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YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is acceptable to look heavyweight fable Mike Tyson successful an accumulation boxing lucifer connected July 20. The lawsuit volition beryllium broadcast exclusively connected Netflix and held astatine the 80,000-seat capableness AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, location of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.
"Iron Mike," 57, past fought professionally successful June 2005 and boasts a 50-6 vocation record, with 44 of his victories coming by mode of knockout. The erstwhile satellite heavyweight champion is wide considered 1 of the champion boxers successful history.
The 27-year-old Paul, meanwhile, has transitioned from YouTube to nonrecreational boxing and has won 9 of his 10 fights. His lone decision came against Tommy Fury, the younger half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, successful February 2023.
"My sights are acceptable connected becoming a satellite champion, and present I person a accidental to beryllium myself against the top heavyweight champion ever, the baddest antheral connected the satellite and the astir unsafe boxer of each time," Paul said successful a statement.
"This volition beryllium the combat of a lifetime."
Tyson - a subordinate of the boxing Hall of Fame - came retired of status to look Roy Jones Jr. successful an accumulation match, which ended successful a arguable divided draw, successful 2020. Paul bushed erstwhile NBA subordinate Nate Robinson connected the undercard of that fight.
"He's grown importantly arsenic a boxer implicit the years, truthful it volition beryllium a batch of amusive to spot what the volition and ambition of a 'kid' tin bash with the acquisition and aptitude of a GOAT (greatest of each time)," Tyson said of Paul, per a statement.
"It's a afloat ellipse infinitesimal that volition beryllium beyond thrilling to watch; arsenic I started him connected his boxing travel connected the undercard of my combat with Roy Jones and present I program to decorativeness him."
Internet personalities taking up boxing has travel a agelong mode successful the past 5 years.
Ever since the archetypal fights involving YouTube stars KSI and Joe Weller backmost successful 2017, radical from each walks of beingness - from TikTok to euphony - person slipped connected the gloves and stepped into the ring, with the accumulation demographic of the athletics increasing rapidly.
What seemingly started arsenic a money-driven determination from Paul has since developed into an evident emotion for boxing, with the societal media property moving hard to beryllium taken earnestly by those wrong the sport.
The combat successful July is apt to make immense sums of wealth for some men and, successful Tyson, volition supply fans an accidental to spot 1 of the astir unsafe fighters successful past successful the ringing erstwhile again.
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