TAMPA, FL – There was a lot of swinging and missing going on in Tampa last Saturday, and it wasn’t
the Rays that were doing it. While the home team was up in Da Bronx beating on the Yankees,
there was an event going on at Amalie Arena. YouTube sensation and so-called boxer Jake
Paul brought his show to the Sunshine State, and the youngsters who follow him showed up.
Before a sellout crowd, Paul dismantled Tampa’s own Mike Perry. Paul’s fight with Mike
Tyson was supposed to take place in Dallas, but was postponed because of the
ex-heavyweights medical issues. Perry, a mixed martial artist with a 6-1 boxing record stepped
in thinking like all non-boxers think, that he would dismantle Paul. After three knockdowns the
fight was stopped in the 6th round before Paul could punish Perry even further.
These dream-fighters need to realize that boxing is a polished sport and those
chokeholds and kicks aren’t allowed in this totally different ring. Floyd Mayweather proved this
when he used Conor McGregor as a punching bag a few years ago.
Since Paul was ready to prove himself against Iron Mike, he didn’t want his skills to go to
waste, so he chose Tampa as his warmup for the rescheduled November clash.
Like today’s baseball players, Paul looked unpolished as he was throwing haymakers
and looking awkward against another unpolished UFC fighter.
He reminded Tyson after the fight that he was going to dethrone him. Somebody needs to remind Paul that his only loss in the ring came against Tommy Fury, a legitimate boxer. Let’s just hope Tyson doesn’t send Paul to his grave while showing what earned him the nickname of “Kid Dynamite.”
On this one night in Tampa, the current 58-year-old Mike Tyson would have knocked both Paul and Perry on their a$$es at the same time, while the audience of youngsters would have gotten a lesson of, “Don’t ever underestimate the Ol’ Skool!”
