Jake Paul has been accused of “elderly abuse” after his victory over boxing legend and veteran Mike Tyson was labelled a “horrible watch” and “disgusting”.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer and 58-year-old former heavyweight champion battled it out in front of 70,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas, with many more millions tuning into Netflix in what has been billed as one of the most-watched boxing fights of all time.

Paul, 27, faced widespread criticism for the decision to pull Tyson, who is 31 years his elder, out of retirement to hold the fight, and the opinion did not change after the Brooklyn-born heavyweight looked every one of his 58 years during the eight-round bout, which ended in a unanimous points victory for Paul.

Fans booed the contest throughout, with many turning for the exit as it failed to provide much action after Tyson landed just 18 of the 97 punches he threw after looking gassed after two rounds.

“What a sad watch,” Paul’s YouTube rival KSI wrote on Instagram. “Whole thing was sad. Mike is twice the age of Jake Paul. It was never ever gonna be close. I can’t believe that this elderly abuse was even sanctioned. Just disgusting.”

Katie Taylor’s victory over Amanda Serrano was applauded as one of the fights of the year on the undercard. The boxing world derided the main event, with unified welterweight champion Terence Crawford saying Tyson looked like “trash” and former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew calling out the public for giving credence to the fight.

“I love Mike Tyson, but they [are] giving him too much credit,” two-weight undisputed champion Crawford wrote on X.

“He looked like trash, to train that long and only throw 97 punches the whole fight is crazy. I’m just glad he didn’t get hurt out there.”