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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
STORYFaye Bradley
- 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.
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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?
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.
Faye Bradley is a Hong Kong-based contributing online editor for Style by SCMP, where she covers topics in luxury, pop culture, celebrity, influencer, entertainment, travel, trending news, food and drinks, and lifestyle. As a freelance writer, her work has been featured in CNN Style, Business Insider, Michelin Guide, Travel + Leisure Asia, China Daily, Design Anthology, BurdaLuxury, Skyscanner, and Hong Kong Tourism Board. With a BA (Hons) in art and design from the University of Leeds, she is the co-founder of Paradigm Haus, a print publication that covers artists, creatives and entrepreneurs the world over, and the founder of CSP Times, a digital luxury lifestyle website. She is also an editor for luxury wellness travel publication Compare Retreats.
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