Mike Tyson to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul
Mike Tyson to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul
The fight was originally scheduled for 20 July, but was delayed after Tyson fell ill on a flight due to an ulcer flare up in May.
Sky correspondent Matthew Thompson speaks to some boxing fans about what they think about the upcoming match.
Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at a charged weigh-in for Friday’s controversial heavyweight fight in Texas.
Novice boxer Paul, 27, will take on 58-year-old Tyson at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
After both men had weighed in, Paul crawled across the floor before rising up to Tyson’s eyeline for the traditional final head-to-head.
Tyson had refused to engage with Paul’s goading for much of fight week, but slapped his opponent across the face, prompting security and team members to rush in to separate the fighters.
“Talking’s over,” Tyson said and walked off stage. Paul, meanwhile, was smiling before sitting down and appearing to meditate.
Friction helped build the hype for a bout that is testing the formula for how boxing is delivered to the masses, a first-ever combat sports offering from the streaming platform Netflix rather than pay-per-view or traditional cable.
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