Benavidez was requested for his ideas on the polarising struggle (Photograph Credit score Eshter Lin PBC, AFP) David Benavidez has supplied some blunt recommendation to Mike Tyson following his loss to Jake Paul this previous weekend.
Benavidez was one of many hundreds of thousands internationally who witnessed Paul comfortably outbox an especially pale Tyson, scoring a large unanimous choice victory.
At 58 years of age, ‘Iron Mike’ seemed a shell of the person who dominated the heavyweight division in his prime, and a few observers even consider he was carried by the YouTuber and will have been stopped at any given second.
Regardless of the actual fact the pair have been solely competing over two minute rounds, the bout was absolutely sanctioned and can go on each of their data.
It was Tyson’s first skilled struggle since his stoppage loss to Kevin McBride again in 2005 – and Benavidez instructed Combat Hub TV it must be his final.
There have been boos as Paul coasted to victory over Tyson (Photograph Credit score: USAToday)
“He needs to retire.”
When giving additional evaluation, ‘The Mexican Monster’ defined he was simply relieved to see the previous heavyweight king depart the ring unhurt.
“It was a good fight and a good turnout but I don’t want to see Mike Tyson fight no more. Hopefully he hangs it up.
“𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭.” 😕
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“It was a good show and Mike Tyson went in there and made a good pay cheque and he deserves that. I’m just happy that he didn’t get hurt in there.
“Mike Tyson is Mike Tyson but a 60-year-old Mike Tyson is different.”
Benavidez was simply glad nobody bought harm (Photograph Credit score: CBS Sports activities)
In his post-fight interview, Tyson appeared eager on a struggle with Jake’s brother Logan, nonetheless has since claimed on social media he is not going to be returning to the ring.
The present reportedly drew round 108 million viewers on Netflix, making it by far probably the most considered boxing occasion in current reminiscence.
Tyson netted an estimated purse of $20 million, while ‘The Problem Child’ is believed to have earned round double that.
Benavidez was talking on the launch press convention for his February 1st conflict with David Morrell, which is extensively anticipated to be one of many hardest of his profession.
‼️ David Benavidez and David Morrell getting heated and exchanging phrases of their first face-off forward of Feb 1st…
The pair will lock horns on the T-Cellular Area on Amazon Prime pay-per-view, with the winner all however assured a shot at a lightweight heavyweight world title.
