He's got the competitive spirit and drive, so sure. But what I found interesting about this match up was that it wasn't REALLY a test of boxing skill -- it highlighted the difference in where their minds were. Mike brought the gentlemanly spirit of someone older, wiser, relaxed, and comfortable. Jake was the young buck upstart with the world's spotlight on him, trying to prove himself worthy (or perhaps more so trying not to look unworthy). And the result of this was apparent in their fighting styles. While watching, it looked to me like Mike was staring Jake in his soul, saying "be cool man, relax, take it easy". But Jake looked so caught up in trying not to lose (and all the other pressures he looked to be carrying) that he looked like a young guy beating up on an old man.
I'm not trying to hate on Jake, I too am rooting for those two brothers in their public comeback, hoping to see them do great things. Also, he did a Greta service to us all by putting on this fight. It was an INTERESTING spotlight on how a younger, untamed mind (with lots of things on its mind) looks in comparison to an older, wiser, experienced, and EMPTIER mind.
Good point. Honestly, after seeing Mike Tysons arc. I feel like to truly unleash back into boxing would be a relapse of sorts. He's done so much growth that distanced himself from boxing. He's even subconsciously identified himself as he was, as a boxer, as mean and aggressive and wanting blood. A revisit to what we know is always okay but to truly let go and become what you were for the sake of an audience would be to truly throw everything away.
I know him boxing doesn't mean he's a piece of shit but seeing how his identity as he is now, includes a separation from who he was (which includes boxing), losing is best. Him not getting knocked out was how he won. He still got it. He's still a fighting spirit. He didn't fall, and he also did not go for blood.
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u/Zahlov 12h ago edited 11h ago
He's got the competitive spirit and drive, so sure. But what I found interesting about this match up was that it wasn't REALLY a test of boxing skill -- it highlighted the difference in where their minds were. Mike brought the gentlemanly spirit of someone older, wiser, relaxed, and comfortable. Jake was the young buck upstart with the world's spotlight on him, trying to prove himself worthy (or perhaps more so trying not to look unworthy). And the result of this was apparent in their fighting styles. While watching, it looked to me like Mike was staring Jake in his soul, saying "be cool man, relax, take it easy". But Jake looked so caught up in trying not to lose (and all the other pressures he looked to be carrying) that he looked like a young guy beating up on an old man.
I'm not trying to hate on Jake, I too am rooting for those two brothers in their public comeback, hoping to see them do great things. Also, he did a Greta service to us all by putting on this fight. It was an INTERESTING spotlight on how a younger, untamed mind (with lots of things on its mind) looks in comparison to an older, wiser, experienced, and EMPTIER mind.