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The fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is on, and the new date is set.

The two are now slated to enter the ring Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys and the fight will be livestreamed on Netflix, as originally scheduled.

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), co-founded by Paul, made the announcement on Friday.

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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees combat sports, confirmed the new date had been requested and approved.

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Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of MVP, said the fight was rescheduled to a date “that ensures both Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are fully prepared, with equal training time, as well as allowing to us to keep the event at AT&T stadium in the midst of the Cowboys season.”

Nov. 15 falls on a Friday and the Cowboys will host the Houston Texas that following Monday. July 20, the original date for the fight, fell on a Saturday.

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The news of the new date ended speculation about the fate of the postponed fight, with Texas officials having said Thursday the fight promoter had not yet requested a new date.

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“Although we had to postpone the fight, I will resume training shortly,” Tyson said. “…While we have a new date, the result will be the same no matter when we fight. Jake is getting knocked out.”

Mike Tyson continues his recover after being forced to postpone his fight with Jake Paul until November this year, although a recent video has left fans very concerned for the health of the 58-year-old.

It comes after Tyson pushed their July 20 date back to the winter after sustaining a stomach ulcer meaning he could no longer train. As Paul contractually agreed they would both have the same amount of prep time, it led to a long delay by Netf

Yet fans are worried for the ex-undisputed heavyweight champion of the world thanks to his recent video when he announced the new date of November 15 at the same time as Netflix on X.com, formerly Twitter.

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“Different date, same fate,” said Tyson on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. “I’m going to knock out Jake Paul.”

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However, the delivery of the words, in front of his Aston Martin car, sounded rasp as though he had recently lost his voice which left fans questioning his fitness as he bids to take on a professional fighter nearly 30 years younger.

Mike are you okay you look out of breathe from saying one sentence,” an influencer with 122,000 followers asked online.

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So far, it seems as though everyone is worried for the potential impact of this fight on the two-time boxing champion, who hasn’t fought as a pro in 19 years, or at all since 2020.

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The concern is so much so that the bout will contain fewer rounds, shorter rounds and heavier gloves to try to protect him from health issues that could be developed such as dementia.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Claressa Shields will move up from middleweight to take on WBC women’s heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in Detroit on July 27; the American, who has been fight in MMA, is aiming to become a four-weight world champion

Claressa Shields has her sights on becoming a four-weight world champion after stepping up to challenge women’s WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse.

The 29-year-old has been competing in mixed martial arts with Professional Fighters League since August last year, winning her most recent fight in February with a split-decision verdict over Kelsey DeSantis.

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Shields will return to boxing on July 27 to face Lepage-Joanisse at the Litte Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, where she successfully defended her undisputed middleweight world champion status against Maricela Cornejo in June last year.

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“This is a significant and unique fight where I am moving up two weight classes against a very tough champion in my quest to become world champion in my fourth weight division,” Shields said.

“I plan to do what I do best: bring that GWOAT energy and continue putting women’s boxing on the map.

“I’m excited to bring another entertaining fight to Little Caesars Arena. Last time 12,000 fans filled the arena, and this time we’re going to lift the roof off the building.”

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Shields, who is 14-0 (2) as a professional, has already been a world champion at light-middleweight, middleweight and super-middleweight.

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The clash with Canada’s Lepage-Joanisse (7-1 (2)) will see the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title on the line as it will be fought at that division’s limit of 12st 7lb.

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However, the WBC class that as heavyweight for their women’s title, with the 28-year-old Lepage-Joanisse having won that belt via a split-decision victory over Abril Argentina Vidal in March.

“It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s Claressa or someone else,” Lepage-Joanisse said. “My life is all about challenges.”

Davis faces Martin for real later this month.

Gervonta Davis and Frank Martin collide next weekend, but it won’t be the first time the pair have been in the ring together.

The lightweight rivals have sparred in the past, but will that play any part when the action (live on Amazon Prime) is for real on June 15?

Davis, one of the most prominent stars in boxing, is on the hunt for some of the sport’s biggest fights and victory over Martin can get him closer.

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Battles against Shakur Stevenson, Teofimo Lopez, and a rematch with Ryan Garcia could happen soon for ‘Tank’ and the Baltimore man isn’t taking anything from previous spars against Martin.

Gervonta Davis shows off incredible physique ahead of next fight as fans  express concern for Frank Martin

“We got to see on June 15th if he’s really intimidated. I sparred him before at the Mayweather gym,” said Davis when speaking to PPV.com.

