The quality of the Tyson-Paul fight was put into stark focus by its co-main event which proceeded it, as Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano produced a classic bout with Taylor retaining her undisputed world light-welterweight champion status in controversial fashion.

To call Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson a glorified sparring session is insulting to those who actually take sparring seriously. This was more a shrewd, 27-year-old businessman in the heart of his physical prime acknowledging almost immediately that an opponent approaching 60 had no business being in a boxing ring with him.