This may go down as one of those, "Where were you when?" moments in sports history. Me personally? I was scanning the hellscape of Elon Musk's X/Twitter for any juicy subplots beyond Netflix's streaming issues leading into the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight. My feed was coming through just fine for the most part, and all of a sudden, footage of Tyson doing a pre-fight interview spread everywhere.
Our guy Iron Mike was letting it all hang out and air out before entering the ring with Paul. When kissing the interviewer on the cheek is by far the least-weird part of a clipped-up video, you know you've achieved something special.
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Mike Tyson has a complicated legacy to say the least, but he couldn't give less of a damn about the concept of legacy to begin with. At 58 years old, he also couldn't be less bothered about millions upon millions of people seeing his bare butt before potentially getting dunked on in the ring by a YouTube personality.
I really do wonder if Paul will have caught wind of this incident before he gets to take on Tyson. For me, it'd be such a hilarious distraction that I wouldn't even know what to do. If this isn't clear-cut proof that the simulation we live in is broken, I don't know what could be more conclusive.
My only point of feedback to Mike: Hello sir, why not just rock this outfit, conduct all your interviews well in advance, and avoid a situation where you're quite literally exposed on camera?
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What a hero the videographer is, too, for getting that shot. You can tell they had no idea it was coming, because they immediately try to zoom and pan up in one swift motion, but the damage had already been done. Everyone got a good, hard look at Mike Tyson's 58-year-old bottom in all its glory.
I mean shoot, if nothing else, Tyson actually has some bragging rights here. If my rear isn't all lumpy and sagging by the time I'm 58, I'll consider that a huge win. The guy clearly trained his face off for this fight. Just about everyone watching wants to see Tyson knock Paul to the canvas. If it's not for a knockout win, at least put Paul on his a** once. It'd be too beautiful from a narrative poetry standpoint for it not to happen now that Tyson's actual butt was out before the bout.
Come on, boxing gods. Have a heart. If you're going to allow Jake Paul and all the obnoxiousness he embodies pummel a man three decades his senior to a pulp without any intervention, let Tyson get some good licks in and send Paul down for at least one good fall. Think I speak for everyone when I say it would be immensely appreciated.
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