Boxers Jake Paul (L), and Mike Tyson (R).
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Netflix is coming out swinging worldwide of live sports.
Mike Tyson, the scandal-plagued previous heavyweight champ, will go head to head with the YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul in a “boxing mega-event” that will stream live solely on Netflix on July 20, the home entertainment giant revealed Thursday.
Tyson and Paul are set to fight inside AT&T Stadium, an 80,000- seat capability place in Arlington, Texas, and the home of the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys, the business revealed in a press release.
The occasion marks among Netflix’s most enthusiastic ventures into both sports programs and live home entertainment as it looks for to seal its status as the best at-home seeing location in the United States, muscling aside conventional gamers in broadcast and cable television.
The business just recently reached a 10- year offer for the special rights to stream World Wide Wrestling’s weekly flagship program, “Raw,” beginning in January2025 The headline-grabbing offer was valued at more than $5 billion, according to a business filing mentioned by CNBC.
“I’m very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS,” Tyson stated in a declaration accompanying the Netflix statement, capitalized words and all.
“He’s grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT,” Tyson included, utilizing the acronym for “Greatest of All Time.”
Tyson, who will be 58 when the Netflix battle streams, made a track record as one of the most relentless fighters and incendiary characters in contemporary expert sports.
He was the youngest heavyweight champ in history, at simply 20 years of ages, and his expertise in the ring led him to a run of 37 successive triumphes– 33 of them by knockout, according to Netflix’s summary of his profession.
Tyson’s life has actually likewise been specified by bothering habits and legal problems. He was founded guilty of rape in 1992 and served 3 years in jail. In the ring, “Iron Mike” might be vicious, such as when he bit Evander Holyfield’s ideal ear throughout a notorious 1997 bout.
Paul, 27, got his start as an early web influencer, publishing popular videos on the defunct platform Vine and cultivating a big following on YouTube. He rotated to boxing in 2018 and turned professional in 2020, and he now has a 9-1 record that consists of 6 knockouts.
“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard,” Paul stated in a declaration. “Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fights and biggest icons.”
The livestreamed battle is the outcome of a collaboration in between Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions, a business co-founded by Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021 with “the mission to provide more creative control to fighters,” according to Netflix’s press release.
Netflix developed its sport material bonafides with the documentary franchise “Untold” along with series such as “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,” “NASCAR: Full Speed” and “Tour de France: Unchained.” The platform has actually hosted 2 live sports occasions to date: “The Netflix Cup” and “The Netflix Slam.”
