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Originally Posted by Slava
^thats just hindsight bias though. Like of course, once the fights on you can see all along that Tyson didn’t have a chance. On the other hand, if Tyson rocks him early and wins, the comments are “well, Tyson is old, but he’s a legit fighter so of course he was always going to beat an amateur.”
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Anyone who thought Tyson had a chance did so based on curated 30 second clips, and the belief that a 58 year old could look something close to the prime version of that guy. Any good social media manager can produce content that makes it look like Tyson could destroy Paul. Like I said the hype was enough to push the line down to make it seem like this was close to an even fight. I'm grateful for the free money I made. I said it previously, but if you watched a 58 year old Holyfield fight a 45 year old non-boxer and get destroyed, it shouldn't be even a slight surprise. The only "sports" 58 year olds can be playing at anything close to a top level is golf/darts/all the other "sports" that are really drunk activities.
And calling Paul an amateur is wrong. No doubt he fights scrubs, but he does so in sanctioned professional bouts and is active and training year round. Tyson basically got off his couch for this with zero true build up like a normal fighter who was inactive would do. Stamina was always going to be the reason Paul would win, and sure enough that's all it took was being more fit.