Paul and Tyson's two press conferences come a little over two months prior to their fight at AT&T Stadium.
ARLINGTON, Texas — For the second time in a week, Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano face off against each other before their highly-anticipated bouts this summer.
"Paul vs. Tyson" and "Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2" co-main event the fight card happening July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It will be exclusively streamed on Netflix. Any Netflix subscriber will be able to watch this live event without any additional cost – no pay-per-view.
Tyson and Paul are reportedly earning tens of millions of dollars just for participating in the fight. However, the city of Arlington is hoping to be the biggest winner after the bell rings. Few dollar figures surrounding the Netflix-carried fight have been disclosed, but state records give a glimpse at the incentives involved in bringing the fight to Arlington.
The state of Texas and city of Arlington agreed to spend about $1.8 million in total incentives to offset the costs of bringing the event to Texas, according to a document from the state's Event Trust Funds program. The city itself will likely contribute about $247,000 and the state could pay about $1.5 million. Those incentives could change based on final attendance numbers.
Earlier this week, Netflix and MVP announced two fights on the undercard: H2O Sylve (11-0, 9 KOs) vs. Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs), and former WBC middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (53-6-1, 34 KOs) vs. UK UFC star Darren Till in Till’s professional boxing debut.
Tickets for the event went live Thursday morning. The cheapest ticket listed was $70, but tickets much closer to the ring (on the field) were priced at several thousands of dollars. Lower bowl and mid-bowl seats were a couple hundred bucks.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Arlington press conference
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Jake Paul's weight gain: Bulking up to fight Mike Tyson at heavyweight
The last time Jake Paul boxed in Dallas, he was going up against UFC great Nate Diaz. He fought Diaz at 185 pounds.
Paul's team shared video of a promo shoot for his fight against Mike Tyson and people online immediately pointed at the noticeably different physique this time around.
Paul now weighs 230 pounds for his heavyweight fight against Tyson.
"Normally I'm fighting at 200 and walking around at 210. It's weird to me that I'm weighing 230," Paul shared on his podcast.
Tyson weighed 220 pounds for his exhibition fight against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr in 2020. It is unclear how much Tyson currently weighs. Tyson has been sharing clips on social media, however, of his training for the July match against Paul.
