- Taylor and Serrano meet on Paul v Tyson undercard
- Global audience of 300m expected for Netflix broadcast
- Main event ringwalks expected after 11pm ET/4am GMT
- Paul v Tyson: all of your pre-fight questions, answered
- Send Bryan a tweet at @BryanAGraham or email him
Hello and welcome to AT&T Stadium for a night at the fights unlike any we can immediately remember. Mike Tyson is ending a 7,097-day layoff from professional fighting to face the boxer-influencer Jake Paul in an eight-round heavyweight bout scheduled for eight rounds at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
If you’re reading this, it’s unlikely Tyson needs any introduction. In 1986, at 20 years old, the Brooklyn native became the youngest heavyweight champion in history, laying waste to Trevor Berbick inside two rounds to win the World Boxing Council title. After unifying the other major title belts, the nominal Baddest Man on the Planet made six defenses of the undisputed heavyweight championship before losing in a historic upset to James ‘Buster’ Douglas by 10th-round knockout in February 1990. Convicted of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison, Tyson served three years before being released on parole and was never again the same destructive force, closing his professional ledger with six wins and five defeats with two no-contests.
Neeraj Goyat v Whindersson Nunes, six rounds, middleweights
Mario Barrios v Abel Ramos, 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano, 10 (two-minute) rounds for Taylor’s undisputed women’s junior welterweight championship
Jake Paul v Mike Tyson, eight (two-minute) rounds, heavyweights