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Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul live updates, results and analysis
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Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul live updates, results and analysis

Mike Tyson takes on Jake Paul in an eight-round heavyweight bout Friday night (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The bout, sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, will be contested in 2-minute rounds and both fighters will wear 14-ounce gloves instead of the regular 10-ounce gloves for heavyweight fights.

Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27, the YouTuber turned boxer, were scheduled to meet on July 20 but the fight was postponed after Tyson received medical attention during a flight from Miami to Los Angeles in May due to a flare-up of a stomach ulcer.

Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) became the youngest heavyweight champion in 1986 at the age of 20, and a year later he had unified all three major belts to become the undisputed champion. He made six defenses of the three belts until losing in a historic upset to James “Buster” Douglas by 10th round KO in February 1990.

Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) started his boxing career in 2020 with six straight wins, mostly against former MMA fighters. Paul’s only defeat came against Tommy Fury in February 2023, but he has since won three fights in a row.

In the co-main event, undisputed junior welterweight champion and ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, Katie Taylor, takes on seven-division champion and No. 3 ranked Amanda Serrano in a rematch of their memorable fight at New Madison Square Garden in York in April 2022.

Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) defeated Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KOs) via split decision with scorecards of 96-93, 97-93 and 94-96. It was the first time a women’s unification title fight had headlined an event at a sold-out Garden. What was built as the biggest fight in women’s boxing history lived up to expectations. The action-packed fight was ESPN’s 2022 Women’s Fight of the Year.

Stay here for live updates, fight results and round-by-round analysis.