Tickets for Mike Tyson‘s controversial boxing bout in opposition to Jake Paul are set to value an eye-watering quantity – even within the gods.
Two-time heavyweight champion of the world Tyson will step into the ring with YouTuber Paul on July 20 for a combat to be reside streamed on Netflix. He’ll be 58 come the occasion, a close to 31-year age hole to his opponent.
But Iron Mike reckons he can nonetheless get the job performed in what’s being billed because the “biggest fight of the 21st century” by organisers – and people wishing to be in attendance for it are going to need to pay the worth.
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Tickets aren’t but on sale, with info coming at a later date. However, resale website Vivid Seats are promoting them – with the most affordable being $203 (£158) for stage 400, the best tier of the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, it might probably maintain 80,000 followers, so tickets fluctuate significantly in worth. At the opposite finish of the dimensions, the most costly on provide will set you again $8,575 (£6,692), and that is excluding charges.
Fans can alternatively join a ticket presale by means of Paul’s firm Most Valuable Promotions. Netflix subscribers will have the ability to watch on at residence at no further value from their month-to-month charge.
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Both Tyson and Paul have been criticised for the cash-grab contest. The former insisted: “I’m very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul.
“He’s grown considerably as a boxer through the years, so it is going to be loads of enjoyable to see what the need and ambition of a ‘child’ can do with the expertise and aptitude of a GOAT.”
Paul, meanwhile, said: “My sights are set on changing into a world champion, and now I’ve an opportunity to show myself in opposition to the best heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and essentially the most harmful boxer of all time. This would be the combat of a lifetime.”