The Staples Center sat empty under Covid restrictions, echoes bouncing off the vacant seats as middle-aged legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. prepared to meet in an exhibition streamed to more than 1.6 million pay-per-view spectators around the world.

After a respectful press conference where neither man was keen to engage in the customary trash talk that comes with a Jake Paul fight, the pair finally faced off. Anthony Joshua has been slapped with a 245lb weight limit for the bout, but looked massive compared to Paul as they came head-to-head.