However, at certain points, it appeared that he was easing off and he made no attempt to go for the KO.
In his post-fight press conference, a reporter asked: “At any point did you start to take your foot off the gas just a little bit because you knew he was tiring out?”
Paul, without much hesitation, replied: “Yeah, definitely. Definitely a bit. I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to hurt someone [Tyson] that didn’t need to be hurt.”
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