Already on the night of November 16, "Iron Mike" will enter the ring against a showman who is 31 years younger than him.
Former absolute world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and popular blogger Jake Paul held a press conference and a battle of eyes on the eve of the face-to-face fight.
A YouTube star decided to troll a boxing legend and came to the event wearing a T-shirt with an image of Mike Tyson in prison.
It should be noted that “Iron Mike” went to prison in 1992 – the boxer was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of raping American model Desiree Washington. Tyson ended up spending less than three years behind bars and was released in 1995, after which he regained his world champion title.
After the press conference, Tyson and Paul had their traditional duel of glances. There was no physical violence – the Americans calmly looked each other in the eye, and then Mike turned away and stepped back.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson face off 2 days before fight night!
The clock is ticking… Who do yall got?
— #PaulTyson
Friday, November 15th
AT&T Stadium — Arlington, TX
Live on @netflix pic.twitter.com/bQ1N8aFGOt— Most Valuable Promotions (@MostVpromotions) November 14, 2024
The fight between 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul will take place on the night of Saturday, November 16, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (USA). The start is approximately at 06:00 Kyiv time.
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.
We will add that initially Tyson and Paul were supposed to meet in the ring on July 20, but due to the deterioration of the health of “Iron Mike” the fight postponed.
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 has 58 fights under his belt: 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. 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. His victims then included former NBA player Nate Robinson, former Bellator champion Ben Askren, and former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, whom Jake defeated twice.
In October 2022, Jake defeated former UFC champion Anderson Silva, and in February 2023, he suffered the only defeat of his boxing career against 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.