Jake Paul vs. Nate Robinson Fight

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Nate Robinson @nate_robinson - 14t 000 Tonight l'm fighting for my brothers in the NBA, athletes across the world, and most importantly my children. #tysonjones #holdat TITLE 6,3k 27 19,7k 45,3k daisy @daisyyb2 · 10t Nate Robinson please beat the white privilege out of Jake Paul, thank you 000 105 27 21 125 Indigalo192 @indigalo192 000 ES Svar til @daisyyb2 og @nate_robinson Jake beat him back to slavery Oversett tweeten 5:55 a.m. 29. nov. 2020 · Twitter for iPad

iljolfZage #De ZevPilgrim @WolfKage15 - 5m I feel this punch screamed n----- when it landed 000 27 2 3 Courtney. @xforeignkickz · 26m It's like he said n----- with his hands 000 27 39 59 BURGER KING

Malik @sun3athe · 13m What's not racist but feels racist? Nate getting rocked by Jake Paul Reese Waters @reesewaters 51m This feels like a hate crime 1 liban @libanmoussaa 9m mf that jake paul seems racist Show this thread kevie @ShingSplints · 17m my friend said jake paul knocking out nate robinson felt racist and i think he's right 000 King @hatedbymost132 · 18m 000 Jake Paul beating Nate Robinson like that feels racist to me Beyonce #SlimeTime @SLIME703 · 53m Damn Nate Robinson the bid 4 tonight 2 Santanaxa @Xa909 · 18m 000 Jake Paul bitch ass is somehow racist for that idc 1 Trix!00 @YxngTrlx · 14m 000 Jake Paul fr knocked out Nate Robinson this gotta be racist somehow 444 @Obduelahi · 12m what Jake Paul did tonight was racist and i won't stand for it 1 K2H @BIN4B1N · 17m Jake Paul beat Nate Robinson so bad to the point it looked racist 27 1 8 SCULLY @agentsculllyy · 19m IDGAF THIS WAS RACIST a G Fck Jake Paul 000 27 1 ACAB @Evan_pittard · 14m I can't explain it, but Jake Paul knocking out Nate Robinson is racist 000 IG: Playboikale @playboikalee 10m 000 Some how that jake Paul fight vs Nate robinson is racist man Spanish Mo @moodunlami · 4m 000 That punch by Jake Paul felt racist in every form of the word ©A OVON F @calvin107 · 14m 000 Replying to @ExWtv and @JrWave19 Jake paul winning seems very racist to me 27 22 eli @idonthaveadad · 7m cant get the feeling that this feels racist to watch jake paul do that ht acab @YSLHUDA · 17m i cant explain it but that entire jake paul match is racist 1 Andrew @andrew_wc · 18m I don't know how but that Jake Paul Nate Robinson fight was racist 000

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Overview

Jake Paul vs. Nate Robinson Fight refers to a professional boxing match between YouTuber Jake Paul and former professional basketball player Nate Robinson. Paul won via knockout in the second round of the fight, leading to a surge of jokes online about Robinson's poor performance.

Background

On July 23rd, 2020, a fight between Nate Robinson and Jake Paul was announced to take place in Los Angeles as an undercard bout on a night that would feature Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. as the main event. The bout was originally scheduled to take place in September but was moved back to November 28th, 2020.^[1]

On the night of the fight, Paul defeated Robinson by knocking him out in the second round. Paul^[2] seemed to have a clear advantage in the short fight, knocking Robinson to the mat in the first round before ultimately knocking Robinson out with what was described as a "brutal" knockout in the second round.

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Developments

After the match, social media was quickly flooded with memes mocking Robinson's performance in the fight. In particular, the responses to Nate Robinson's tweet on the night of the fight found many mocking Robinson with various photoshops and pop culture references. For example, user @JC22pr^[3] posted an Among Us parody of the fight, gaining over 890 retweets and 17,000 likes (shown below, left). User @Infernasu^[4] tweeted a parody showing Robinson being punched in Dragon Ball, gaining over 540 retweets and 8,500 likes (shown below, right).

JC 000 @JC22pr Replying to @FootballHead and @nate_robinson DEAD BODY REPORTED 11:20 PM · Nov 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Star Code: Infernasu 000 @Infernasu Replying to @nate_robinson fb99

Others posted videos parodying the fight. For example, user @ungenugatti posted former NBA player Paul Pierce's reaction to the fight, captioning it "Every black person before & after Nate Robinson vs Jake Paul," gaining over 440 retweets and 3,300 likes (shown below, top). TikTok user Trarags posted a video where a McDonald's employee thinks he can fight Robinson. The video was reposted to Twitter by @SimpleMachines_, gaining over 460 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, bottom).