Mike Tyson credits YouTubers for bringing boxing back \u201cfrom the dead\u201d Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing legend Mike Tyson took the time to thank Jake Paul and other boxing YouTubers after his fight for making the sport \u201calive\u201d once again. \u201cIron\u201d Mike Tyson reigned as the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1987 to 1990 and is one of the sport\u2019s most well-known stars today. While Tyson\u2019s popularity hasn\u2019t waned over the years, boxing itself is another story. There are a lot of theories and plausible reasons as to why, but there\u2019s no denying that the sport is nowhere near as big as it once was. The star power the technically-retired boxer brought to the Nov. 28 bout was sure to draw people in, but Jake Paul on the undercard got a whole new generation to watch, which Tyson thinks is the shot in the arm the sport needs. \u201cListen, my ego says so many things, but my reality is they [YouTubers] helped boxing so much,\u201d he told reporters following his fight. \u201cThey owe these YouTube boxers some kind of respect, they should give them some belts, because these guys made boxing alive.\u201d Case in point just shortly after Paul knocked out former NBA player Nate Robinson in the second round of their fight, social media lit up with clips of the shot and various memes of Robinson lying face-down on things; it\u2019s not every day you see boxing topics trending on Twitter. \u201cBoxing was pretty much a dying sport, UFC was kicking our butt, and now we got these YouTube boxers boxing? 25 million views,\u201d Tyson continued. \u201cBoxing\u2019s going back, thanks to the YouTube boxers.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1333135265347497985?s=20 There aren\u2019t any solid numbers for how many people tuned in to Saturday\u2019s fight as of yet, but based on how many people were posting about it, it\u2019s safe to say it was one of the most-watched boxing matches of the year. We don\u2019t know when or if Tyson will fight again, but Jake Paul certainly will, and there\u2019s another big-name marquee on the horizon in September 2021 when two of the world\u2019s strongest men \u2014 Eddie \u2018The Beast\u2019 Hall and Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson \u2014 attempt to settle their rivalry in the ring. Boxing and social media personalities don\u2019t seem like a match made in heaven at first, but it appears to be working out very well for both sides and doesn\u2019t show any signs of slowing down either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Tyson credits YouTubers for bringing boxing back \u201cfrom the dead\u201d Instagram: Jake PaulBoxing legend Mike Tyson took the time to thank Jake Paul and other boxing YouTubers after his fight for making the sport \u201calive\u201d once again. \u201cIron\u201d Mike Tyson reigned as the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1987 to 1990 […]<\/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-55181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55181","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=55181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}