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Jake Paul believes he can fight for the title, but Mike Tyson may be tired of being in the ring at the age of 58

Jake Paul believes he can fight for the championship belt inside two years.
Mike Tyson may retire from the ring after the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion’s first sanctioned skilled fight since 2005.
The prizefight-style event become a glorified sparring session – an eight-round fight won by Paul on Friday night at the NFL’s Dallas (*58*) stadium by unanimous decision.
Paul will still have questions on when he fights a fighter in his prime slightly than aging former champions, mixed martial arts fighters or boxing journeymen.
The 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer’s responses have been consistent and he now has a timeline.
“I think it could happen in the next 24 months,” Paul said. “I really, really believe in my skills, abilities and power. And the cruiserweight division is clearly open to adopting that timeline.”
Tyson, whose last fight before retiring was a loss to Kevin McBride 19 years ago, said he was confident he would face Paul because of his interesting performance against Roy Jones Jr. without an audience during the 2020 pandemic.
A shorter fight (as an alternative of 10 or 12 rounds) with shorter rounds (two minutes as an alternative of three) and heavier gloves was definitely not fun.
The International Boxing Hall of Famer attacked Paul hard in the opening seconds and again briefly to begin the second round. Otherwise, he mostly let Paul come to his senses, and Paul said he thought Tyson was too tired to be a threat after the third round.
Still, Tyson didn’t say immediately afterwards that it will be his last fight, after the officially recorded defeat dropped his record to 50-7 with 44 knockouts.
“It depends on the situation,” Tyson said, before suggesting a fight against Paul’s older brother, Logan Paul, who was standing next to him in the ring.

“I’ll kill you, Mike,” Logan Paul shot back, using an expletive for emphasis.
However, Tyson said he was entering the ring “for the last time” in a social media post Saturday that detailed health issues he has been coping with that forced him to postpone his original fight date this summer.
“I almost died in June” – Tyson wrote on X. “I had 8 blood transfusions. I lost half my blood and 25 kilos in the hospital and needed to fight to improve to fight, so I won.
There is little question that the younger Paul will return to the ring. The former social media influencer began boxing about 4.5 years ago and has all the time said he desired to develop into a championship fighter.
“He’s a very good fighter,” Tyson, the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987-90, said after Paul won 80-72 on one judge’s scorecard and 79-73 on one other.
However, Paul still has so much to prove. His record is 11-1 with seven knockouts, his only loss being to Tommy Fury, the less talented brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
The former Disney Channel star has proven that she can generate buzz around almost any fight.

The first live sports event on Netflix was watched by 60 million households, the streaming company said on Saturday. Netflix said further viewing details will be available next week.
Paul’s payout was reported to be $40 million in comparison with $20 million for Tyson. Paul mentioned his number during a promotional event over the summer.
Organizers estimated the number of fans at AT&T Stadium at 72,000, and that number looked as if it would be correct.
“There may never be a moment like this in boxing, but I believe we can find something,” Paul said. “And I think there are some names that make sense and the events will be just as big.”
Just a few days before the fight with Tyson, Paul mentioned super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, considered one of the best boxers in the world.
An opponent of this stature is probably going at least just a few fights ahead of Paul, and it may not be long before age becomes a difficulty for the 34-year-old Alvarez.
Paul’s camp won’t ever query their ability to placed on a show.
“Boxing is about ebbs and flows, ups and downs, big events, small and medium-sized events,” said Nakisa Bidarian, Paul’s promoter. “Our philosophy will not be about what decision will be made in the ring. It’s about your approach, the product you create and the way you entertain your fans. And there isn’t any funnier athlete than Jake Paul.
Sports
Why America still makes the black fathers of sports villains

In the sports industry value a billion dollars there isn’t any image more quietly threatening to the system than a robust, engaged black father.
We see it time and again.
Lavar Ball is known as boastful.
Deion Sanders is known as selfish.
Richard Williams was crazy long before the world learned the names Venus and Serena.
Lebron James is in some way criticized for being too publicly supporting his son Brony.
Earl Woods was presented as a controlling character, even when he raised one of the biggest golfers he had ever seen.
Cecil Newton Sr. He met with public control simply following his son CAM.
The plan is evident: when the black father stands at the center of his child’s success – leading, protecting, moving away from exploitation – the media paint him as an issue.
As Egomaniak.
As someone “bothers”.
Why?
Because strong black fathers disturb the narrative.
The system is just not only invested in the talent of black athletes – it invests in controlling them.
A young black athlete without suggestions is less complicated to control. Easier to pay. Easier to face against others. Easier to the brand, profit and reject when it’s comfortable.
A powerful black father changes the terms of the contract.
Requires higher contracts.
He asks about coaching decisions.
It protects the mental health of your child from the franchise.
He reminds the world that his son or daughter is just not only an asset – but a human being along with his family, dreams and dignity.
And that is where real fear lies.
The image of a united black family – not broken, absent, not broken – a challenge of deeply rooted stereotypes on which American society has long been about the justification of inequalities.
A powerful black man standing next to his child and says that he is just not perceived as an act of love, but as an act of revolt.
It is less complicated to submit a father than to confess that the system is designed to make use of athletes, while they’re young, sensitive and isolated.
It is less complicated to make fun of yourself than to confront the truth:
Black families who stick together support one another and are fiercely in favor of their very own, are irrefutable, not a threat.

