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Despite being slated to take place this summer, Jake Paul is finally set to take on legendary boxer Mike Tyson. And for the first time ever, the boxing match will be shown live solely on Netflix.

This is the streaming giant’s inaugural foray into broadcasting live combat sports on the platform. And if you already have Netflix, you’ll be happy to know that there is no extra cost to watch the fight. Or, you could even technically watch it for free by signing up to a certain deal. Read on to find out more..

How to watch Paul vs. Tyson

If you don’t already have Netflix, there is a workaround to essentially get it for free as part of a package deal. At the moment Sky are offering Sky Stream, with Sky TV, Sky Full Fibre 300 Broadband and Netflix, all for just £36. And given that their Full Fibre 300 broadband is usually £29 a month, for just £10 more you’ll also get access to Sky TV and Netflix for not much more.

So, if you were already thinking about switching your broadband or trying out Sky TV, doing so via this deal makes a lot of sense.

If you’d prefer to sign up for Netflix just to watch the fight, Netflix does have a budget-friendly option, costing less than a fiver a month. This means you could sign up for one month and only have to pay £4.99 to watch the bout. It is worth mentioning that this option does include adverts but two devices in your household can watch Netflix at the same time, making it a good option if someone would prefer to watch something other than the boxing that evening.

If you don’t want adverts to interrupt the action, there’s the Standard plan, which comes with all the same benefits but without any ads, for £10.99 a month. Or, if you want the most premium option, the £17.99 a month package allows you to watch on four devices at the same time and has a 4K (Ultra HD) + HDR resolution.

Viewers can tune in live to watch the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson match on Netflix on Friday, 15 November.

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What to know about the fight

The fight, which will be sanctioned as a professional bout and contested over eight two-minute rounds, marks Tyson’s return to the ring after four years.

And given that the showdown was originally postponed on medical advice, after Tyson reportedly became unwell while aboard a flight from Miami to Los Angeles earlier this summer, it will be interesting to see if this changes anything.

While it was ultimately blamed on an ulcer flare up, with the fight being pushed back to allow him to recover, his last exhibition match was back in 2020, with his last professional fight taking place back in 2005.

In contrast, Paul’s last fight was earlier this year when he beat American boxer Ryan Bourland in a first round knock-out.

As the youngest Heavyweight Champion in history, Tyson has a record of 50 wins and 6 losses over his 20-year career, with 44 of those wins being knock-outs. While YouTuber and former WWE Champion, Paul, has won nine fights – of which six were knockouts – with one loss.

Paul also has the height advantage at 6ft 1in compared to Tyson’s 5ft 10in frame. But given that all but one of Tyson’s former opponents were taller than him, this might not be as concerning as it sounds. Despite Tyson’s experience and storied career, the biggest factor could be their 30 year age difference. But time will tell exactly what kind of impact this will have on the fight.

Paul won his last fight by knockout earlier this year. Credit:Alex Menendez/Getty Images

The highly anticipated bout will be held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. And it isn’t the only matchup on the card. In the co-main event, undisputed super lightweight world champion Katie Taylor is set for a rematch against unified featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano.

Timings have still to be confirmed but we will let you know as soon as we do.

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Mike Tyson has confirmed an important rule about his upcoming bout against Jake Paul and boxing fans aren’t best pleased.

If you’ve been following boxing then you’ll almost certainly have heard that YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul will be stepping into the ring with Mike Tyson later on this year.

The 27-year-old will step into the ring at the AT&T Stadium in Texas with Tyson just a few weeks after the venerable former boxer turns 58.

Tyson’s last fight was an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr in 2020, which was scored as a draw.

While there’s been much anticipation of the fight there’s also been concerns from boxing fans that they might be served up a ‘sparring session’ that’s ‘not gonna be a real fight’.

Now Tyson has confirmed an important detail about the fight, and it might not be what boxing fans wanted to hear.

Speaking to Fox News, he said: “This is called an exhibition, but if you look up exhibition, you won’t see any of the laws we’re fighting under.

“This is a fight. I don’t think he’s faster than me. I’ve seen a YouTube video of him at 16 doing weird dancing. That’s not the guy I’m fighting.

“This is a guy who’s going to try and hurt me, which I’m accustomed to, and he’s going to be greatly mistaken.

“Right now, I’m scared to death. As the fight gets closer, the less nervous I become because it’s reality, and in reality I’m invincible.”

With Tyson confirming the fight will be an exhibition it means the result won’t go on either boxer’s record, and the rules of the fight are more flexible when it’s an exhibition bout.

