Jake Paul to battle Mike Tyson in boxing match livestreamed on Netflix

Social media influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul will battle former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a boxing match this summer season — and all the occasion will air completely on Netflix.

The streaming large introduced Thursday that it’s partnering up with Most Useful Promotions to placed on a dwell “mega-event” on July 20 on the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Netflix stated the boxing match will probably be headlined by the 27-year-old Paul and 57-year-old Tyson, who hasn’t entered the ring since his 2020 exhibition battle in opposition to Roy Jones Jr. that led to a draw.

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Paul’s rise to stardom as a social media influencer began within the 2010s when he began posting fashionable movies on the now-defunct platform Vine after which went on to construct a large following of greater than 20 million subscribers on YouTube. It wasn’t till 2018 when he determined to pivot his profession to give attention to boxing and turned professional simply two years later. 

Paul has gone on to win 9 of his first 10 fights — together with six wins by knockout — along with his solely loss coming final yr to Tommy Fury, the brother of present heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. However the social media star has confronted criticism over a number of of his wins, which got here in opposition to largely unknown opponents within the boxing world and left some critics questioning whether or not the fights have been mounted.

In the meantime, there is no room for speculations in regards to the validity of “Iron Mike” Tyson’s boxing resume.  

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Extensively considered the “Baddest Man on the Planet,” Tyson is acknowledged as ESPN’s hardest-hitting heavyweight of all time and have become the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing historical past in 1986 at simply 20 years outdated. He went on to supply a profession document of fifty wins and 6 losses — together with 44 wins by knockout — earlier than retiring in 2005. 

“My sights are set on changing into a world champion,” stated Paul. “And now I’ve an opportunity to show myself in opposition to the best heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and probably the most harmful boxer of all time. This would be the battle of a lifetime.”

Paul and Tyson are additionally no strangers to 1 one other. In simply his second profession battle, Paul appeared on the Tyson-Jones undercard in 2020 when he defeated retired NBA star Nate Robinson by knockout. Simply 4 years later, he’ll now step into the ring in opposition to some of the feared boxers on this planet — no matter his age.

“I am very a lot trying ahead to entering into the ring with Jake Paul on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” stated Tyson. “He is grown considerably as a boxer through the years, so it is going to be numerous enjoyable to see what the desire and ambition of a ‘child’ can do with the expertise and aptitude of a GOAT.  It is a full circle second that will probably be past thrilling to observe.”

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