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☆ Jake Paul faces Mike Tyson in boxing event unlike any other
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jonny Velasquez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

On Friday, Paul steps into the ring for perhaps his most high-profile fight to date against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson, I thought that was a cute slap, buddy, but tomorrow you’re getting knocked the f*ck out. After the postponement of their initial fight in July, Paul went on to defeat bare-knuckle boxing champion Mike Perry with a sixth round TKO. Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will contest their professional boxing bout on November 15. “Then, I’d retire after that.”After winning a boxing world championship, Paul plans to take his talents to mixed martial arts.

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☆ Mike Tyson and Jake Paul are going to box live on Netflix. Here's how a heavyweight champion and a YouTuber-turned-boxer ended up fighting.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Tyson is coming out of retirement to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. AdvertisementMike Tyson will fight Jake Paul in Netflix's first-ever professional sports livestream on Friday. Jake Paul made a deal with Netflix and then got Mike Tyson involvedMike Tyson will come out of retirement to face Jake Paul. Advertisement"The old generation of boxing with the new generation of boxing all being mixed into one," Jake Paul said. "I'm here to make $40 million and knock out a legend," Jake Paul said at a press conference in August.

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☆ What to know about boxing’s controversial fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Eduardo Tansley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Squid Game, Stranger Things and Bridgerton were all Netflix originals — next up for the streaming giant is Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul in the ring. Purists will regard the card’s co-main event as the truer form of boxing — and the better quality fight. While there has yet been no official announcement, Tyson and Paul are expected to start their ring walks at approximately 11pm ET (4am UK). At Wednesday’s pre-fight news conference, Paul jokingly wore ear covers. When asked in August why he was getting back in the ring, Tyson responded: “I don’t know, that’s the funny question.

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☆ Mike Tyson’s many eras: From ‘Iron Mike’ to prison to Holyfield to a Jake Paul bout
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

At 58 years old, Tyson will fight Jake Paul, the 27-year-old YouTube-star-turned-boxer who wasn’t even born when Tyson’s career was in its prime. It’s Tyson’s first sanctioned professional match since 2005. Lewis largely controlled the fight, as the champion survived Tyson’s round one onslaught and controlled the pace with strong jabs. The loss accelerated the end of Tyson’s professional career. His final professional bout — until Friday’s against Paul — came against McBride in 2005.

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One of the more improbable matchups in boxing history is finally here: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul on Friday at 8 p.m. “Iron Mike” is a Boxing Hall of Famer who was the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. His lone loss is a split decision to boxer Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in 2023. On “Countdown: Paul vs Tyson,” a pre-fight documentary, Tyson described in detail what he went through. I’m just looking forward to fighting.”Tyson on what he would do if he loses the fight: “I’m not going to lose.”

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