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    The Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul referee covered the YouTuber fight last year

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    ARLINGTON, Texas – Mark Calo-oy, a veteran referee from Texas, has been selected to call the fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, according to a copy of the official’s orders obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

    He and Paul need no introduction. Calo-oy, 64, refereed Paul’s fight against Nate Diaz, a mixed martial arts fan favorite, on August 5, 2023 in Dallas.

    Paul, the YouTuber turned boxer, won the highly anticipated ten-round fight by unanimous decision.

    The heavyweight fight between Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27, will take place Friday at AT&T Stadium and be televised by Netflix. And Calo-oy is familiar with big fights in front of big crowds in Texas.

    He refereed the 2021 world title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders at AT&T Stadium in front of a crowd of 73,126. Alvarez won when Saunders failed to get out of the ninth round in front of the largest crowd for an indoor boxing event in the United States.

    More: Is Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul a legit fight? The debate is dormant

    Damon Zavala, vice president of the Association of Ringside Physicians, said a referee would play an important role because of Tyson’s age. He made the comments before USA TODAY learned the referee would be Calo-oy.

    “There are differences in the style of the referees, how they take charge of a situation in the ring and who is in charge,” Zavala, who is trained in internal medicine, told USA TODAY Sports in late October. “Some guys might get caught up in the moment and just be a step too late in stopping the action.”

    Calo-oy’s history shows that he is not afraid to stop a fight. Of the 48 bouts he has refereed this year, he has stopped 11, according to BoxRec, the official record for boxing.

    According to BoxRec, Calo-oy refereed 445 matches during a career that started in 2003. More than twenty of these were world title fights.

    Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion, has not fought in a sanctioned professional fight since 2005. In 2020, Tyson fought Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition, and they fought to a split draw, as judged by celebrity judges.

    The judges for the Tyson-Paul fight are David Iacobucci of Dallas, Laurence Cole of Dallas and Jesse Reyes of Plano.

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