YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul needed to wait an additional 4 months for his high-profile match with 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
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The delay from the unique plan for July was attributable to Tyson having a medical episode on a airplane and needing time to recuperate from a abdomen ulcer.
The rescheduled bout is ready for Friday evening on the $1.2 billion retractable-roof residence of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. The state has sanctioned it as a professional struggle with some modifications.
Whereas this is not the extra widespread, and costlier, pay-per-view format adopted by most main boxing occasions, it does require a Netflix subscription. Netflix reported greater than 280 million subscribers worldwide on the finish of the third quarter in 2024.
Tyson retired in 2005 with a document of 50-6, with 44 knockouts, after dropping to Kevin McBride. He fought Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition 4 years in the past. Paul is 10-1 with seven knockouts towards principally undistinguished opponents. His loss was to Tommy Fury, the less-accomplished half-brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
The struggle is scheduled for eight two-minute rounds, versus the traditional three minutes and 10 or 12 rounds for most professional fights. Tyson and Paul additionally will use heavier gloves with the concept of reducing the ability of punches. The gloves might be 14 ounces as a substitute of 10. The Texas Division of Licensing and Regulation has mentioned Tyson’s bodily situation met the factors for the struggle to proceed.
