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Kate Abdo will head up the star-studded broadcast team for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight – with one of the heavyweight star’s former rivals set to join as a ringside analyst
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Kate Abdo will head up the star-studded broadcast team for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight – with one of the heavyweight star’s former rivals set to join as a ringside analyst

Kate Abdo will lead a star-studded broadcast team for next week’s highly anticipated matchup between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.

The YouTuber, a former boxer, will face Iron Mike on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in what many are calling a “clash of the generations.”

The fight was originally scheduled for July only for Tyson to suffer a medical emergency on the plane. Before paramedics later came on board, Tyson became nauseous and dizzy due to an ‘ulcer flare-up’.

But the fight was rebooked and we’re now a week away from Tyson’s first sanctioned fight in two decades, with the event’s broadcast team confirmed.

The fight will be shown on Netflix and the streaming giants have announced that British sports broadcaster Kate Abdo will headline their expert team.

Kate Abdo will head up the star-studded broadcast team for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight – with one of the heavyweight star’s former rivals set to join as a ringside analyst

Kate Abdo will lead a star-studded broadcast team for next week’s highly anticipated matchup between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson

YouTuber, former boxer, will face Iron Mike at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas

YouTuber, former boxer, will face Iron Mike at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas

The 43-year-old player will be accompanied by former two-weight world champion Andre Ward as lead analyst.

Meanwhile, Mauro Ranallo will be handling play-by-play commentary at ringside, with Tyson’s former foe Roy Jones Jr and Rosie Perez to provide ringside analysis.

Boxing legends Tyson and Jones had an eight-round exhibition fight in 2020 that ended in a draw.

Tyson has revealed how he vomited blood before collapsing during the medical emergency that postponed the original date of his fight with Jake Paul.

The 58-year-old suffered nausea and dizziness on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles earlier this year, forcing airline staff to ask passengers if there was a doctor on board.

Paramedics later boarded the plane to treat Tyson after he landed in Los Angeles, with Iron Mike stating that he was “defecating tar.”

According to Iron Mike, Tyson was taken directly to the hospital and treated by a number of doctors who refused to rule out the possibility of death.

During Netflix’s docuseries about Tyson’s fight with Paul, the 58-year-old explained how doctors found a 2.5-inch ulcer.

Tyson said: ‘I was training a week and a half ago and was doing great. Then I started feeling tired. I was explaining to my coach, I don’t know what my problem is.

Roy Jones Jr (left) will also be part of the expert team for the boxing match

Roy Jones Jr (left) will also be part of the expert team for the boxing match

Tyson reveals how he vomited blood before collapsing during medical emergency that postponed the original date of his fight with Paul

Tyson reveals how he vomited blood before collapsing during medical emergency that postponed the original date of his fight with Paul

‘Then when I flew here from Miami, I went to the toilet and vomited blood. The next thing I remember I was on the ground. I was defecating tar.

‘I went to hospital and they said I had an ulcer. It was two and a half centimeters and it was bleeding. All my friends were looking for me as if I was dying.

‘I asked the doctor if I was going to die, he said no. He said we still have options. That’s when I got angry.’

Iron Mike concluded: ‘I just wanted to get out of that damn hospital bed.’