“Netflix and the NFL are really looking for the future in a big way,” Jones said before the bout Friday night in Arlington.
Michael Irvin talks with Jerry Jones before a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington.before the co-feature between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor. “It’s amazing but wonderful Mike Tyson can draw them like this. Netflix and the NFL are really looking for the future in a big way. They’re going for 40 million people, the most they’ve ever tried . My hats off to them. Frankly, one of the greatest ideas of a promotion I’ve ever seen.
and prior to the start of the seven-fight card, it was announced the $17.8 million in ticket sales became the highest-grossing combat sports gate in Texas history.The atmosphere of the Tyson-Paul fight rivaled the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders fight in May 2021. That fight had a live gate of $9 million where 66,065 tickets were sold. The final numbers for Paul-Tyson won’t be known until a tax report is filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
“Putting together a great Mike Tyson and his lineage and the question mark of age and can he fight this is a little different dynamic,” Jones said of comparing the Alvarez fight to Tyson-Paul. “This arguably is one of the great events in sports. It will really help boxing. I’m having fun.”This is my 15th year covering the Dallas Cowboys. I've covered four head coaches and started covering the beat in Bill Parcells' last season when Tony Romo took over in 2006.
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