YouTuber Jake Paul will face former world champion Mike Tyson in a boxing match on July 20.
It is not clear whether it will be an official fight or an exhibition match, but it will be staged in Texas and broadcast live on the streaming platform Netflix.
The 27-year-old Paul defeated Ryan Borland in his 10th professional fight last Saturday.
Tyson, whose professional career ended in 2005, fought his last exhibition match in 2020 and will turn 58 three weeks before facing Paul.
He got off to a strong start in his professional career by becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20, when he defeated Trevor Berbick in his first title match in November 1986.
This was his 28th professional fight since his debut in March 1985 as an 18-year-old – 26 of which he won by knockout.
“I have my sights set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion in the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time,” Paul said on Show
Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1987, but his reign as unified champion came to an abrupt end in 1990 when he lost to Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Although he briefly regained the WBA and WBC titles in 1996, he subsequently suffered back-to-back defeats to Evander Holyfield – the second ending where Tyson was disqualified for biting off part of Holyfield's ear.
Tyson's legal issues included a rape conviction in 1992, serving three years of a six-year prison sentence, and in 1999 serving a third of a 12-month sentence., external For road rage assault.
He's back in shape for a thrilling draw with fellow former world champion Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, and his fight with Paul will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, which has a capacity of 80,000.
Paul has won nine of his 10 boxing fights, most of them against former UFC fighters, with his only defeat coming to British heavyweight Tommy Fury in February 2023.
