Jake Paul is about to battle former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a boxing match that can be livestreamed on Netflix.
The bout is scheduled to happen on July 20 on the AT&T Stadium in Texas and can be accessible to all Netflix subscribers. Extra data, together with the co-main occasion and undercards, can be introduced at a later date. It’s being produced in a partnership between Netflix and Paul’s and Nakisa Bidarian’s Most Priceless Promotions (MVP).
This won’t be the primary time Paul and Tyson have appeared on a boxing card collectively. Paul fought within the co-main occasion of the pay-per-view that noticed Tyson battle an exhibition match in opposition to Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, which was Tyson’s first boxing match since 2006. Paul defeated former NBA participant Nate Robinson by way of knockout within the second spherical in what was Paul’s second skilled boxing match.
Paul has racked up a professional file of 9 wins, 1 loss, with 6 knockouts since his debut in January 2020. He most just lately defeated Ryan Bourland by way of TKO on March 2. Tyson has a professional file of fifty wins, 6 losses, with 44 knockouts.
“It’s loopy to assume that in my second professional battle, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard,” Paul stated. “Now, lower than 4 years later, I’m 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 supply the largest battle in historical past, a battle within the largest NFL stadium within the US, broadcast stay, on the largest streaming platform on this planet – a testomony to all we’ve completed in such a brief period of time. Whether or not you’re tuning in on Netflix or exhibiting out in individual, whether or not you’re crew Paul or crew Tyson, or whether or not you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first battle, you’re not going to wish to miss this occasion. I couldn’t be extra excited to make this wonderful battle accessible to all Netflix subscribers alongside the toughest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July twentieth. My sights are set on changing into a world champion, 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.”
“I’m very a lot wanting ahead to moving into the ring with Jake Paul on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” Tyson stated. “He’s grown considerably as a boxer over time, so it is going to be plenty of enjoyable to see what the desire and ambition of a ‘child’ can do with the expertise and aptitude of a GOAT. It’s a full circle second that can be past thrilling to observe; as I began him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my battle with Roy Jones and now I plan to complete him.”
Authorized illustration for Most Priceless Promotions and Paul was supplied by Michael B. Abramson of Solomon Ward. Tyson was repped by Andrew Ruf at Paradigm.
This marks Netflix’s newest enterprise into the world of stay sports activities. The streaming big most just lately aired “The Netflix Slam,” a tennis matchup between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. Previous to that, they aired the golf occasion “The Netflix Cup.” Netflix can be set to change into the weekly house of WWE’s “Monday Evening Uncooked” starting in 2025.