NBA Legend makes shocking Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul claim Associated Press | NBARetired NBA All-Star Paul Pierce made several controversial statements about Jake Paul\u2019s announced fight against Mike Tyson on July 20 and the state of sports today. As a longtime boxing fan, Pierce felt it necessary to weigh in on Paul\u2019s emergence in the boxing sphere. The Hall-of-Famer admitted that while Paul is must-see TV, he\u2019s an emblem of a generation set on entertainment value in sports. That bold assertion only scratches the surface of his striking string of takes. Paul Pierce boldly devalues legitimacy of sports outcomes Pierce took to \u201cThe Truth Lounge\u201d on Friday to speak with former college basketball star Jason Crowe on the upcoming megafight. The NBA star turned media personality claimed that sports have become increasingly less about virulent competition and more about viral moments. The bus did not stop there. He stated that sports today are fixed: \u201cJake Paul is just changing the game of boxing and it\u2019s crazy because now it\u2019s about, who\u2019s watching? Who\u2019s getting the views? Who are people interested in?\u201d Pierce said before going into the realness of outcomes in this day and age. \u201cSports used to be unscripted. So now I\u2019m like, it\u2019s starting to look like everything is scripted now.\u201d Crow took things further and said without a doubt that the Paul-Tyson fight will muster up a pre-packaged outcome: \u201cThis event right here is definitely gonna be scripted. They gon talk about what they gon do, and they gon be trained to deliver, just like wrestling,\u201d Crow said surely. Paul fights have had questionable outcomes in the past. Particularly, his knockout punch against Tyron Woodley got side eyes. Though, the YouTube sensation has made a name for himself in the sport, innovating new ways for fighters to gain more autonomy over their contracts and promotion as Pierce alluded to. Celebrity matches are now commonplace in boxing and several other sports, contrary to Pierce\u2019s day. In spite of all that, Tyson will not follow that mold. Judging off of his exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, the realness of Tyson\u2019s ferocity will entertain more than anything else on fight night. While Pierce\u2019s comments may come across as a comedy of errors and a diss against today\u2019s athletic landscape, he\u2019s eager watch the fight this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NBA Legend makes shocking Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul claim Associated Press | NBARetired NBA All-Star Paul Pierce made several controversial statements about Jake Paul\u2019s announced fight against Mike Tyson on July 20 and the state of sports today. As a longtime boxing fan, Pierce felt it necessary to weigh in on Paul\u2019s emergence in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}