Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and influence-turned-boxer Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on July 20. The combat will air on Netflix.
“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and I anticipate will probably be the most-watched boxing occasion in trendy boxing historical past,” mentioned Most Priceless Promotions co-rounded Nakisa Bidarian mentioned in an announcement.
It is unclear whether or not the boxing match shall be an exhibition bout or an expert combat. MVP signed a cope with Netflix for a boxing card final November in line with Bidarian.
“[Paul has] grown considerably as a boxer through the years, so will probably be a variety of enjoyable to see what the need and ambition of a ‘child’ can do with the expertise and aptitude of a GOAT,” Tyson mentioned in an announcement. “It is a full-circle second that shall be past thrilling to look at, as I began him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my combat with Roy Jones, and now I plan to complete him.”
“It is loopy to suppose that in my second professional combat I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard,” Paul mentioned in an announcement. “Now, lower than 4 years later, I am stepping as much as face Tyson myself to see if I’ve what it takes to beat one among boxing’s most infamous fighters and largest icons. Inside simply two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to provide the most important combat in historical past, a combat within the greatest NFL stadium within the US, broadcast reside, on the most important streaming platform on this planet — a testomony to all we have completed in such a brief period of time.”
“Mike Tyson is without doubt one of the greatest icons in boxing historical past and Jake Paul is without doubt one of the greatest disruptors in boxing historical past,” Netflix vice chairman for nonfiction sports activities Gabe Spitzer mentioned in an announcement. “Saturday, July 20 shall be pure drama within the ring in Texas. We’re thrilled to companion with Most Priceless Promotions for this historic occasion and we won’t look ahead to these two to face off for followers all internationally on Netflix.”
Paul is coming off a first-round knockout win over Ryan Bourland final weekend. He is 9-1 in his skilled boxing profession. In November 2020, Tyson confronted Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition bout. The combat went the space and was dominated a draw.
