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Morning, friends.
So, yeah. There’s a fight on Friday night, have you heard? It’s between a 58-year-old who hasn’t fought since 2005 and a former YouTube star who seems to fight in only battles he can be competitive in.
It’s Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul! On Netflix!
We’ve answered a bunch of questions for you, like how much they’ll make (a lot), what time they’ll fight (late on the East Coast) and some of the special rules (shorter rounds!).
But the biggest question of them all: is this going to be a good fight?
The answer will be: absolutely not.
How do I know? Because Tyson is pushing 60. Because Paul is a showman. Because nothing this hyped can be this good. Because what’s really going to happen? A lot of hugging, a few punches thrown and lots of hands held up to the face a la Floyd Mayweather.
There’s a part of me that’s worried that we’re going to see Paul throw a punch that the older Tyson won’t see, and it’ll go from everyone cheering to everyone realizing we just watched a 27-year-old wreck someone twice his age. And that will stink in a very different way.
If it’s more the former than the latter, then, hey, we’ll always have the slap seen ’round the world. My prediction: it goes eight rounds, Paul wins by unanimous decision, but by Round 6, they’re exhausted and holding on to each other every five seconds.
The Commanders’ offense is broken
You could blame the Commanders’ struggles on offense in Week 10 on the Steelers’ defense. And maybe Thursday’s 26-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles can be filed up “it was a short week!”
I think it’s also a little bit of Jayden Daniels rookie year fatigue. It happens to the best of first-year players and can be a learning experience for the future, and opponents scheme for what they see on tape in the first half of the season.
But whatever it is, the Commanders need to fix it. A date with the now-hapless Cowboys might help.
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