Jake Paul believes he can fight for a championship belt within two years.

Mike Tyson might be finished in the ring after the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion’s first sanctioned pro bout since 2005.

An event hyped like a prize fight turned into a glorified sparring session, the eight-round bout won by Paul in a lopsided unanimous decision at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys on Friday night.

There will continue to be questions for Paul over when he will fight a contender in his prime, as opposed to aging former champs, mixed martial artists or journeymen boxers.

The 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer’s answers have been consistent, and now he has a timeline.

“I think it could happen in the next 24 months,” Paul said. “I truly, truly believe in my skills and my ability and my power. And the cruiserweight division is seemingly open for the taking on that timeline.”

Tyson, whose last fight before retiring was a loss to Kevin McBride 19 years ago, said he was confident in taking on Paul because of an entertaining exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. in front of no fans during the pandemic in 2020.

A shorter fight (instead of 10 or 12 rounds) with shorter rounds (two minutes instead of three) and heavier gloves fell far short of entertaining.

The International Boxing Hall of Famer came at Paul hard in the opening seconds, and briefly again to start the second round. Otherwise, he mostly let Paul come to him, and Paul said he thought Tyson was too fatigued to be a threat beyond the third round.

Still, Tyson wouldn’t say immediately afterward it was his last fight after the officially recorded loss dropped his record to 50-7 with 44 knockouts.

“It depends on the situation,” Tyson said before suggesting a fight with Paul’s older brother, Logan Paul, who was standing near him in the ring.

But Tyson said he had gone in the ring “one last time” in a social media post Saturday that provided details about the health scare he faced that forced the postponement from the fight’s original date this summer.

“I almost died in June,” Tyson wrote on X. “Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.”

“He’s a very good fighter,” said Tyson, the undisputed heavyweight champ from 1987-90, after Paul won 80-72 on one judge’s scorecard and 79-73 on the other two.

Tennis

Fritz to face Sinner for ATP Finals trophy >> Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is going to face a very familiar opponent for the trophy at the ATP Finals.

Sinner beat Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-2 to set up another match with Taylor Fritz — the player he beat in the U.S. Open final two months ago and again in the group stage here on Tuesday.

Earlier, Fritz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3) as he attempts to become the first American to win the elite eight-man tournament since Pete Sampras, who defeated Andre Agassi in 1999.

NHL

Oleksiak keys Kraken’s win >> Jamie Oleksiak scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:13 left, and the Seattle Kraken beat the New York Islanders 3-2 for their fourth straight win.

Yanni Gourde and Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, and Brandon Tanev had two assists. Joey Daccord stopped 22 shots.

Blues’ Schenn scores OT winner >> Brayden Schenn scored 2:53 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Bruins 3-2 in Boston to halt a four-game losing streak.

Women’s soccer

Washington advances to NWSL title game >> Aubrey Kingsbury saved the first three penalties in a shootout and the Spirit defeated defending champion Gotham FC in Washington to advance to the National Women’s Soccer League championship.

Esther González scored first for Gotham before Hal Hershfelt equalized in second-half stoppage time. With neither team scoring in extra time, the game went to a penalty shootout.

The Spirit will face the winner of today’s semifinal between the Orlando Pride and the Kansas City Current in the NWSL championship match next Saturday.

Golf

Korda slices into Hull’s LPGA lead >> Nelly Korda holed two long birdie putts to start her recovery from a six-shot deficit to Charley Hull, cutting the lead down to one shot going into the final round of The Annika.

Campos shares PGA lead in Bermuda >> Rafael Campos celebrated the birth of his daughter on Monday and now is in position for another big moment. He set a personal best with a 9-under 62 to share the lead going into the final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Andrew Novak also shot a 62 and Justin Lower shot 68 and is one shot behind.