Mike Tyson set to fight Jake Paul in boxing match at AT&T Stadium in July

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10 Mar 2024

Mike Tyson set to fight Jake Paul in boxing match at AT&T Stadium in July
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and social media influencer/boxer Jake Paul will face off in a match on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as part of a main event card airing on Netflix.
The event will be Netflix's first combat sports broadcast and third sporting event overall following The Netflix Cup, a golf tournament between Formula 1 drivers and PGA Tour players, and The Netflix Slam, a tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once in a lifetime dream matchup and I anticipate it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions.
It’s JAKE PAUL vs. MIKE TYSON — yes, really! — in a LIVE BOXING event at AT&T Stadium you won’t want to miss. Airing live on Netflix Saturday, July 20 #PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/ULXVeCYeH6
— Netflix (@netflix) March 7, 2024

Paul, 27, has 10 professional bouts to his name with a 9-1 record, which includes six knockouts. His most recent fight was a first-round TKO of Ryan Bourland last Saturday night in Puerto Rico. He also recorded a first-round knockout of Andre August in December.
Tyson, who will turn 58 in June, won 50 total fights in his career with 44 coming via knockout and was the youngest heavyweight champion ever at 20 years old. He last fought during an exhibition match in Nov. 2020 against Roy Jones Jr., which ended in a draw.
Tyson's last professional fight came in 2005 when he threw in the towel ahead of the seventh round against Kevin McBride. That match came nearly a year after he suffered a fourth-round knockout by Danny Williams.

“[Paul has] grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a 'kid' can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT," Tyson said in a statement. "It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”

According to ESPN, there's still a question about how the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation will sanction the event given the amount of attention it will receive. Also still to be answered is whether the match will be classified as a professional fight or an exhibition.

Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner after winning the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, center, celebrates on the podium flanked by second place Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico, led, and third place Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monacoon the podium of the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is flanked by his wife Geri Alliwell after the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace/Pool)
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Verstappen’s second win of the season followed speculation over his future at Red Bull.
Verstappen had suggested Friday that he might reconsider his relationship with the team if his mentor Helmut Marko were to leave Red Bull, but Marko told German broadcaster Sky Sport on Saturday that he was staying.
“I always said that, what is most important is that we work together as a team and that everyone keeps the peace,” Verstappen said after the race.
"And that’s what we, I think, we all agree on within the team. So hopefully from now onwards that is also fully the case and everyone is trying to focus in the same direction. And I think the positive out of all this is that it didn’t hurt our performances, so it’s a very strong team."
The team’s parent company last week dismissed a complaint of alleged misconduct by Red Bull team principal Horner toward a team employee. Verstappen's father Jos has been sharply critical of Horner, claiming the team could “explode” if he remains in charge.
The employee whose complaint sparked the investigation has since been suspended, a person with information on the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person requested anonymity because Red Bull hasn’t revealed details of the investigation.
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How death of Red Bull’s founding father led to civil war

