The Sweet Science

[kingsboi]

this has got to stop with these influencers fighting pro boxers, making a mockery of the sweet science

 

[SLAB]

Give me an NBA comp here. Is this like LeBron playing a D2 kid 1on1?

Pretty good comp. Except the D2 Kid is entitled as hell, a major following, and gets whatever he wants.

Jake has *some* skills and could actually possibly rise the ranks if he did things right. But instead he fights washed up MMA guys, dudes in different weight classes, or washed up husks.

Before this happened he was scheduled he was supposed to fight another talented fighter in Gervonta Davis… but that fighter lives in the 128 pound weight class. lol

 

[pdxKingsFan]

In addition to what @SLAB said, the money involved in these Paul fights is obscene leading to plenty of speculation that he is giving these guys a big pay day to take a dive or carry him the distance, this is the first time I've seen his opponent actually try to knock him out and welp. The announcers were kind of like "he was trying to knock him out from the first round and just got in his head" but I think the reality is they had a gentlemen's agreement to go 5 or more rounds.

On the flip side though, the undercards of the Paul specials is generally pretty good and for a sport that kind of fell off in favor of MMA, I think its a good thing to get the spectacle back.

 

[ESP47]

I was entertained. I think Paul knew if they had another Tyson like fight, he'd be struggling to garner much interest moving forward.

The look on his face after he took that shot was pretty funny. It was like that punch turned him into a fan boy.