Sorry if I missed it but nothing on this exhibition fight from last night?
Full disclosure it was the first fight I’ve ordered in years but even so we felt like we hit a decent ROI. Entertaining fights leading up (except for the fight where they decided to toss an ex NBA player in against a “YouTube star”..but in retrospect that was entertaining in the “oh shit..one of these guys is absolutely going to get knocked out for sure way”).
No dogs in the fight (though it is hard not to cheer for Tyson). Jones tried did his thing and so did Tyson.
The end result - a draw. I’m thinking this was a deal breaker for Jones without it in the contract but still a little too much “exhibition” where it was fairly clear to me that Tyson would have “won” based on rounds.
Also, if this is your thing, Tyson’s post fight interview is pretty much what you would expect as if late. Lots of talk around his pigeons, smoking weed, and living people. It’s still a trio for me hearing Tyson talk about how he is attempting to tackle life this time around. Tough guy to root against which is interesting considering we are talking Mike Tyson.
The entertainment between fights was all rap artists and pretty well done all things considered though I will say the weed aspect was off the charts. A buddy and I were showing our 9 year old sons their first boxing event so knew it would be a little colorful but it was a little over the top. Snoop Dog was waving around a smoldering log while reminding us that he still don’t leave till 6 in the morning. Especially tough to avoid the topic after Whiz Kalifa and some other dude also let us know that weed is the shit as well.
It’s interesting to see what is being attempted right now with this “League of Champions” stuff. Appears to be Tyson’s own thing as a more WWE type environment (not over the top) with the greats fighting with interesting preliminary fights. At one point he mentions putting together an event around tennis and I thought that sounded really interesting. I know it’s Mike Tyson and he has said a lot of interesting things over the years but I hope they pull it off.
Anyhow pretty entertaining unplanned way to spend a Saturday night and introduce a few little guys to boxing.
Full disclosure it was the first fight I’ve ordered in years but even so we felt like we hit a decent ROI. Entertaining fights leading up (except for the fight where they decided to toss an ex NBA player in against a “YouTube star”..but in retrospect that was entertaining in the “oh shit..one of these guys is absolutely going to get knocked out for sure way”).
No dogs in the fight (though it is hard not to cheer for Tyson). Jones tried did his thing and so did Tyson.
The end result - a draw. I’m thinking this was a deal breaker for Jones without it in the contract but still a little too much “exhibition” where it was fairly clear to me that Tyson would have “won” based on rounds.
Also, if this is your thing, Tyson’s post fight interview is pretty much what you would expect as if late. Lots of talk around his pigeons, smoking weed, and living people. It’s still a trio for me hearing Tyson talk about how he is attempting to tackle life this time around. Tough guy to root against which is interesting considering we are talking Mike Tyson.
The entertainment between fights was all rap artists and pretty well done all things considered though I will say the weed aspect was off the charts. A buddy and I were showing our 9 year old sons their first boxing event so knew it would be a little colorful but it was a little over the top. Snoop Dog was waving around a smoldering log while reminding us that he still don’t leave till 6 in the morning. Especially tough to avoid the topic after Whiz Kalifa and some other dude also let us know that weed is the shit as well.
It’s interesting to see what is being attempted right now with this “League of Champions” stuff. Appears to be Tyson’s own thing as a more WWE type environment (not over the top) with the greats fighting with interesting preliminary fights. At one point he mentions putting together an event around tennis and I thought that sounded really interesting. I know it’s Mike Tyson and he has said a lot of interesting things over the years but I hope they pull it off.
Anyhow pretty entertaining unplanned way to spend a Saturday night and introduce a few little guys to boxing.