There isn't much longer to wait now. In under two months, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are supposed to touch gloves in the most highly-anticipated bout of 2024, a showdown that marks Tyson's first professional fight in 19 years -- and the most reputable opponent Paul has faced in his short, 11-fight boxing career.
However, doubts continue to swirl over whether the fight between 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul will actually go ahead on Nov. 15. The bout has already been postponed once from its initial July 20 date owing to Tyson's health, and a recent development involving Netflix could bring about a scenario that many fans don't want to see.
Tyson's workouts get the Netflix treatment
Netflix is poised to air a three-part, behind-the-scenes docuseries chronicling Paul and Tyson's preparations for their big bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The streaming giant has said that the series is set to "take viewers behind the scenes of Paul and Tyson's respective training camps," with a focus on "the incredible grit, determination, and physical demands needed to prepare for what will be an explosive, can't-miss professional boxing mega-event."
The series should at last give viewers an inside look at Tyson's secretive training sessions -- which Iron Mike himself has said are so intense that he has had trouble walking afterward. The series will premiere on Nov. 7, just over a week before the bout, and it promises "raw, unfiltered moments" with the fighters' respective friends and families -- which could work against Tyson just as easily as it could work in the former heavyweight champion's favor.
Tyson has projected substantial public confidence that he will defeat Paul, who is 31 years his junior and boasts a 10-1 record since he began his pro boxing career in 2020. Amid Tyson's claim that he is training six hours per day, the Netflix docuseries will confirm the veracity of that statement -- either giving him a public relations boost, or practically ending the fight before the bell even rings.