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“Nothing really personal. It was just two young guys that was trying to make something out of nothing.”

The heavyweight division in boxing is in a fantastic place at the moment. Two behemoths in Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury finally squared off a few weeks ago, with the Ukrainian coming out as the undisputed king of the division.

The possibility of a rematch was quickly floated by Fury himself, and it certainly appears that that’s what we’re going to get. That decision could very well free up a world title belt if the IBF doesn’t grant Usyk an exception, which makes things very interesting for mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois.

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If the IBF belt is up for grabs, Eddie Hearn has already inserted Anthony Joshua into the conversation no matter what. And Hearn seemingly has the whole schedule mapped out.

Hearn is just one promoter and can’t make all of the final decisions, but his plan is not far-fetched at all. In fact, it’s the likely outcome and course of action.

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The IBF may not take the belt away from Usyk, but doing so would create an additional world title fight between Joshua and Dubois that is slated to take place at Wembley Stadium. It would be massive, and it would set up another epic undisputed bout in the first half of 2025.

Jannik Sinner won’t win the 2024 French Open, but he will leave Paris as the new world No 1 while Novak Djokovic could slip two places in the ATP Rankings after the tournament.

The 22-year-old Sinner already had one hand on the No 1 ranking before the clay-court Grand Slam got underway as Djokovic had to reach at least the semi-final to deny the Italian top status.

However, with the 24-time Grand Slam forced to withdraw from his quarter-final clash against Casper Ruud due to a knee injury that required surgery, Sinner’s ascend to the top was confirmed on Wednesday.

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Reigning Australian Open champion Sinner will have a handy lead after the tournament, but how big the lead is will depend on the outcome of Sunday’s final.

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Following his loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final, Sinner leads Djokovic by 1,165 in the LIVE Rankings but that lead could be reduced to 745 if the Spaniard wins the French Open.

An Alcaraz victory over Alexader Zverev would see him move ahead of Djokovic in the rankings by the closest of margins as the Spaniard would be on 8,580 points compared to 8,360 points from the Serbian.

The only other change in the top 10 sees Stefanos Tsitsipas slip down two places to No 11 while Alex de Minaur equals his career-high No 9 after reaching the quarter-final.

There are also minimal changes in the rest of the top 20 with Félix Auger-Aliassime climbing three places to No 18 as he made the round of 16.

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Jesper de Jong had a storming French Open as he came through qualifying, stunned Jack Draper in five sets in the first round and then took a set off Alcaraz in the second round.

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His reward is a possible 30-place jump to a career-high No 146.

Zizou Bergs also came through qualifying and upset 24th seed Alejandro Tabilo before losing in the third round against Grigor Dimitrov. He is set to jump 24 places to No 80 with his previous best No 102.

Frenchman Corentin Moutet was one of the big winners as he climbed up 23 places to No 56 after reaching the fourth round and then threatened to upset second seed Sinner after taking the opening set.

Maximilian Marterer lost to Bergs in the second round, but he will get a 15-place boost.

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In case you were wondering, Rafael Nadal picked up 10 points for making an appearance and he will move up 14 spots to No 261.

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Holger Rune won’t suffer a big drop, but his slide down the rankings continues as he will slip to No 15 after losing in the round of 15 – his lowest position since October 2022.

Iga Swiatek is quickly becoming the Queen of Clay.

The 23-year-old Pole won her fourth French Open crown on Saturday, defeating Italian rising star Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1.

The win puts Swiatek as the top-5 winningest women’s player to capture the title in Paris, surpassing Serena Williams, and Monica Seles, among others. The current record holder is Chris Evert with seven.

While Swiatek’s road to winning the 2024 championship was relatively smooth, she had to face one big hurdle in the second round against former Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. Swiatek found herself down a match point against hard-hitting Osaka but found a way to take home the win in three tight sets.

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“I was almost out of the tournament in the second round so thank you guys for staying behind my back and cheering for me,” Swiatek said after the win. “I also needed to believe that this one was going to be possible. It has been a very emotional tournament so thank you for supporting me.”

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Since the Osaka clash, Swiatek has cruised past impressive opponents, only dropping two games in the Round of 16 and quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she downed American Coco Gauff convincingly to book her third straight French Open final.

Here’s just one other indication of how dominant Swiatek is on clay: She added this triumph to those on the slow surface at Madrid and Rome last month, becoming the first woman to win all three events since Serena Williams did it in 2013.

