Star-studded Netflix broadcast team for Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson announced as Kate Abdo hosts with legendary former foes on commentary
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson is set to be huge even on Netflix this month.
The controversial fight between the 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer and the 58-year-old heavyweight legend has made headlines around the world since it was first announced in March.
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Following an initial postponement, the contest is now finally set to take place on Friday, November 15.
And with a week to go until fight night, the broadcast details have now been officially confirmed by Netflix.
The main card broadcast, which will not be a PPV, will start at 1am UK time (8pm ET/5pm PT).
It will feature an extensive team for which British sports broadcaster Kate Scott (née Abdo) will be the host.
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Alongside her will be legendary former two-weight world champion Andre Ward as lead analyst.
Mauro Ranallo will lead the ringside play-by-play commentary.
And he will be supported by ringside analysis from Tyson’s former foe Roy Jones Jr and Rosie Perez.
Tyson and Jones previously shared the ring in a famous exhibition fight in 2020.
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Also, during the week building up to the fight, Paul’s former foe Tyron Woodley is set to play a part on the broadcast streams for the public workouts, press conference and weigh-in.
Paul narrowly beat Woodley on points in their first meeting, then brutally KO’d him in their rematch.
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Sean Wheelock will be the rules and scoring expert, while Ariel Helwani and Sibley Scoles will serve as reporters.
For the preliminary card, Mike’s son Amir Tyson will lead the reporting alongside Sibley Scoles.
Kody ‘Big Mo’ Mommaerts is set to be the ring announcer on fight night.
Mike Tyson unleashes his frightening power in new training footage for Jake Paul Fight
“The most ironic thing is, I was actually cast in the Mike Tyson TV show for Hulu a couple of years ago, and I actually did a couple of scenes for that TV show,” he told talkSPORT.com.
“Unfortunately, my scenes got cut because they changed editors, but I actually was cast as an announcer for Mike Tyson on that TV show.
“The universe works in weird ways. It’s just crazy how that happens, and now I’m actually going to be introducing the real Mike Tyson, not a TV version of him.”
