YouTuber Jake Paul will face former world champion Mike Tyson in a boxing match on July twentieth.
It’s not clear whether or not it is going to be an official combat or an exhibition match, however it is going to be staged in Texas and broadcast reside on the Netflix streaming platform.
Paul, 27, beat Ryan Bourland in his tenth professional combat final Saturday.
Tyson, whose skilled profession led to 2005, had his most up-to-date exhibition bout in 2020 and turns 58 three weeks earlier than dealing with Paul.
He acquired his skilled profession off to a flying begin by changing into the youngest heavyweight champion in historical past at age 20 when he beat Trevor Berbick in his first title combat in November 1986.
It was his twenty eighth skilled combat since his debut in March 1985 on the age of 18 – and he received 26 of them by KO.
Paul stated of X: “My aim is to develop into a world champion, and now I’ve the chance to show myself in opposition to the best heavyweight champion on the earth, the baddest man on the planet and essentially the most harmful boxer of all time. to place Iron Mike to sleep.”
Tyson was the primary heavyweight boxer to concurrently maintain the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1987, however his reign as unified champion got here to a surprising finish in 1990, as he was crushed by Buster Douglas in one of many greatest fights in boxing historical past.
Though he briefly regained the WBA and WBC titles in 1996, he later suffered back-to-back defeats to Evander Holyfield – the second closing as Tyson was disqualified for biting off a part of Holyfield's ear.
Tyson's authorized troubles included a rape conviction in 1992, serving three years of a six-year jail sentence, and in 1999 he served one-third of a 12-month sentence., exterior for a street rage assault.
He's again in form to play his half in an fascinating draw with fellow former world champion Roy Jones Jr in 2020, and his combat with Paul will happen at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, residence of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys , which has a seating capability of 80,000.
Paul has received 9 of his 10 boxing fights, principally in opposition to ex-UFC fighters, together with his lone defeat coming in opposition to British heavyweight Tommy Fury in February 2023.
