The bout took place on November 15, 2024, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and was streamed globally on Netflix, with 65 million people watching the event concurrently.

[3] Originally, the bout was scheduled to take place on July 20 but was postponed due to Tyson suffering an ulcer flare-up aboard a plane.

[6] On November 3, 2023, it was reported that Netflix was considering streaming a boxing match involving Jake Paul on their service.

[7] On March 7, 2024, Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions announced that they were partnering to host an event headlined by Paul facing former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

[9] On April 29, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations confirmed it approved the fighters' request and that the bout would be a sanctioned, professional fight.

[10] On May 31, Netflix announced that the event had been postponed due to Tyson suffering a ulcer flare up while boarding a plane.

[11] Paul took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to call out his rival and fellow YouTuber-turned-professional boxer KSI to replace Tyson.

[19] Each episode was narrated by Ice-T.[20] On April 16, Netflix announced that the long-awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female light-welterweight titles would be the co-feature bout.

[21] On May 21, Netflix announced that Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyat would face Brazilian internet personality Whindersson Nunes.

[24][25] Former mixed martial artist Darren Till was originally scheduled to face former WBC middleweight boxing champion Julio César Chávez Jr.[26] Rosie Perez, Roy Jones Jr. and broadcaster Mauro Ranallo on the ring and Andre Ward, Cedric The Entertainer and Kate Scott were on desk.

[29] Tyson then walked out to "Murdergram" by Murder Inc.. After both men were in the ring, The Star-Spangled Banner was sung by Tori Kelly.