A NEW date for the Netflix fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson has been set.
The YouTuber will now face the heavyweight legend on November 15.
Paul, 27, and Tyson, 57, will still fight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as originally planned.
The bout was postponed last week after Iron Mike suffered a health scare.
Tyson fell ill while flying from Miami to LA due to an ulcer flare up.
A member of his team subsequently insisted he was “doing great” but doctors deemed him unfit to fight.
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Instead, he is now undergoing a period of rest and recovery before resuming training.
The main event in November will be Tyson’s first professional fight in 19 years.
And he will be 58 years old when the date comes around.
Reflecting on the postponement after it was announced, social media star Paul said: “Obviously, devastating news.
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“I’m heartbroken, speechless, gutted. You [Tyson] said you wanna do this in Q4, I’m ready.
“You just need a little bit of time, so I’m ready whenever you are.
“This is too big of an opportunity and I think this fight is going to change the world and I turn all my Ls into Ws and that’s a motto I live by.
“We’ve been working so hard over here in this camp.
“I just feel bad for everyone involved in this event, the undercard. The opportunity has been ripped from all of us.”
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson’s lifestyles compared
ONE is a notorious YouTuber-turned-boxer who has taken the sport by storm.
The other terrorised all in the ring in the 1980s and 1990s, famously biting the ear off an opponent in one fight.
Iron Mike has rebuilt his life after squandering a £300m fortune with a cannabis empire, and is a huge advocate of the drug.
And as Paul has continued to rise up the ranks, he has splashed the cash on a fleet of amazing cars.
Whereas Tyson had more money than sense until a £15m debt saw him part with his cherished car collection.
Paul now lives in a plush mansion worth £13m in Puerto Rico, after escaping his hectic life in LA.
But these days, Tyson lounges in his Vegas property he paid £2.5m for with wife Lakiha, who he married in 2009.
Paul is not yet married but is smitten with his speed skater girlfriend Jutta Leerdam.
She will be by his side when her man puts his 9-1 boxing record on the line against two-time heavyweight champ Tyson on July 20.
Read more: Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson’s lifestyles compared, from The Problem Child’s £13m mansion to Iron Mike’s huge cannabis empire.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
