Despite a sad spectacle against Jake Paul, Mike Tyson might carry on

Nearly 50 million households globally tuned in live for the co-main event featuring Taylor and Serrano. It will likely prove to be the most watched professional women's sporting event in US history.

SAD SPECTACLE: Jake Paul and Mike Tyson before their heavyweight bout at AT&T Stadium. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The field was full of attendees taking selfies, bartenders dispensing cocktails and glammed up celebrities. It was sight and sound of a party in the front room of the Dallas Cowboys. In the middle the floor an undercard fight was taking place, as a sort of backing track. Nothing suggested a fight crowd until Mike Tyson appeared on the screen.

Pop. The closed roof shook as a stunning majority in the AT&T Stadium 70,000 aired their support for Iron Mike. Even Iron rusts. 27-year-old Jake Paul, a social media star who has recently begun to disrupt the sport, beat the 58-year-old comprehensively on points. They turned out in force to see the legend. The legend is long gone.