Don't . Don't get mad at me , but I wanted to see a total knockout . I wanted to see somebody just get the stuffing knocked out of them . Welcome to the Only Child Diaries podcast . I'm your host , racy Wallace . Have you ever felt like you didn't receive the how-to brochure on life , that you didn't get enough guidance about major life issues ? So did I . You don't have to be an only child to feel this way . In my podcast , we'll explore some of the best ways to better navigate adulting , while doing so with humor and light . Welcome everyone to the Only Child Diaries podcast .

Today , I'm going to talk about boxing . Yes , boxing . Now , this is not a subject that I would normally talk to you about , or that I would normally talk to anyone about really , but I admit I got caught up in the hype of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight that was streamed live this week on Netflix . I was actually excited about it . I can't really explain to you why . I've never been a boxing fan . I've never really even watched boxing . I can't recall in my lifetime when I've ever watched maybe a complete boxing match . But this time I not only watched the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight , but I watched what was it all four of the matches that Netflix had that night , including the Katie Taylor Amanda Serrano fight , which , to me , was something of a unique experience . Now , the reason that I want to talk to you about this today is because , well , I'm somewhat haunted by the results and the experience , just in total . I mean , first of all , there was a hard time being completely objective whenever there are two sides right , two teams , two opponents right . So can you guess which side I picked in the Mike Tyson Jake Paul fight ? Well , if you picked Mike Tyson , you're right . Why ? Because he's older . I was very impressed with the fact that he's 58 years old . He's the old guy , but he's out there . He seems like he's in great shape . I mean , did you see him at the weigh-in ? I mean , wow , mike , you're doing a great job , whatever you're doing , and he's overcome a lot of things in his life . I mean , he's really been a great fighter . But he's had some health issues and I thought he looked strong . I mean , he looked like a tank , for gosh sakes , right . Jake Paul , on the other hand , had youth on his side , less than what ? Half Mike's age or just about that . A little bit taller , also somewhat built like a tank , maybe not as much experience and certainly he hadn't won as many fights as Mike had .

Now , before we get on to that , let's go back to the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano fight . I admit I got warmed up with the two preliminary fights , the Barrios-Ramos and the other one . The first one , I can't really recall the names . Now let me just say I'm a gentle soul . I don't like to see people beating each other up in any regard , whether it's physical or emotional . In any regard , whether it's physical or emotional , I think there are better sports that you could pick . But I found the whole thing fascinating . I mean , it was a spectacle . Netflix obviously used it as somewhat of a promotion for some of their shows , aka Cobra Kai and some others , but you know , that may be what it is . It's a Netflix thing , right ? Oh , and they also had a lot of issues with the streaming also had a lot of issues with the streaming , understandably , since there were a reported probably 65 million people watching this thing . Whatever they did to promote it , they did a great job , you have to admit that , and there was obviously interest in seeing this .

There were 72,000 people in the arena alone , okay , so Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano came out to fight . One of them was 37 . One of them was 38 , I believe these two girls . I have never seen two women box each other and this was pretty eye-opening . Amanda got a split um , well , it wasn't a split eye , but it was right over her eyebrow split open and it kept getting more and more split and that was a little hard to watch . I mean , talk about reality TV , right , and the whole team . Every time they'd try to , you know , wipe off the blood and put it looked like petroleum jelly on these wounds . But I mean blood pouring down her face , getting in her eye . What does that feel like ? Does it sting ? Hard to see , makes it a little tough . But I thought Amanda did a great job . And the judges I mean , how do they judge this ? The judges gave it to Katie , which I thought was a real ripoff to Amanda . I'm just saying I don't know anything about it , but there were some boos in the auditorium . I don't think I was alone on that .

So back to Mike Tyson and Jake Paul . Now , jake Paul , he had a lot of extra fluff right Around his entrance . He had the car . I don't know why . He had a bird in a cage . I tried to look it up . I guess it's his pet bird . I mean , okay , you like your bird , I wouldn't take him to an arena with 72,000 people in it . He had the eye candy girlfriend on his arm with the low , low , low cut dress . I hope you can have good conversations with each other , and it was , you know . Does he ? Do you really need that ? So then Mike comes out and he's just all about Mike . He just walks out and he doesn't need all that right , he's just Mike Tyson .

He came out in the first round really strong and Bill and I were watching and we thought , gosh , he's really gonna , you know , knock Jake Paul out the second round . He was really strong , but then something changed in the third round and it was just kind of like he wasn't , and it was just kind of like he wasn't feeling it anymore , he wasn't trying anymore or he wasn't feeling as strong anymore . I'm not really sure . I'm not an expert and I'm probably not the one to ask , but the rest of the fight was just kind of somewhat of a disappointment . I admit .

I really thought and hoped , of course , that Mike Tyson would win , and I wanted to and don't get mad at me but I wanted to see a total knockout , at least in one of these bouts . Last night I wanted to see somebody just get the stuffing knocked out of them , but that didn't happen and everybody at the end seemed like they were friends , they were professional , they hugged each other , they were supportive , which is nice to see , right . So it's hard to imagine that Mike Tyson , who looked as strong as he did , couldn't have gotten more hits , more punches out on Jake Paul , but in the end Jake was respectful of Mike and they said nice things about each other . So I guess that was a good thing . I guess I guess , but I think I've had my fill of boxing for probably this decade , if not my entire life . Anyway , that's all I've got for today .

Next week I'm going to revisit with you my favorite Thanksgiving episode , because the holidays are upon us . I hope you'll join me . If you like this episode , please follow the Only Child Diaries podcast on Apple Podcasts or other platforms you might listen on and consider rating Only Child Diaries and writing a review . It helps others to find us . Please share it with a friend you think might like it as well . Visit my Instagram page , only Child Diaries or Facebook Only Child Diaries Podcast . Thanks for listening . I'm Tracy Wallaceace , and these are the only child diaries .