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Spike O'Sullivan: Paul and Tyson is prime panto but Katie has to pull Serrano into a chess match

After serving up the greatest bout in women's boxing history, the great rivals do it all again as the curtain-raiser for a cringe-fest. But Taylor simply cannot make it as close as the first one because Serrano will surely get the call. 
Spike O'Sullivan: Paul and Tyson is prime panto but Katie has to pull Serrano into a chess match

A CUT ABOVE: Katie Taylor, seated behind Mike Tyson, during a press conference, held at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, USA, ahead of her undisputed super lightweight championship fight with Amanda Serrano, on November 15th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

We’ve heard plenty this week about boxers and their prime but let me tell you something — I’d like to stick Jake Paul’s Prime where the sun doesn’t shine.

Everyone’s worried about how a 58-year-old Mike Tyson will manage to chase the YouTuber/pain in the hole around a ring in Dallas on Friday night. I’m more concerned with me having to chase around every corner of Cork to find bottles of Prime, the sports drink that Paul's brother Logan owns and the pair of them constantly promote. Between the pair of them they've made it wildly popular with kids.

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