Before two professional boxers meet between the ring ropes, they have trained for thousands of hours. Countless rounds of sparring, jumping rope until the calves cramp, being disciplined every day, bleeding, sweating, crying – often from childhood. Only a fraction of professional boxers make it to the top and into the headlines. But there are detours, or rather: shortcuts.
You just have to be a B-celebrity to gain fame and money in boxing. This is called celebrity boxing. Great entertainment in which the sporting quality is often manageable, if it even exists. The American influencer Jake Paul has brought the format into a new era. His fights are so successful that on the night from Friday to Saturday (2 a.m. German time) he even fought against the long-retired boxing legend Mike Tyson starts. Tyson is now 58 years old.
