Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
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| Date | July 20, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is an upcoming exhibition boxing match between professional boxer Jake Paul and former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson. The bout is scheduled to take place on July 20, 2024, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The event will be streamed globally on Netflix.[3]
Background
On November 3, 2023, it was reported that Netflix was considering streaming a boxing match involving Jake Paul.[4]
On March 7, 2024, it was announced that Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions had partnered to host an event headlined by Paul facing former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.[3] The event will be streamed globally exclusively on Netflix.[5]
On April 2, Tyson confirmed that the fight will be an exhibition bout and will not be recorded on their professional records.[6] In response to rumors of 18 ounce gloves and headgear, Tyson said in an interview, "not true at all", and clarified: "This is called an exhibition, but if you look up exhibition, you will not see any of the laws that we're fighting under. This is a fight."[7] On April 10, Paul confirmed that they will be submitting a request to the Texas Combative Sports Program for the bout to be sanctioned as a professional bout.[8]
On April 16, Netflix confirmed that the long awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles would be the co-feature bout.[9]
Fight card
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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| Heavyweight | Jake Paul | vs. | Mike Tyson | TBA | Note 1 | ||
| Lightweight | Katie Taylor (c) | vs. | Amanda Serrano | – (10) | Note 2 | ||
^Note 1 Exhibition bout
^Note 2 For WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles
References
- ^ "BoxRec: Jake Paul". BoxRec. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec: Mike Tyson". BoxRec.
- ^ a b Otterson, Joe (7 March 2024). "Jake Paul to Fight Mike Tyson in Live Netflix Boxing Event". Variety.
- ^ Toonkel, Jessica (3 November 2023). "Netflix Explores Streaming Live Boxing Match". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Heck, Mike (7 March 2024). "Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson set for July 20 at AT&T Stadium, will stream live on Netflix". MMA Fighting.
- ^ Davies, Harry (3 April 2024). "Mike Tyson announces major rule for Jake Paul fight - and fans are not happy". The Mirror. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Mike Tyson: Jake Paul is gonna be 'greatly mistaken'". Fox News. 2 April 2024. Event occurs at 2:40. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Jake Paul: Mike Tyson is 'underestimating me'". Fox News. 10 April 2024. Event occurs at 4:45. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Raimondi, Marc (16 April 2024). "Katie Taylor will face Amanda Serrano in July 20 rematch". ESPN.
