Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul Boxing Match Preview: Netflix Showdown

2024-03-10 03:27:45
A scene from the preview video for the boxing match between Mike Tyson (right) and Jake Paul released by Netflix. They are fighting while looking into each other’s eyes. /Netflix

Netflix brought in ‘Nuclear Fist’ Mike Tyson (58). According to Netflix on the 8th, Tyson will face ‘YouTuber boxer’ Jake Paul (28), who is 30 years younger than him, on July 20th (local time) in Arlington, Texas. It’s been 3 years since I’ve been in the ring. Netflix will broadcast the game live. The venue is AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL (US Professional Football) Dallas Cowboys, a large stadium that can accommodate 80,000 people.

Tyson is a star who is considered the strongest fighter in boxing history. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 and immediately became the youngest heavyweight world champion the following year. His professional record is 50 wins and 6 losses, with 44 coming by knockout. He earned nicknames including ‘Nuclear Fist’ and ‘Iron Mike’. During his career, there were many controversies, including serving three years in prison for rape and biting off the opponent’s ear during a match with Evander Holyfield (62, USA) in 1997. Even following officially retiring in 2005, he returned to the ring twice. He had a no contest exhibition match with Corey Sanders in 2006 and drew an event match with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020.

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Jake Paul, who faces Tyson, is a YouTuber and professional boxer with 20.5 million subscribers. He is the younger brother of Logan Paul (29), who is also a YouTuber and active in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). His older brother Logan had a boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47, USA) in 2021. Jake debuted in professional boxing in 2020 and has 9 wins (6 KOs) and 1 loss to date. He also won a fighting battle with famous mixed martial arts players such as Anderson Silva (49, Brazil) and Nate Diaz (39, USA). He fights in his first heavyweight boxing match once morest Tyson.

This match was made possible through collaboration between Jake’s sports event promotion company ‘MVP (Most Valuable Promotions)’ and Netflix. Netflix has recently been active in entering the sports content field. We produced a large number of sports documentaries, including ‘Run of Instinct’ (F1), ‘Full Swing’ (golf), ‘Break Point’ (tennis), and ‘Beckham’ (soccer), and signed a $5 billion (approximately 6.6 trillion won) deal with WWE last January. A broadcasting rights contract was also signed. Now, we directly plan and broadcast sports games. Last November, we produced and broadcasted ‘The Netflix Cup’, in which famous golfers such as Rickie Fowler (36, USA) and Justin Thomas (31, USA) and F1 drivers teamed up to compete in a golf game, and on the 3rd, the Spanish Tennis Shingu ( It also hosted a special match ‘The Netflix Slam’ between new and old stars Rafael Nadal (38) and Carlos Alcaraz (21).

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