Mike Tyson received his first heavyweight world title in 1986 and have become undisputed champion in 1987, almost 10 years earlier than Jake Paul was born. File
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s July 20 fight in opposition to YouTube sensation Jake Paul in Dallas will be a sanctioned heavyweight skilled bout, fighters and promoters introduced on April 29.
The fight will be over eight two-minute rounds with the outcome to rely on the file of each Paul and Tyson, who misplaced his final official bout in 2005.
Tyson, 50-6 with 44 knockouts, has not received a fight since beating Clifford Etienne in 2003.
There had been issues over sanctioning something greater than an exhibition because of the age distinction of the fighters. Paul is 27. Tyson turns 58 on June 30.
“Mike Tyson wanted it to be a pro fight. Netflix wanted it to be a pro fight. So I agreed to make it a pro fight. Winner takes all,” Paul posted on X, previously Twitter.
The bout will be at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, house of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.
“Mike Tyson and Jake Paul signed on to fight each other with the desire to do so in a sanctioned professional fight that would have a definitive outcome,” Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian stated in an X put up.
“Over the past six weeks we have worked with our partners to satisfy the requirements of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR) to sanction Paul vs Tyson.”
Tyson received his first heavyweight world title in 1986 and have become undisputed champion in 1987, almost 10 years earlier than Paul was born.
After a shocking upset loss to Buster Douglas in Tokyo in 1990, Tyson made a comeback in 1996 to win a world crown earlier than dropping the title to Evander Holyfield.
Tyson misplaced to Britain’s Lennox Lewis by eighth-round knockout in Memphis in 2002 in his final world title bout. He beat Etienne in 2003 however misplaced in comeback bids to Danny Williams in 2004 and Kevin McBride in 2005 at Washington, the place he introduced his retirement after the fight.
Paul is 9-1 with six wins by knockout, his most up-to-date victory got here final month in Puerto Rico the place he stopped Ryan Bourland after 2:37 of the primary spherical.
The American’s solely loss got here to Britain’s Tommy Fury in an eight-round break up choice in February 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
