hate the sport. The whole thing revolves around two people hurting each other and causing brain damage in the process. That’s not entertaining to me, that’s horrifying.

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I wouldn't worry because anybody that called this event "boxing" also hates the sport...

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They're both trump supporters, so don't feel, the brain damage was a pre existing condition

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lemmy.world

Oh we are definitely the same, friend. I want Jake Paul to look like extra pulp orange juice.

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Of course, I made the mistake of posting this exclusively on platforms where I hold the same opinions as everyone else.

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I want Tyson to work over Paul so hard that he talks like Tyson for the rest of his life.

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lemmy.world

Most of us are not watching the fight because Netflix is sucking a big tube steak tonight. I haven't seen this much buffering since dial up modems.

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I guess they created a hit event then! And cheaped out on their elastic servers.

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To be fair unfortunately Jake Paul is probably going to win easily given age difference that fact he is a professional fighter even if not elite and Mikes long retirement.

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lemmy.world

George Foreman once described Mike Tyson as a "cross-town bus in boxing trunks".

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That's a huge compliment coming from the hardest hitting boxer of his time. Foreman was a fucking beast in his era. The only reason Ali beat him is because Ali fought smart, and Foreman was the dope who got roped into it.

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