Stephen and Ayesha Curry were ready to cheer for former Warriors teammate Nate Robinson in his first professional boxing match. Their excitement didn't last long.
Within two minutes, Robinson was KO'd by YouTuber Jake Paul, quickly ending the undercard match before Mike Tyson's revival bout on Saturday night. Paul, whose "controversies" section of his Wikipedia page lists his insistence COVID-19 is a hoax, ongoing terrible neighbor behavior and casual usage of racial slurs, is now 2-0 as a professional boxer.
"It's tough to judge what level of skill the 23-year-old Paul has, because Robinson had no experience," ESPN commented bluntly.
Robinson, 36, is a three-time NBA slam dunk contest champion and was teammates with Curry during the 2012 season. Although their stint sharing the locker room was short, Curry came ready to cheer for Robinson:
After Robinson was laid flat, Curry expressed concern:
But Robinson got up, Curry decided it was all-clear to make a little fun of his friend. On Robinson's pre-fight tweet, where he declared he would "shock the world," Curry replied, "I see no lies." That tweet has over 32,000 retweets.
Former Warrior Nick Young was also less-than-charitable in his assessment of Robinson's showing.
Meanwhile, Ayesha Curry opted to look on the bright side after the disastrous fight.
"Don’t care about the KO, I just think it’s cool to see someone trying something new and stepping out of their comfort zone," she wrote. "That’s dope and inspiring. You don’t have to just be one thing. I never want to live a life where I look back and say I didn’t try something I wanted."
After being bombarded with replies criticizing her boxing take, Ayesha took the Twitter heat in stride.
"I should just delete the app," she wrote jokingly. "I’ve aged out… I’m 31 but I think I’ve aged out. This is amazing."
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