The slap heard 'round the world struck Jake Paul on the left cheek Thursday night. Mike Tyson whipped his open-palmed right hand across Paul’s face at the weigh-in before their wild and weird and puzzling event.

The public has been less enthused with matchups between boxing's elite technicians and more inclined to watch fights that promise to be spectacles.

In another year, maybe even in another week, the spectacle and absurdity of this might have felt different. What are you supposed to say about a 58-year-old sports icon on a slickly-lit stage with a 27-year-old “content creator,