Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul live boxing match announced for Netflix

In a fight that defies belief based on the combatants alone, boxing legend Mike Tyson will return to the ring to take on Jake Paul this July on Netflix.

The live event will take place on Saturday, July 20th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It will be Netflix’s first-ever boxing/MMA show as Paul’s company signed a deal with Netflix last November.

Tyson is 58 years old and hasn’t competed since an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020 that generated over 1 million pay-per-view buys. That fight was 15 years after his last one.

Tyson has continued his dalliances with pro wrestling in recent years, last appearing for AEW in 2022. He said in a February 2023 interview that he would rather be involved with WWE even though AEW pays more.

The 27-year-old Paul (9-1) is a YouTube star turned boxer who has made his name by defeating former MMA stars looking for a large payday like Anderson Silva, Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.

As of this point, it’s unknown if this will be a sanctioned pro fight or exhibition one, the amount of rounds, glove size, etc. How much each fighter is getting paid is also unknown.

The live event will come more than five months before WWE kicks off their own live programming deal in January with Raw in the U.S. and all WWE content internationally.