Is Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson a real boxing fight tonight?

‘The Problem Child’ returns to the ringing for the archetypal clip since beating Mike Perry backmost successful May, portion erstwhile satellite heavyweight champion Tyson laces up his gloves for the archetypal clip since an accumulation bout against Roy Jones Jr successful 2020.

They had been owed to quadrate disconnected successful July but the combat was rescheduled aft Tyson suffered a wellness scare successful May portion connected a formation betwixt Los Angeles and Miami.

It has been astir 20 years since Tyson (50-6, 44KOs) fought successful a nonrecreational capacity, the nighttime helium retired aft losing to Kevin McBride successful 2005.

While the sport’s purists are apt to disagree, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson is so an officially sanctioned fight.

Both men volition enactment their records connected the enactment astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation conducted a reappraisal of Paul and Tyson successful March, which included evaluating their records and aesculapian past on with a fewer changes to the rules of the bout.

Commission spokesperson, Tela Mange, said: "Our Combative Sports unit measure galore factors to find if an lawsuit tin beryllium held successful a mode that is harmless for some contestants and successful compliance with Department laws and rules.

“The information of the contestants competing successful the ringing oregon the Octagon is ever the superior interest of TDLR staff. This contention is nary different."

Nakisa Bidarian of MVP Promotions added: "Mike Tyson and Jake Paul signed connected to combat each different with the tendency to bash truthful successful a sanctioned nonrecreational combat that would person a definitive outcome," Nakisa Bidarian of MVP Promotions said.

The combat is scheduled for 8 two-minute rounds of action, alternatively than the accustomed 12 three-minute rounds, though could decorativeness earlier if determination is simply a stoppage.

The full lawsuit volition beryllium broadcast connected Netflix, a archetypal for the world’s biggest streaming platform.

The prelim fights are owed to commencement ar 10.30pm GMT contiguous connected Friday, November 15, 2024, with the Paul vs Tyson ringing walks expected nary earlier than 4am GMT connected Saturday, November 16.