Why Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Netflix blockbuster fight is taking place on a Friday

JAKE PAUL and Mike Tyson volition spell head-to-head successful Arlington, Texas contiguous successful 1 of the astir highly-anticipated fights of the year.

But contempt the immense build-up and blockbuster consciousness of the bout, the brace volition bash conflict connected a Friday alternatively than a Saturday.

Paul and Tyson are warring astatine the AT&T Stadium, with implicit 60,000 fans expected to battalion into seats to ticker the combat and millions watching from location connected Netflix.

And it's that venue prime that has meant the combat can't instrumentality spot successful a premier clip Saturday nighttime slot.

AT&T Stadium isn the location of NFL squad the Dallas Cowboys, who are presently successful the mediate of their season.

And the Cowboys are hosting their adjacent fixture connected Monday night, a clash with immense Texas rivals the Houston Texans.

It's claimed by ABC News that it volition instrumentality astir 2 days for organisers to instrumentality the stadium backmost to its accustomed aforesaid successful bid to big the NFL crippled connected Monday.

And for that reason, the combat is taking spot connected a Friday alternatively than a Saturday - to let much clip to get things backmost to normal.

The boxing ring, immoderate level seating and each graphics and posters enactment up for Paul vs Tyson volition person to beryllium removed earlier the Monday Night Football fixture.

Things person already get feisty up of tonight's fight.

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Paul and Tyson came to blows astatine their the weigh-in erstwhile Mike Tyson landed a slap connected the societal media star, sparking a near-brawl.

Tyson looked successful sensational signifier arsenic helium deed the scales astatine 228.4lb (16st 3lb) portion wearing a brace of Versace briefs.

That was conscionable earlier Paul came successful astatine a career-heaviest 227.2lb (16st 2lb) nearly TWO STONE supra his accustomed warring weight.