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Exhibition fights can change the number of rounds and indeed the length of the rounds which make up the fight.

Boxing fans are hoping that despite it being an exhibition bout Paul vs Tyson sticks to ‘real boxing rules’ and is an ‘actual fight where they can knock each other out’.

Someone else said ‘ain’t no one watching’ while another dubbed the bout ‘Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather again but with different fighters’.

If you remember the aftermath of that fight Mayweather was keen to stress ‘there’s a difference between a real fight and an exhibition’ and claimed he’d have won by knockout in the first round had it been a ‘real fight’.

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Ahead of the Paul vs Tyson fight, there have been rumours swirling around that rounds would last two minutes instead of three and the boxers would be throwing punches with 160z gloves.

Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, recently hit out at the ‘fake’ claims over how the fight would go.

Meanwhile, Paul himself has had to shoot down claims that he’d get to wear headgear and tag his brother into the fight if things started going wrong, saying some of the things people were claiming about the fight were ‘f**king absurd’.

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul will take place on 20 July and will be streamed live on Netflix.

Boxing icon Mike Tyson has made a controversial admission ahead of his fight with Jake Paul.

The former heavyweight champion was due to face the YouTuber-turned-boxer earlier this year, but a medical emergency put a stop to their hyper-publicised fight.

The match had to be rescheduled when Tyson suffered from an inflamed ulcer flare-up, with the hotly anticipated encounter pushed back to November 15.

The big day will be Iron Mike’s first fight since the exhibition against fellow boxing legend Roy Jones in 2020. Tyson hasn’t fought professionally since his loss against Kevin McBride in 2005.

Ahead of the fight, Tyson admitted being ‘a junkie’, saying he was ‘born an addict’. The pro boxer explained he often smokes marijuana, though he had to give it up recently in the lead-up to the fight against Paul.

“I smoked weed all my life. Listen, I was born an addict. I was born that way. I’m a junkie. So, that’s just how I was born,” Tyson said on the Come And Talk 2 Me podcast.

“I don’t know what to do. I don’t get high now, but that’s who I am. I switch my addiction to something else, but I’m a junkie,” he continued.

The boxer also revealed he had taken another drug not long before appearing on the podcast.

“I was smoking not too long ago. I’m cool now, probably two weeks or so without smoking,” he said. “I did a little mushrooms before I came here though.”

Tyson has given weed up while training to fight Paul because marijuana is on the list of banned substances used by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

According to World Boxing News, his health will only be assessed on the day before the fight (November 14).

This means that there is the chance the fight will not take place, particularly after Tyson’s medical scare in May.

The fight against Jake Paul has been rescheduled in May. (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)

On a fight from Miami to Los Angeles, the former boxer stared feeling dizzy and nauseous, forcing flight attendants to ask if there was a doctor on board. Paramedics boarded the plane once it landed in LA after the flight was delayed by two hours in Florida because of the heat.

Despite the emergency, Tyson seemed still set to beat Paul ‘very badly’.

“On my fight with Roy Jones, I allowed him to fight on the card. I decided I started him and I’m gonna finish him,” he said.

Mike Tyson has made a shock announcement just months before his upcoming bout against Jake Paul.

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The boxing legend has agreed to take on the YouTuber in a 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,

Netflix will be streaming the event, which will see the ‘Problem Child’s’ record of 9-1, with 6 KOs, up against ‘Iron’ Mike‘s 50-6, with 44 KOs.

This will be Paul‘s second fight of 2024 following his win over professional boxer Ryan Bourland.

Despite rubbing purists up the wrong way, Paul has his sights firmly ‘set on becoming a world champion’, and in order to prove himself, he must go against ‘the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time’.

“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard,” the 27-year-old said on X (formerly Twitter).

“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 fighters and biggest icons.

“Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time.

“Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.

“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th.”

Ahead of the big fight, however, Tyson has dropped a bit of a bombshell on his fans, announcing the end of his popular podcast Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson.

The 57-year-old interviewed the likes of Joe Rogan and The Undertaker – not to mention Jake Paul himself.

“Ladies and gentlemen, these are my final recordings of Hotboxin‘,” Tyson said in his latest upload.

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“This is my next chapter in life, please enjoy the following social on my website for my next venture. I love you all.”

One of his fans commented: “Man I’m gonna miss this podcast, Mike,” while another added: “It’s been a good journey, and I look forward to the next chapter.”

“Mike gonna knock this dude out,” a third said.

I mean it seems that Tyson is taking this fight very seriously, as the duo go face to face in the ring on Saturday 20 July.