Social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson are going head-to-head in a live boxing match on Friday night, streaming on Netflix. Paul and Tyson met on Thursday night for a weigh in and final face-off. After his opponent allegedly stepped on his foot, Tyson slapped Paul in the face. “The talk is over,” Tyson, who weighed in at 228 pounds, said before leaving the stage. “Now it’s personal,” Paul, who weighed in at 227 pounds, responded. Paul told CNN that he believes in his skill and is not nervous. He also said he thinks he will knockout Tyson — who is known for his brutal knockout wins — in the fifth or sixth round. Sponsor Message

Paul vs. Tyson will be the main event on Friday’s fight card with six other matches scheduled to kick off Netflix’s first live-streamed boxing event. Anyone with Netflix access will be able to watch at no additional cost. The stream will begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Six other fights will take place before Paul and Tyson’s heavyweight ring walk, so their fight likely won’t start until hours later.

Paul, 27, rose to fame on social media platforms with viral six-second videos on Vine and prank content with his older brother, Logan Paul, on YouTube. Today, Paul boasts over 20 million subscribers on his own YouTube channel.

The younger Paul brother had a brief acting career, playing a recurrent part on Disney’s Bizaardvark from 2016 to 2018. Soon after leaving the program, he started his boxing career with an exhibition battle against fellow YouTuber Deji Olatunji. Paul won via technical knockout. His first professional bout came in 2020 against YouTuber AnEsonGib, whom he defeated via technical knockout in the first round. TikTok user Justine Paradise accused Paul of sexual assault in 2021. Paradise claims that Paul forced her to have oral sex. Paul has denied the accusations.

Tyson, 58, started his boxing career in 1985. Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick in 1986, becoming boxing’s youngest heavyweight champion. Tyson will be fighting for the first time professionally in nearly 20 years on Friday. His final professional fight before retiring was a loss to Irish boxer Kevin McBride in 2005. Tyson faced multi-weight class champion Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition battle in 2020.

Tyson was convicted in 1992 of raping Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old pageant competitor. Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released on parole after three years and resumed his profession, but he has remained a registered sex offender since. A lady accused him of rape again in 2023, claiming the incident took place in a limousine in Albany, NY, in the early 1990s. She filed a lawsuit seeking $5 million for “physical, psychological, and emotional injury” resulting from the claimed assault. Tyson rejected the charges in a district court filing last year in the Northern District of New York. The matter is still ongoing, and court documents indicate that Tyson’s team’s most recent filings will be due early next week.