Jake Paul and Mike Tyson They announced a fight in Dallas in July live on Netflix. Despite the 30-year age difference between the two fighters, the fight will take place in AT&T Stadiumwith the capacity for 80,000 spectatorsand home of the Dallas Cowboys. Jake Paul promised on Instagram that Mike Tyson would “sleep”.. It will be 58 years old when they face each other in the ring, for 27 Paul will be 27.
The fight will air live on Netflixwho published a video in which Paul was seen getting off a helicopter and confronting Tyson. “I really want to be in the ring with Jake Paul”Tyson declared. ‘He has grown a lot as a boxer over the years, so it will be great fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and skills of a GOAT.’
Paul, who won his last fight against Ryan Bourland on Saturday, wrote on Instagram: ‘Time to put Iron Mike to bed.’ He added: “It’s crazy to think that in my second professional fight I went viral knocking out Nate Robinson on a Mike Tyson undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m going to face Tyson myself to see if i have what it takes to beat one of the most famous fighters and greatest boxing icons“.
“My goal is become world champion, and now I have the chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion in history, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. “This will be the fight of my life,” Paul added.
Former heavyweight champion Tyson returns to the ring in 2020 for an eight-round exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr in Los Angeles. His last professional fight was in 2005 and it is unclear whether this match will be categorized as a professional match or an exhibition event.
He has also worked with Francis Ngannou, the former UFC fighter who switched to boxing and nearly lost to Tyson Fury. Ngannou will fight Anthony Joshua this Friday in Arabia, but Tyson will not be in this training camp.
Included in the event another Netflix foray into live sports broadcastingbecause it also broadcasts “The Netflix Cup” -a golf event between Formula One drivers and golfers- and a tennis event called Netflix Slamin between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
Source: La Verdad
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