Mike Tyson defeated by Jake Paul by unanimous decision in eight-round fight, Katie Taylor defends title on same card

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Jake Paul came out on top in his controversial eight-round bout against Mike Tyson in Arlington, Texas. The 27-year-old emerged victorious in this widely maligned and controversial fight, and is now ambitiously seeking out a bout against Saul Canelo Alvarez. Tyson looked well past his best, but is now targeting a fight with Paul's brother Logan.

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Mike Tyson lost by a unanimous points decision to Jake Paul in a fight held in Arlington, Texas.

The scorecards read 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 following eight turgid rounds, as 27-year-old Paul beat a man 31 years his senior.

Tyson had not fought professionally since losing to Kevin McBride in 2005, but last featured in the ring against Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition fight four years ago.

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Each round in this largely laborious spectacle lasted two minutes, and Paul continued to land a series of jabs and punches.

The Texas Commission designated this as a professional fight, with one of the conditions being that both fighters would have additional padding in their gloves.

Tyson only landed 18 punches throughout the contest and was understandably a shadow of the fighter who was named heavyweight champion twice in an illustrious career.

The 58-year-old was sporting a black brace on his right knee and showed tiny glimpses of his previous speed with some fast head movement, but a telling left hook from Paul in the seventh round reinforced the notion that this was an ageing superstar in the ring.

This defeat was Tyson's seventh in 57 professional fights, but he is still not giving up on the possibility of another payday in the ring and called out Paul's brother Logan after the fight.

Meanwhile, this victory was Paul’s 11th as a professional after bouncing back from a defeat to Tommy Fury last year - and he again called for a fight with superstar Saul Canelo Alvarez.

"Canelo needs me," Paul said. "I'm not even gonna call him out. He knows he wants a payday and he knows where the money man's at."

Taylor defends title against Serrano

Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano.

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Elsewhere on the card, Katie Taylor made a successful defence of her undisputed light-welterweight title against Amanda Serrano.

This was a pulsating spectacle, which all three judges scored 95-94 in the Irishwoman's favour.

The fight was subject to controversy though, with Taylor persistently leaning in with her head and was subsequently docked a point for a headbutt on Serrano in the eighth round.

However, this would not help Serrano's cause, as the Puerto Rican fighter succumbed to another defeat against Taylor after also being on the wrong side of a result two years ago.

"I knew it was an absolute slugfest in there, an absolute war," Taylor said in quotes published by the BBC.

"I definitely didn't agree with the point deduction. I certainly wasn't fighting dirty. Sometimes it gets rough in there."

Serrano was left to reflect on another frustrating defeat to the 36-year-old - only her third career loss in 51 professional fights.

"I knew when it went to the judges it was going to be a little shady," Serrano said.

"Every time you get a cut it hurts. You get blood in your eye. She kept headbutting me, but we knew that from the very beginning, the first fight."

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