BBC Sport looks at the absurdity and appeal of 58-year-old Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul in Texas on Friday.
Follow live text commentary on Mike Tyson v Jake Paul from 03:00 GMT on Saturday, 16 November on the BBC Sport website and appIf ever there was an example to perfectly illustrate the absurdity of Friday's Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight, it is this:
'Iron Mike' was already past his prime - having been dismantled inside 11 rounds by Evander Holyfield two months earlier - but to answer the question, no, he was not finished. Yet the interest is undeniable, so much so that it convinced streaming powerhouse Netflix to broadcast the event live to a global subscriber list of 280 million.
"I am not going to disrespect the sport any more by losing to this calibre of fighter," he said post-fight. Observing Tyson's demeanour in the week - particularly when he slapped Paul at Friday's weigh-in - you get the sense he is approaching this as a "real" fight.
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