Meet Jake Paul, the controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer up against Mike Tyson: Logan Paul’s younger bro is an ex Disney star who lost a fight to Tommy Fury and is dating a Dutch Olympic medallist

Apr 9 , 2024

YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul (pictured) will fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, with the exhibition match to be livestreamed on Netflix. Photo: AP Photo

Former world champion Mike Tyson, 57, is set to fight 27-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul in an exhibition bout in Texas – it will be streamed live on Netflix on July 20

Jake rose to fame in the early 2010s as a YouTuber, sharing comedy sketches and vlogs of his life, often featuring his brother, Logan; he was also on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark

Boxing legend and former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson is set to fight YouTuber Jake Paul in an exhibition bout in Texas, according to the BBC. The contest will be streamed live on Netflix on July 20.

“This is called an exhibition, but if you look up ‘exhibition’, you will not see any of the rules we will be fighting under. This is a fight,” the broadcaster quoted Tyson as saying.

“The greatest heavyweight boxer on the planet and Mike Tyson,” wrote Jake Paul upon announcing the match-up to his followers. Photo: @jakepaul/Instagram

The article adds that, in an exhibition, there is a referee but no judges, and no winner is declared. “I saw a YouTube of him at 16 doing weird dances,” Tyson said of his opponent to Fox Sports. “That’s not the guy I’m gonna be fighting.

“This guy is gonna come, he’s gonna try to hurt me – which I’m accustomed to – and he’s gonna be greatly mistaken,” the former champ continued. Aged 27 to Tyson’s 57, Paul is actually the favourite to win.

Here’s what we know about Jake Paul, who’s always in the headlines.

Why is Jake Paul so famous?

Jake Paul (pictured) celebrates knocking out his opponent, Andre August, in the first round of their fight in December 2023, in Orlando, Florida. Photo: Getty Images North America/AFP

Paul rose to fame in the early 2010s as a YouTuber, sharing comedy sketches and vlogs of his life, often featuring his brother, Logan Paul. Before that, he already had a fan base on now defunct video-sharing app Vine, per Sporting News.