Jake Paul, renowned YouTuber and now professional boxer, will face former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on a date scheduled for July 2024 in Texas, United States which will be broadcast on Netflix.
The announcement came via the social networks of Jake Paul, who at 27 years old feels excited to be able to face a legend of the caliber of Mike Tyson in just 4 years of his professional career.
“It’s crazy to think that in my second professional fight I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson undercard.“Paul said in a statement. “Now, less than four years later, I’m going to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notable fighters and one of its biggest icons. Just two and a half years after founding MVP, we are about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the largest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the largest streaming platform. greatest in the world: a testimony for all. We have achieved it in such a short time”, he expressed.
Tyson is widely considered one of the best boxers in history, although he hung up his gloves in 2005 after a career in which he had 50 victories, 44 of those by knockout and 6 losses, in 2020 he starred in an exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr on the same card where Paul rose to fame as a boxer.
“He has grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT (Greatest of All Time).“Tyson said in a statement.”It’s a coming full circle moment that will be more than exciting to watch, as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones, and now I plan to finish him off.“said the 57-year-old American.
The fight is scheduled to take place on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.. Paul’s record as a boxer is 9-1, in his previous fights he has defeated former UFC stars such as Nate Diaz, Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley.
This will be the third sporting event that Netflix will be responsible for, after broadcasting The Netflix Cup, a tournament between golfers and Formula 1 drivers, and The Netflix Slam, a tennis match between Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
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