But then what do you define as scripted? If it's scripted then it would be WWE. Every punch and move is planned to a tee and follows the script they've planned and trained for to perform publicly. This really wasn't in any way scripted in my opinion. It was what it was: A 27 year old in his prime having a glorified sparring session with a near 60-year old 30 years out of his prime. Jake obviously took it easy and Mike struggled to go the full distance but I don't believe they had any contractual agreement to do x and y at specific times other than maybe an agreement - whether contractual or just verbal - to not go crazy on each other. They might not have even had that. Jake may have just tested him out for the first round or so to see how dangerous (or not) Mike is and then decided whether to go a little easy once he realised there's not much chance of him getting hurt. As long as he threw and landed the most punches then he knows he will win and that's probably the best result for him as opposed to knocking a 60-year-old out or even worse for him getting knocked out himself. As for what I'd call it - it was just a spectacle. A headline grabbing fight that earned them both a shitload and it probably ended in the best way for both of them. I think whatever would have happened in this fight whether Jake or Mike got knocked out certain people will stay say it was scripted or fake etc.
I'm not certain about the whole game but I'm sure there was "No KO" clause in their contract before the game and that's my definition of "scripted" although I may be wrong.
Well, the first round was real fight, Jake didn't know what to expect and was abit scared, then found out he could beat Tyson even with his eyes closed then, the whole rounds became exhibition to entertain us.