Can't believe Woodley is already prepared.
So he says. Not sure if I believe him unless he was told to keep trim for a potential replacement if anything happened to Tommy. Either way he probably doesn't care as it's still a huge pay day for him.
Despite me wanting to see Jake Paul actually fight a boxer, I'm more interested in this rematch than I am with the fight against Tommy. I don't really know why, I just couldn't see Tommy beating Jake. At least now, I think there's a slight chance. Especially, since Tyron shouldn't be too worried about getting rematch money or at least if he wins, it opens up the potential for a rematch. I just want to see the Woodley that lets his hands go instead of just freezing up when he has an opponent hurt.
Honestly, I thought Tommy would've fought with a broken rib, and a chest infection just to get the money, since its probably a lot of money riding on this fight. Probably the biggest payday of his career so I don't think he pulled out willing fully, probably was by doctors orders.
I don't know if I'd back Jake but I think it's a fairly rounded fight so he had a chance. I don't think Jake would KO him but I could see it going the distance and at least it gets Jake the credentials of fighting a proper boxer. It's definitely a fight I'm hoping gets rescheduled. There's so much on the line for Tommy that that alone makes it worth a watch.
The additional $500K bonus if Woodley knocks him out seems like the icing on the cake to make people know that Woodley has an incentive to try and win. I'm not sure how many people care to watch this rematch though. I know I don't. If someone gets knocked out I'll happily watch the clip but we've already seen this spectacle.
I wonder if this will make a difference to Woodly. He could get reckless going all out for a KO.
Oh, the same result again right?
looking forward to seeing this kind of scenario, where when he has the chance to follow up some huge punches but he chose to remain calm because he might lose his payment if he throws another punch. Rig!
This isn't talked about enough, that's a knockdown. He's clearly being held up by the ropes, the annoying part is Woodley didn't capitalise on this after hurting Jake. Something which us MMA fans have gotten used to, and has earned his nickname "the frozen one".
I honestly think Tyron can put away Jake Paul in round one if he would just let his hands go. Unfortunately, I'm expecting this to go similar to how it did in the first fight.
I just wish Tyron would open up a little more, and have a little bit of fun in there on the night. Jake clearly isn't that good, alright he's probably better than you would expect from a Youtuber coming into boxing, but he certainly isn't usual pro boxing standards.
He might do, especially with that 500k bonus. He knows what he needs to do in this fight and I think he has to try go for a knockout. Doubt he will outbox him so unless he wants to lose on points he's going to have to capitalise if he stuns Jake again. In Jake's defence though he recovered very well.
Don't worry. Jake Paul's reputation won't be changed even he will win continuously unless he will now fight a real professional boxer in their prime.
Without knowing what went on behind the scenes, and seeing evidence of Tommy's injuries we can't really assume this was a dodge. So, we can't really blame Jake Paul for Tommy pulling out. I wouldn't hold it against Jake in this case, I'm not a huge fan of Jake Paul, but he isn't the one to blame. Although, that doesn't mean Tommy is to blame either, accidents, and injuries happen there's no real way of avoiding them. Just unfortunate timing.
Tommy has posted evidence that has been independently checked by doctors to be legit, unless he faked it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPrBKZKzUITyson did say a week or two ago that he might have broken his rib (as well as his own):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYZDLaf6Xo It was probably from doing that stupid medicine ball exercise where he was just smashing it into his ribs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC94DFkJa3UNo idea what's that's good for other than some broken ribs.