Netflix is expanding its reach into live broadcasts with an exposition engagement between YouTuber Jake Paul and the former heavyweight champ of almost 40 - year ago , Iron Mike Tyson .
The bout will take place on July 20 at the Dallas Cowboys ’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas and will see 57 - year - sometime Mike Tyson harness the societal media influencer 30 - years his junior .
The bout will continue Paul ’s penchant for taking - on age former fight mutant greats , with decades of damage noted on the Ministry of Transportation test .
That stadium moderate 80,000 , but there ’ll be millions of Netflix reader worldwide tune up into the fight , largely out of curiosity for the event , which can kindly be described as “ unorthodox ” and unkindly described as an out - and - out “ freak show ” .
In a printing press release , Netflix line the “ historic ” event as “ pure drama ” while Tyson himself said he ’s “ looking forward ” to the bout with Paul , who has interrupt boxing with influencer - centric cards and cross field of study peer - ups .
“ [ Paul has ] grown significantly as a boxer over the years , so it will be a lot of playfulness to see what the will and ambition of a ‘ tyke ’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT . It ’s a full circle moment that will be beyond thrill to watch ; as I started him off on his fisticuffs journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I project to finish him , ” Tyson said in apress release .
It ’s JAKE PAUL vs. MIKE TYSON — yes , really ! — in a springy BOXING event at AT&T Stadium you wo n’t want to miss . transmit live on Netflix Saturday , July 20#PaulTysonpic.twitter.com / ULXVeCYeH6
Netflix has been step by step douse its toes into live content ; having experimented with a Chris Rock stand - up show and a strange crossing over effect between golfers and formula one drivers ; establish upon its Drive to Survive and Full Swing original shows .
Netflix ’s is preparing for a major , weekly expansion into live broadcast medium byacquiring the rights to broadcast WWE RAWfrom next January in the United States , in a $ 5 billion deal that will see also Netflix become the de facto home for WWE content in the UK , among other res publica .
Some might reason that the exhibition bout between Tyson and Paul is far more like WWE than a live , free-enterprise sporting event .
Paul ’s every bit infamous , vigour drink - hawking brother Logan is presently tearing it up as the United States Champion in WWE , where at least they ’re loose about the outcome being moderately predetermine .
