Veteran boxer Mike Tyson is set to go head-to-head with Jake Paul, who rose to fame as a YouTuber and has pivoted to boxing.
After earning legendary status in the ring as a heavyweight champion with a career that began in the 1980s, Tyson retired professionally in 2005 and then laced up his gloves to do exhibition matches for a few years. The 58-year-old's last bout was in 2020 against Roy Jones Jr., another former world champion. Paul, who's 27, has been training for months and aims to win. Their training journey is chronicled in Netflix's documentary, Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson.
On Thursday night, Tyson slapped Paul in the face during the pair's standoff at the weigh-in after the latter crawled onto stage, stepped on Tyson's foot and stood in his face. Now, fans can't wait for the bell to ring at tonight's event.
Paul and Tyson have been promoting this Netflix match-up all year, which was postponed from its original date of July 20. Broadcasting live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the event will feature a series of preliminary matches before the main card on Friday night.
Ringside commentary will be provided by Roy Jones Jr., Mauro Ranallo and Rosie Perez. Sean Wheelock will serve as the rules and scoring expert with Mark Calo-oy as the referee. The heavyweight bout between Paul and Tyson will have eight rounds that last two minutes each, and is sanctioned as a professional fight by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Therefore, it will be scored, but no title is involved. Instead, these fighters are facing each other to earn money.
Veteran boxer Mike Tyson is set to go head-to-head with Jake Paul, who rose to fame as a YouTuber and has pivoted to boxing.
After earning legendary status in the ring as a heavyweight champion with a career that began in the 1980s, Tyson retired professionally in 2005 and then laced up his gloves to do exhibition matches for a few years. The 58-year-old's last bout was in 2020 against Roy Jones Jr., another former world champion. Paul, who's 27, has been training for months and aims to win. Their training journey is chronicled in Netflix's documentary, Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson.
On Thursday night, Tyson slapped Paul in the face during the pair's standoff at the weigh-in after the latter crawled onto stage, stepped on Tyson's foot and stood in his face. Now, fans can't wait for the bell to ring at tonight's event.
Paul and Tyson have been promoting this Netflix match-up all year, which was postponed from its original date of July 20. Broadcasting live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the event will feature a series of preliminary matches before the main card on Friday night.
Ringside commentary will be provided by Roy Jones Jr., Mauro Ranallo and Rosie Perez. Sean Wheelock will serve as the rules and scoring expert with Mark Calo-oy as the referee. The heavyweight bout between Paul and Tyson will have eight rounds that last two minutes each, and is sanctioned as a professional fight by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Therefore, it will be scored, but no title is involved. Instead, these fighters are facing each other to earn money.