The long-awaited fight will take place on the night of November 16.
On the night of November 16, former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the ring and fight popular blogger Jake Paul.
The fight between the world boxing legend and the YouTube star will take place at the arena AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (USA).
The fight was originally scheduled for July 20, but due to the deteriorating health of 58-year-old “Iron Mike”, his fight with his 27-year-old opponent was postponed.
It should be noted that the fight will have an official status – the result will be included in the statistics of both fighters. Its duration will be 8 rounds of two minutes. The boxers will have standard gloves and will not have head protection, knockout is allowed.
Where to watch the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight
The fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will be broadcast live on the Netflix streaming platform.
The boxing show is scheduled to start at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 16, Kyiv time. The main fight between Tyson and Paul will start at approximately 6:00 a.m.
Bookmakers' predictions for the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight
Bookmakers call Paul the favorite of the upcoming fight. Bets are accepted on his victory with odds of 1.45. Tyson's win is 2.80. A draw is estimated at 10.00.
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul: Track Record
Iron Mike's last official fight was in 2005, when he lost by technical knockout to Irishman Kevin McBride. Tyson's track record includes 58 fights: 50 wins (44 by knockout), 6 losses. Two more fights were declared no contest.
In November 2020, Tyson had an exhibition fight with former world champion in five weight categories Roy Jones. The fightended in a draw, although statistically the advantage was on the side of “Iron Mike”.
Jake Paul made his boxing debut in January 2020, when he defeated another blogger, Ali Eson Gib. Then his victims were former NBA player Nate Robinson, former Bellator champion Ben Askren, as well as former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, whom Jake defeated twice.
In October 2022, Jake defeated former UFC champion Anderson Silva, and in February 2023 suffered the only defeat in his boxing career from Tommy Fury, the younger half-brother of former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
The blogger has 10 wins (7 by knockout) and one defeat. In previous fights, Paul knocked out professional American boxer Ryan Burland in the first round in March 2024, and in July, he won the sixth round ahead of schedule against former UFC fighter Mike Perry, who came out to fight instead of Tyson on short notice.
