The fight between YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and former world champion Mike Tyson has been officially sanctioned as a professional fight.
It means the outcome of the bout, which is scheduled to take place in Texas on 20 July, will appear on both their records.
Tyson, whose professional career ended in 2005, most recently competed in an exhibition bout in 2020 and will turn 58 three weeks before facing Paul.
Paul, meanwhile, beat Ryan Bourland in his 10th professional fight in March.
Both boxers signed on to fight each other with the desire to do so in a sanctioned professional fight that would have a definitive outcome.
Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1987 but his reign as unified champion came to a shock end in 1990 as he was beaten by Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Although he briefly regained the WBA and WBC titles in 1996, he then suffered back-to-back defeats to Evander Holyfield – the second ending as Tyson was disqualified for biting part of Holyfield’s ear off.
Paul has won nine of his 10 fights, mostly against ex-UFC fighters, with his solitary defeat coming against British heavyweight boxer Tommy Fury in February 2023.
Jake Paul, Mike Tyson Fight Sanctioned As Professional Fight