When Deion Sanders tells his sons that they’re kings, not goods, it worries the old order.
When Richard Williams insists that his daughters are larger than tennis, he prescribes the rules.
When Lavar Ball dreams loudly for his sons, he scares a system that prefers black athletes to be grateful and quiet.
But let’s be clear:
It is just not their trust that threatens the sports industry.
It’s their love.
Their refusal to permission to their children used and rejected to the side.
Their impudence is consider that they deserve sitting at the table – and pull up the chair without not asking for permission.
Black fathers in sport should not villains.
They are architects.
They are defenders.
These are a shield between industries value a billion dollars and kids, otherwise they consumed.
Or possibly this can be a real story that America doesn’t wish to tell.

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Sports
Ball Up Top: Lakers, Fakers, Quakers … Wolves in 5

“Ball Up Top” is a weekly NBA video series in which David Dennis Jr. With AndScape he talks about hot topics in the league and popular culture with special guests in addition to personalities and sejds.
In episode 8, David is joined by a senior author Justin Tinsley to debate Los Angeles Lakers, who was rejected from Playoffs and what to do next. In addition, a really exciting opera clip that David cannot stop enthusiastic about.
Episode 8, 2 May 2025
Host: David Dennis Jr.
Guests: Justin Tinsley
Manufacturers: Charles Abankwa, Ryan Cortes, Rodney Davis, Chris Gavin, Charles Peach
Archives
Episode 1 (March 7, 2025): Quentin Richardson on Phoenix Suns, his moment “Welcome to the NBA” and beef with “Nad edge”
Episode 2 (March 14, 2025): Plus/Minus! Nikola Jokic (not) MVP, whose Knicks and Lakers don’t need to see, asks Cooper Flagg
Episode 3 (March 21, 2025): Danny Green evaluates his pretenders to the Western Conference, members of the Abrevocal Team
Episode 4 (March 28, 2025): Talking Heat Culture after the outbreak of warriors, more plus/minus
Episode 5 (April 4, 2025): The most vital games left in the NBA schedule
Episode 6 (April 17, 2025): Kazeem Famuyide talks NBA Playoffs, Wrestlemania 41, Army X
Episode 7 (April 24, 2025): Which NBA Playoffs teams are cooked/not cooked?
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Lebron James is not sure what will happen after leaving Playoff Los Angeles Lakers: “I have no answer to it”

On Wednesday evening, Lebron James, Luka Dončič and Los Angeles Lakers lost to Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert, the full of life Julius Randle and Minnesota Timberwolves, 103-96, within the match of the primary round of Playoff of the Western Conference, losing 4-1. This loss ended the Lakers season-the second exit from the primary round in a row-their records of 50-32 and 3-nance within the West.
This season, limited by the legendary (historical, crazy, etc.) in the course of the season, talent talent NBA All-Nba Dončič Lakersom in exchange for NBA All-Star (and a member of Lakers within the NBA championships) Anthony Davis, was perceived by many as a likelihood for lakers for an additional title. These hopes were broken through the series, when Edwards continued to delight analysts and fans together with his determination and will to win.
Of course, because it happens yearly, when James’s teams lose in Playoffs (James has 4 NBA championship rings – two with Miami Heat and one in every of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers), He was asked through the pressure after the match for his thoughts about his future (And retirement) When he closed his twenty second season within the NBA.
“I don’t know. I have no answer to it. Something to sit with my family, wife and support group and I will just talk about it and see what will happen. And just talk to each other as I want to continue playing.”
Of course, James was asked how the list may very well be improved to (hopefully) to provide higher probabilities for Playoffs next 12 months, if he returns; James is until June 29 to choose a contract with the lakeers for the 2025-2026 campaign, which might pay him $ 52.6 million. Otherwise he would change into a free agent.
“It’s business,” probably said the largest player of the NBA of all time. “So you don’t know what the list will look like next year, except for guys who (they are) closed in contracts. S …, I have a lot to think about myself. So I don’t know what the list will look like. I don’t know where I stand now.”

In particular, James-who’s son Lebron “Brony” James, Jr., has a contract with Lakers until the season 2027-2028-was instrumental in his son, putting the Lakers uniform and the addition of a coach, JJ Redick. Redick and James had a podcast together wherein they talked about basketball, before Redick was announced with the brand new Lakers coach.
James, asked to make clear his comments concerning the contract, made sure that he did not consider (now) other teams wherein you’ll be able to play, but his desire to play.
“I just continue playing, I don’t know where I am. That’s how it is. I’m not coming back to play here. Just play, dot.”
He continued: “To be honest, I don’t know the answer, so we’ll see.”
It seems that the summer of 2025 will be thoughtful at James’s house.
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