Jake Paul and Mike Tyson announce blockbuster summer fight on Netflix

2024-03-07 1,327

Jake Paul will face Mike Tyson in a blockbuster boxing match in Texas this summer to be screened live on Netflix.In a bombshell announcement made on Thursday, it was revealed that social-media-superstar-turned-pugilist Paul and heavyweight legend Tyson would go head to head on July 20 at the 80,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.It has yet to be confirmed if the bout - which represents Netflix’s very first live boxing event and will be promoted by Paul’s company Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) - will be a professional contest or rather an exhibition as it pits the 27-year-old Paul against Tyson, who turns 58 in June