The big fight

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 Tyson vs Paul was more than a fight between two boxers. It was a fight between Gen X and Gen Z. The after fight reports say Paul won and that he took it easy on Tyson by not humiliating him. Let me get through the fight without embarrassing him. Like does Jake Paul have some kind of grace?  From what I saw iron Mike was up past his bedtime and Jake Paul could have destroyed him. But he exercised restraint. Probably because he respected Tyson or didn’t want to destroy his image beating up an old man.  

This fight was about aging. As a gen xer I believe I am still young. I still got it. I am the man. Most of us do. But we aren’t. Time has taken its toll on us just as it has every generation before us. We don’t realize it. We think the younger generation is arrogant and too big for their britches. Just like the boomers probably thought about us at one time and the greatest generation probably thought about the boomers. 

If anything gen x should be humbled my what happened last night. Realizing we are aging and our bodies and minds can’t keep up with the younger ones - especially after 10 pm.  Even though we think otherwise. Perhaps realizing there should be grace both in winning and in losing. 

Mike Tyson losing is the reality check to my generation. We’re not the strongest, fastest or smartest anymore. What we do have is wisdom that comes from experience. That wisdom failed iron Mike because he actually the thought he could beat Jake Paul.  Or maybe he knew he would loose and wanted to make 20 million dollars with his swan song of a fight regardless of winning or losing.  

Who will Mike Tyson fight next?  George Foreman with his grill or Evander Holifield minus an ear. 

Or is Jake Paul going to fight Joe Biden or jimmy carter?

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