Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul promises to be one of the biggest boxing events of the year as former world champion Tyson takes on YouTube influencer Paul in Arlington, Texas.
Tyson, 58, has been coaxed out of retirement for a contest at the AT&T Stadium in front of 80,000 people and millions watching around the globe on Netflix, who are streaming the fight.
Jake Paul is the bookies' favourite for the bout, which will consist of eight two-minute rounds with heavier gloves.
There is plenty of intrigue and interest in this fight, which ramped up another notch with Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at yesterday’s weigh-in as the pair had to be separated.
Interest hasn’t just been limited to the US and UK, globally, this fight has had a far greater search than Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, arguably one of the biggest fights of the year which took place on May 18.
Oddschekcer data shows that there has been an 8.6x greater search for Tyson vs Paul than Fury vs Usyk, demonstrating the global appeal of a boxing match between a man who has been retired for almost 20 years and a social media influencer turned boxer.
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Underdog Tyson Backed By Oddschecker Punters
Tyson takes 61% of bets on oddschecker
The last time Mike Tyson stepped into a ring for a professional fight was 2005 when he lost to Kevin McBride as his glittering career came to a limp ending.
Despite this, our data shows that many punters are looking to support ‘Iron Mike’ Tyson, who is currently at 12/5 with Midnite, in his bid to defeat ‘Problem Child’ Jake Paul, a 13/19 favourite with vbet.
This week, 61% of all bets have been placed on Mike Tyson to emerge triumphant at the At&T Stadium, with 32% of votes backing Paul to emerge as the winner.
The best odds you can find for a draw is currently 11/1 with Star Sports – 7% of people betting through oddschecker have supported this outcome in the past week.
Paul v Tyson fight on of the most popular fights on oddschecker
Bet365 take more bets than anyone else on Paul v Fury
This fight was due to take place back in July but was cancelled due to an ulcer flare up suffered by Mike Tyson on a flight to Miami.
That has only added to the tension as the fight build-up has reached boiling point and that has also been reflected in the betting slips received by oddschecker in fight week.
In the week building up to the fight, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson has been one of the most busiest boxing events on oddschecker in recent years, eclipsing all of Jake Paul’s recent fights.
In terms of the most popular bookmakers, bet365 has stolen a march as the most popular bookie on oddschecker for betting on the fight, receiving almost double theclosest competitor for bets on Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul in the past seven days.
