Texas: In a matchup that has captured the attention of fans worldwide, boxing icon Mike Tyson will face YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a highly anticipated bout. The event, marks Tyson’s first professional fight in nearly two decades.
The fight will take place on Friday night at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, and will be streamed globally via Netflix, offering the event to over 280 million subscribers without additional charge.
The unusual matchup, rooted in an unlikely friendship, has been promoted with growing friction between the two fighters. At recent promotional events, Jake Paul was met with boos, which he brushed off by acknowledging Tyson’s enduring fanbase.
"I’m the new kid on the block, the disrupter, the loud mouth. Naturally, people want to root against me, and that’s great for the sport of boxing,” Paul expressed.
Tyson, the former undisputed heavyweight champion, last fought professionally in 2005 before returning to the ring for an exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020. After overcoming a health setback from a stomach ulcer, the 58-year-old shed 26 pounds, and was cleared by doctors to fight weeks ago.
Despite concerns about his age and physical condition, Tyson is eager for the challenge. “I'm having a good time in my life, and I don't have much time left, so I'm making the best of it," he said.
The bout will consist of eight rounds of two minutes each and both fighters will wear heavier gloves to educe the impact of punches.
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New Delhi (PTI): A day after the fatal stabbing of a Delhi Police constable, the main accused in the case was shot dead in an encounter with the personnel of the force in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar area, officials said on Sunday.
Constable Kiran Pal was stabbed to death by three people on Saturday while on night patrolling duty in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area. Two accused -- Deepak Max and Krish Gupta -- were arrested later in that day.
The third accused, Raghav -- who stabbed Pal with a knife -- was hiding in Sangam Vihar, a senior police officer of Special Cell said.
Acting on specific information, teams of NDR of Special Cell and Narcotics Cell of South East District, went to the area connecting Sangam Vihar and Surajkund Road late on Saturday night, the officer said.
The accused was identified and asked to surrender. He, however, opened fire at the police personnel who retaliated in self-defence and injured the accused.
"He was immediately taken to the ESIC Hospital, Okhla, where he died," the officer said.
A pistol with two cartridges have been seized, the police officer said, adding no police official was injured in the encounter.
Constable Kiran Pal, posted at Govindpuri Police Station, was on night patrolling duty when he stopped three people riding a scooty in the early hours of Saturday.
The accused threw stones at the constable to evade arrest but he managed to waylay them by putting his bike in front of their vehicle, the officer said.
The constable also took away the keys of the scooty and started questioning the trio during which the accused stabbed him, the officer added.