Paul vs Tyson LIVE: Press conference updates and latest news for Netflix fight

Every fighter from Friday’s card is making their way to the stage. Here’s a reminder of how the card looks:

Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson (heavyweight)

Katie Taylor (defending C) vs Amanda Serrano 2 (undisputed women’s super-lightweight titles)

Mario Barrios (interim C) vs Abel Ramos (WBC welterweight title)

Shadasia Green vs Melinda Watpool (vacant women’s WBO super-middleweight title)

Lucas Bahdi vs Armando Casamonica (lightweight)

Bruce Carrington vs Dana Coolwell (featherweight)

Neeraj Goyat vs Whindersson Nunes (middleweight)

Sports journalist Ariel Helwani gets proceedings under way.

The press conference is only moments away. This should be interesting!

Tonight’s press conference is just 30 minutes away. Don’t go anywhere; we’ll have you covered with everything that goes down at Toyota Music Factory.

And here’s how Paul felt about Tyson’s withdrawal from the fight in May:

“When I received the news that he was out and not able to fight, I was just numb. I was just like, ‘f***…’ I’m the type of person who likes a schedule and likes to know what I’m doing. This just threw a wrench in all of that. There was nothing I could do, it was out of my control.”

Some of the concern for Tyson’s health stems not only from his age, but also from his health scare in late May.

The 58-year-old suffered an ulcer flare-up on a flight, forcing his bout with Paul to be delayed from July until this week.

And Tyson recently revealed that he was throwing up blood on the plane, when he went through his health scare.

Jake Paul is adamant he will fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez following his bout with Mike Tyson on Friday.

Paul, who is now 10-1 with seven knockouts and whose only defeat was on points to Tommy Fury, believes a cruiserweight bout against Alvarez for a version of the world title can be agreed for 2025.

“This moment will prove that I’m the face of boxing,” Paul said. “The largest attraction, and me vs Canelo at 200lbs for the cruiserweight world title is the biggest fight.”

Want to know how Tyson looked at yesterday’s open workout?

How was his speed, power, attitude?

And here’s all you need to know about Friday’s undercard, including the co-main event: a tantalising rematch of the biggest women’s fight ever, Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano.

“Live on Netflix.” You’ll hear those words a lot this week, as Mike Tyson and Jake Paul meet in one of the most controversial fights in recent memory. But as novel as those words are, they may represent the norm in the coming months and years.

Let’s start with the exposition. Netflix has been a game-changer in the consumption of film and television over the last decade, and the American streaming giant is now seeking to have the same impact in the world of sport. Launched in 1998, Netflix’s first major boom took place between 2007 and 2011, as its subscriber numbers soared from 6m to 23m. But it felt like Netflix really became a staple in living rooms and on laptops worldwide in the mid-2010s, with the release of its first original output: the award-winning, US remake of House Of Cards.

Since then, numerous series like Squid Game, Stranger Things, Money Heist and Bridgerton have further shown Netflix’s ability to produce craved art and content (although the platform’s original films have not impressed in the same way), seeing a growth to 282.7m subscribers as of late 2024.

And Netflix’s next move? Committing to live sport.