IRVING, TEXAS – Arguably, the biggest boxing event in recent memory is finassociate here.
Jake Paul, who rose to fame thcimpolite social media, is battling establisher weightyweight champion Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night.
Paul says he got the idea after an ayahuasca retreat, and it finassociate came to fruition when it was proclaimd back in March.
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Mike Tyson, left, and Jake Paul face off during their ceremonial weigh-in at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Nov. 14, 2024 in Irving, Texas. The two are scheduled to encounter in a weightyweight bout on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The fight was originassociate stardyd for July 20, but when Tyson had an ulcer flare-up in May, the fight was postponed four months.
Many may slfinisherk this is srecommend a accessibleity stunt, but the state of Texas is sanctioning this as a professional fight. Meaning, the fight will be on Tyson’s record and will be his first official fight since 2005, a sixth-round TKO loss to Kevin McBride (his bout aacquirest Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, where Paul was on the undercard aacquirest ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, was an showion). Meanwhile, this will be Paul’s third fight of the calfinishar year.
While it may be sanctioned, there are some tfrails: the fight will be eight, two-minute rounds with 14-ounce gadores.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul face off during their ceremonial weigh-in at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Nov. 14, 2024 in Irving, Texas. The two are scheduled to encounter in a weightyweight bout on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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The fight is being branded via Paul’s promotion, Most Valuable Promotions, which he and Nakisa Bidarian co-set uped in 2021. The promotion helped Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano sell out Madison Square Garden in 2022, and the two will have a resuit as the co-main event on Friday night.
Paul-Tyson will be widecast on Netflix at no graspitional accuse aside from a subscription, uncomferventing the fight can be widecast on proximately 300 million televisions worldexpansive.
Paul go ins the fight at 10-1 in his atgentle, with six of his victories coming via knockout. Tyson is 50-6 with 44 KOs.
The two boxers have apshown branch offent approaches in the direct up to the fight. Paul is doing what he does best: talk, troll and get people mad. Tyson, uncomferventwhile, has kept his answers low, pleasant and very to the point.
At least, that was the case until Thursday night.
Everyone got a pretty pleasant pscrutinize at the weigh-in, as Tyson smacked Paul with an uncover hand at the weigh in. Tyson even squared up but was held back by countless personnel before slfinishergs escatardyd.
Mike Tyson, left, and Jake Paul face off during weigh-ins, held at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, ahead of their weightyweight bout, on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
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However, in their own admireive way, that is how they lock in – and eight months of training will come down to, at most, 16 minutes on Friday.
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