The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host one of the most anticipated fights of the year: the one between the legendary Mike Tyson and former YouTuber Jake Paul. A unique event that has aroused the interest of all types of personalities.
Lack just over 24 hours to hold one of the fights that has generated the most expectation in recent years: the evening that will confront Mike Tyson with Jake Paul. An event that has transcended purely sports and has captured the interest of millions of people around the world.
The event will take place at AT&T Stadium, in Texas, and although it was initially planned for the month of July, an untimely illness contracted by Mike Tyson forced the organization to change the date until the early hours of Friday the 15th to Saturday the 16th. We tell you what time it will start and where you can see it.
When is it and where can it be seen?
As we have already anticipated, the fight will take place during the early hours of Friday to Saturday. Specifically, it will be at five in the morning on Saturday the 16th, although from Netflix they will be doing a special broadcast starting at 2 in the morning. Yes, you read correctly: can be seen on Netflix. This is not the first time that the leading streaming company has taken over the rights to some sporting events that have become a mass spectacle, as happened a few months ago with the exhibition match between Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
The combat is unique for a multitude of reasons. One of the main ones, obviously, is Mike Tyson’s return to the ring, one of the greatest figures in boxing history. But, in addition, it is also a record fight for being the confrontation with the greatest age difference between the two fighters in a professional fight: 31 years separate Jake Paul (27 years) and Mike Tyson (58 years).
A millionaire prize
Most of these sporting events that are between entertainment and competition hide behind them juicy million-dollar prizes for their participants. This case could not be different: Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will have a significant financial incentive to participate. Specifically, there will be 80 million dollars that, as has been known, will be distributed equally between both participants.
Although it is a stratospheric figure for the vast majority of mortals, Mike Tyson has already stated on more than one occasion that it is not an amount of money that is going to make him change his lifestyle. A luxury at the height of not many.
The 80,000 attendees who have hung the sign all sold They have had to pay a price per ticket that goes from 5,000 to 20,000 dollars. Although the personalities who have won any of these coveted tickets are not yet known, it is expected that, as is usual in this type of case, it will be full of top-level athletes and celebrities, who will raise the aura of the long-awaited combat.
