IRVING, Texas – Mike Tyson and Jake Paul both “made” weight for their Friday heavyweight headline event when they hit the scales at Thursday’s ceremonial weigh-in at the Toyota Music Factory.
Tyson, who weighed in at 228.4lbs, will attempt to roll back the years on Friday night when the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion takes on 27-year-old Jake Paul, who weighed 227.2lbs, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The card, which will stream on Netflix, also features a rematch of the 2022 classic between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor and a welterweight title fight between Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos.
Other fights on the card include Brazilian influencer Whindersson Nunes and India’s Neeraj Goyat, rising star Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington taking on Australian Dana Coolwell, Shadasia Green and Melinda Watpool battling for a vacant super middleweight belt, and Canada’s Lucas Bahdi, fresh off a KO of the Year contender against Ashton Sylve, facing Armando Casamonica of Italy.
All weigh-in results from the card are as follows:
Heavyweights – eight rounds (2 minutes each)
Jake Paul (227.2lbs) vs Mike Tyson (228.4lbs)
Undisputed women’s junior welterweight championship – 10 rounds (2 minutes each)
Katie Taylor (137.4) vs Amanda Serrano (137.4)
Welterweight – 12 rounds
Mario Barrios (146.8) vs Abel Ramos (146.4)
Middleweight – six rounds
Whindersson Nunes (164.0) vs Neeraj Goyat (162.0)
Super middleweight title – 10 rounds (2 minutes each)
Shadasia Green (167.8) vs Melinda Watpool (166.8)
Lightweight – 10 rounds
Lucas Bahdi (134.6) vs Armando Casamonica (138.8)*
Featherweight – eight rounds
Bruce Carrington (125.8) vs Dana Coolwell (125.2)
*Casamonica missed weight, but the fight will continue as planned
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