The highly anticipated event will reportedly consist of eight 2-minute rounds, knockouts will be permitted, and neither fighter will be wearing protective headgear.
The upcoming boxing match between social media influencer-turned-fighter Jake Paul and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will reportedly be sanctioned as an official professional bout rather than an exhibition and will impact both fighters' pro records.
Tyson, 57, hasn't stepped into the ring since his 2020 exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr. that ended in a draw and hasn't won a professional fight since his 2003 knockout win against Clifford Etienne. Nonetheless, there's no questioning the power of"Iron Mike." Meanwhile, 27-year-old Paul's rise to stardom as a social media influencer started in the 2010s when he started posting popular videos on the now-defunct platform Vine and then went on to build a massive following of more than 20 million subscribers on YouTube. It wasn't until 2018 when he decided to pivot his career to focus on boxing and turned pro just two years later.
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