Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will face YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a fight that will be streamed by Netflix on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys, promoters said on Thursday.
\nTyson, who is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, said it would be fun to take on Paul, who is 27 and has a 9-1 record with six knockouts.
\n\u2018Iron Mike\u2019, who has a 50-6 record with 44 knockouts, will be hoping to shake off the rust as he will be 58 when the fight takes place at the 80,000 seat arena.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul,\u201d Tyson said in a statement.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a \u2018kid\u2019 can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch, as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.\u201d
\nPaul was on the undercard in 2020 when Tyson and Jones fought in an exhibition bout that was scored as a draw.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s crazy to think that in my second pro fight I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson\u2019s undercard,\u201d Paul said.
\n\u201cNow, less than four years later, I\u2019m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing\u2019s most notorious fighters and biggest icons.\u201d
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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The event will be streamed by Netflix. Tyson, who has a record of 50-6 with 44 knockouts, will be 58 years old at the time of the fight. Jake Paul has a record of 9-1 with six knockouts. The fight marks a significant moment as Paul was on the undercard of Tyson’s exhibition bout with Roy Jones in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1044,3,988,1045,421,991],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-boxing","tag-cyprus","tag-fight","tag-netflix","tag-sports","tag-stadium"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n