During Saturday’s postmatch ceremony, Swiatek was flanked by a pair of women who each won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Evert said before this French Open that she thinks Swiatek could eventually surpass her women’s record of seven championships in Paris.

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Swiatek will carry her momentum to the grass courts of London where she will be the No. 1 seed in singles play at Wimbledon. Her best result to date at the All England Club was in 2023, reaching the quarterfinals. She did, however, win the junior Wimbledon singles title in 2018.

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Paolini, on the other hand, also has a lot of momentum to carry into the grass court swing. The world No. 15 will find herself ranked in the top 10 when the new rankings come out on Monday.

But her job at the French Open is not done yet. She will compete in the doubles final with partner Italy’s Sara Errani on Sunday against 2023 U.S. Open singles champion Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova.

Following the doubles final, the men’s singles final will feature Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev. The French Open final airs live on NBC and Peacock from Roland Garros in Paris at 9 a.m. ET. The match will also stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On Friday night Tiger Woods concluded play at the 2024 PGA Championship. And for the first time in a long time, the golf world’s reaction to his round felt like one collective shrug.

For years now (for decades, really) we’ve hung on Woods’ every shot in these major championship starts. We’ve studied his gait. His ball speed. His putting stroke. In his latest comeback we’ve taken little moments (a flagged long iron, say) and wondered if they could turn to big moments. If he could just string enough of ’em together … could he win again?

But this week was different.

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There were other factors involved, of course. Scottie Scheffler’s arrest loomed over the day’s proceedings, for one thing. And second-round tee time was delayed until mid-afternoon; by the time Woods addressed a half-empty press room, eight shots off the cut line, it was nearly 8 p.m. Asked to describe his week, he sighed and smiled.

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“The week? It was a great week being here, being here at Valhalla, and unfortunately my scores did not indicate how the people treated me and how great a week I had,” he said. “Unfortunately, I hit too many shots.”

There was no denying that part. Woods had just birdied the 18th hole to close out a second-round six-over 77; paired with his first-round 72 that left him at 7 over par for the tournament, the same score as club pro sensation Michael Block.

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Mike Tyson is still promising to render Jake Paul unconscious when the two finally meet in the ring on November 15.

The former undisputed heavyweight champion was initially slated to face Paul, 27, on July 20 in a controversial bout three weeks after his 58th birthday.

However, after suffering a medical emergency on a recent flight from Miami to Los Angeles, ‘Iron’ Mike was forced to pull out of the summer contest and rearrange his clash with the YouTuber-turned-fighter for later this year.

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Despite his health scare delaying it for just under four months, Tyson remains supremely confident of winning by knockout on the new November date.

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In a chilling video message, the boxing legend warned Paul after their fight was officially rescheduled: ‘Different date, same fate. Imma knockout Jake Paul.’

Tyson is said to have become nauseous and dizzy on his recent cross-country flight due to an ulcer flare up, forcing airline staff to ask passengers if there was a doctor on board.

Paramedics later boarded the plane to treat him after it had touched down in LA.

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Sources claimed the cabin crew ‘issued an announcement asking for a doctor 30 minutes before landing and the message even came on everyone’s screens.’

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‘He was in first class, but we were an exit row,’ an eyewitness added.

‘They asked us to stay on the plane and landed so paramedics could enter. [The stewardess] said something like, “He’s a really important passenger so we wanna make sure he’s OK.” I knew it was him, but I just mouthed the words “Mike Tyson” and she nodded her head yes.’

Boxing fans were left in suspense after the postponement of the highly anticipated bout between Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, originally scheduled for July 20. The postponement was due to an ulcer flare-up Tyson suffered during a recent flight, which prevented him from being deemed medically fit for the bout.

In a recent video, Mike Tyson released a message that chilled many, including Jake Paul. In the clip, Tyson looks determined and threatens a brutal end to his opponent:

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Tyson’s message has generated a wave of anticipation and fear in the boxing world, as fans count down the days to see if Mike can deliver on his promise and leave an indelible mark on Jake Paul’s career.

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“Different date. Same destination. I’m going to knock out Jake Paul. Different date. Same destination. I’m going to knock out Jake Paul.”

A new date for the showdown was decided a few days ago. The legendary former heavyweight champion and known as “Iron Mike” will step into the ring with Jake Paul on Friday, Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, not far from Dallas.

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With the new date set, anticipation is growing and both fighters are preparing for a showdown that promises to be historic.