YouTuber Jake Paul, who used to be a boxer, had to wait four extra months The 58-year-old for his high-profile bout with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

The delay from the original plan in July was due to Tyson suffering a medical incident on the plane and needing time to recover from a stomach ulcer.

rescheduled match It will be held Friday night at the $1.2 billion retractable roof home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. The state approved it as a professional fight with some changes.

Here’s a guide to watching the fight:

It’s hard to give an exact time for Friday night’s main event, but it could be closer to midnight Eastern time. Television broadcast begins at 8pm Eastern.

This requires a Netflix subscription, though not the more common and more expensive pay-per-view format that most major boxing events follow. Netflix reported more than 280 million subscribers worldwide by the end of the third quarter of 2024.

Paul is the betting favorite at minus 210. BetMGM Sports Betting. This means that the payout for Paul’s victory will be slightly less than half the amount of any bet. The most betting support is for Tyson to win by KO/TKO or DQ (+275), followed by Tyson to win by points (+1000), and for Tyson to win in the first round (+1400).

It’s been 31 years. Paul is 27 years old.

Tyson retired with a record of 50-6 with 44 knockouts after losing to Kevin McBride in 2005. At an exhibition five years ago, Roy Jones Jr. He fought with. Paul is 10-1 with seven knockouts against mostly indistinguishable opponents. His loss was to Tommy FuryThe less successful half-brother of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

The fight will consist of eight two-minute rounds, as opposed to the usual three minutes and 10 or 12 rounds for most professional fights. Tyson and Paul will too use heavier gloves with the idea of ​​reducing the power of the punches. Gloves will be 14 ounces instead of 10. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation said Tyson’s physical condition met the criteria for the fight to go ahead.