The last fight for Jake Paul was a global phenomenon.
An estimated 108-million live viewers in around 65 million households worldwide tuned in to Netflix last month to see the influencer-turned-boxer defeat legendary fighter Mike Tyson in a unanimous decision, making it the most-streamed sporting event.
Paul, 27, and Tyson, 58, reportedly made tens of millions of dollars from the event in Texas.
It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that everybody wants to be the next person to face Paul (11-1, 7 KOs).
“It’s boxers, it’s athletes, it’s celebrities — pretty much everyone in the world wants to challenge Jake Paul at this point in time, which is pretty remarkable just four years into his career and 12 fights as a professional,” said Nakisa Bidarian, who co-founded and runs Most Valuable Promotions with Paul.
So who will it be? And which platform will get to air the next fight that may attract millions of more eyeballs? Bidarian couldn’t say — not because it’s a closely guarded secret, but because those decisions have yet to be made.
“We’re definitely still looking at what the options are,” Bidarian said. “It starts with getting to an alignment with MVP, Jake and the rest of the company on where we’re going to put our product going forward. We obviously have been very successful with DAZN, we’ve been very successful with Netflix, we’ve been successful on pretty much every platform that we’ve been on.