Tom Cary
Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 3:30 PM GMT+6:30·6 min read
Helmut Marko (left) and Christian Horner (right) have seen their relationship break down - Getty Images/Clive Rose
To understand the root cause of the internecine war raging at Red Bull, it is necessary to go back to October 2022; to the death of Dietrich Mateschitz, the team’s founding father.
Mateschitz’s passing, and the power vacuum that created, has led inexorably to what we are witnessing today; to the vicious infighting between team principal Christian Horner on the one side, and Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s octogenarian motorsport adviser, and Jos Verstappen, father of three-time world champion Max Verstappen, on the other.
For years, Mateschitz reigned supreme. Although he owned only 49 per cent of the Red Bull empire, compared with the Thais’ 51 per cent, he was effectively the main man and his word was final. The race team were his baby. Marko, Mateschitz’s friend and confidant, was the intermediary between Horner and Salzburg.
After his death, Red Bull GmbH created a new management structure, with three chief executives effectively running the business. The sporting side fell to Oliver Mintzlaff. But almost immediately cracks began to appear in the previously strong working relationship between Milton Keynes and Austria.
Before his passing in 2022, Dietrich Mateschitz was effectively the main man at Red Bull and his word was final - Reuters/Lisi Niesner
There was tension over a possible partnership with Porsche, which would have given the German manufacturer a 50 per cent stake in the team. Horner was against it, as was Marko. Then there were tensions over a title sponsorship for Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri relating to brands Visa and Hugo.
From the outside looking in, the relationship with Marko began to break down in 2023. Sources suggest the Austrian had grown increasingly redundant without his friend Mateschitz.
But things really soured after Marko blamed Sergio Perez’s fluctuating form last season on his “cultural heritage”. Marko was given a written warning by Red Bull Austria and forced to issue a public apology. More importantly, according to those close to him, he felt Horner did not support him enough in public.
Either way, stories began to emerge of a “power struggle” between Horner and Marko, between Milton Keynes and Austria, with Verstappen and his father rallying behind Marko. Horner was accused of agitating for Marko’s removal, something he denied.
The relationship between Horner and Jos Verstappen is clearly at a low ebb - Getty Images/Clive Rose
It is unclear when exactly the “escape clause” was added to Verstappen’s contract – the mysterious addendum that has come to light only recently, allegedly allowing Verstappen to walk should Marko ever leave – but it is believed to have been around this time.
Incredibly, given he is both team principal and chief executive of Red Bull Racing, Horner is understood not to have known about the clause being added. Telegraph Sport has been told Marko added it himself, as a director of the company, with no one from Red Bull Racing or Group being aware. Red Bull declined to comment when asked whether this was true.
Either way, with the battle lines having been drawn, and paranoia starting to creep in, along came the trigger for the chaos of the past few weeks. Did Horner’s accuser go to Austria of her own accord to make those allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him? Was she prompted by a third party? That remains unclear. As does the nature of the relationship between the accuser and Verstappen’s father.
Telegraph Sport has spoken to multiple witnesses who claim they saw Horner’s accuser kissing him at Red Bull’s post-Abu Dhabi 2021 grand prix victory party aboard a yacht.
One thing is clear, the allegations against Horner were a potential smoking gun. The Austrian faction were reportedly keen to get rid of Horner. They thought it would be cut and dried. But they did not count on Chalerm Yoovidhya, Red Bull’s Thai majority owner (51 per cent), backing the team principal and demanding a full investigation.
Chalerm Yoovidhya, a part-owner of Red Bull, is public supporter of Horner's - Getty Images/Qian Jun
It remains unclear why Horner was not suspended at this point. What is known is that he was told in early January that an external specialist barrister was being appointed to look into the allegations. Again, why the identity of that barrister cannot be shared in the interests of transparency is unclear. But what was meant to be an internal investigation soon became a public pile-on when the investigation was made public by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf on Feb 5.
Who leaked it? That may form part of a secondary investigation that it has become clear is now being carried out by Red Bull GmbH. But if the intention was to pile public pressure on to the private pressure already being heaped on Horner, it worked.
As the anonymous KC went about his investigation – compiling his 100-plus page report based on over 60 hours of interviews with multiple witnesses – Horner faced huge media scrutiny, which only ratcheted up still further when more allegations were published by De Telegraaf the day after Red Bull’s season launch.
Again, the intention appeared to be to humiliate Horner and pile further pressure on Red Bull GmbH.
If there was any doubt of a “dirty war” being waged, it disappeared altogether the day after Red Bull’s parent company announced on Feb 28 that the grievance case against Horner had been dismissed. A huge tranche of flirty, sometimes lewd WhatsApp messages, purportedly between Horner and his accuser, were leaked by anonymous email to journalists and paddock figures.
Suddenly the battle was being raged out in the open.
We know now that Horner’s accuser has been suspended as a direct result of the investigation. The BBC reports she was told concerns around the accuracy and consistency of her evidence had been given as an explanation.
But by now the investigation was almost secondary to the public battle raging at the top of Red Bull Racing. Jos Verstappen and Horner had a blazing row in Bahrain, with Verstappen snr reportedly telling the Red Bull principal he knew that Horner suspected him of being behind the leaks, something Verstappen snr vehemently denied.
The next day, after Horner’s former Spice Girls wife Geri and Yoovidhya turned up in support of Horner at the season-opening race, Jos went public with his feelings, calling on Horner to resign before the team “exploded”.
Horner has enjoyed the public support of his wife Geri during the first two races of the season - Getty Images/Clive Rose
This week it was Marko’s turn when he suggested on Friday that he could be “suspended” by Red Bull. Was it a final throw of the dice? Was Marko daring Red Bull to get rid of him? Was he trying to trigger the “escape clause” in Verstappen’s contract? That remains to be seen.
Marko turned up in the paddock in Jeddah on Saturday, a few hours before the race, side by side with Mintzlaff, announcing they had positive talks and that he was staying after all. Given all that we know, it would be a miracle if there were not further twists in store.
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IndyCar St. Petersburg starting lineup: Josef Newgarden takes first pole in nearly two years

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Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 4:39 AM GMT+6:30·5 min read

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Josef Newgarden started off 2024 by shoring up what hampered him last year, capturing the pole position for the NTT IndyCar Series season opener.
The Team Penske star outqualified Felix Rosenqvist by 0.0058 seconds in the tightest front row of an IndyCar street race since the 2012 Detroit Grand Prix, and the two-time series champion then exploded from the cockpit of his No. 2 Dallara-Chevrolet for possibly his most enthusiastic celebration since winning last year's Indy 500.
"Gosh, I get jacked up every time I show up for an IndyCar race," Newgarden told NBC Sports' Marty Snider after his 17th IndyCar pole position. "It’s an elevated level when you start out the year because you just don’t know if you’re going to keep coming back and producing results. It’s very difficult.
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"You saw how tight it was. I thought let’s get through R1, R2 and see what we can make happen in the Fast Six. This is a rock star team. I love everybody on it. We’re here to go after it every weekend."
Qualifying second in his Meyer Shank Racing debut, Rosenqvist will have an actual rock star aboard his No. 60 Dallara-Honda that is sporting a paint scheme with Jon Bon Jovi Radio. (The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer also will lead the field to the green flag Sunday and voice a feature during the NBC prerace show.)
"It's been a really solid start so far, incredible start," Rosenqvist, who was the quickest by a half-second of the 27 drivers in Friday's practice, told NBC Sports' Georgia Henneberry. "Honestly, we’re still biting ourselves a little bit. We don’t want to get carried away. The race is a different challenge. We had the feeling from practice. It’s not often you have that, especially the first weekend with a new team."
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Romain Grosjean also had an impressive qualifying debut for Juncos Hollinger Racing and will start fifth alongside defending race winner Marcus Ericsson, who is making his debut for Andretti Global.
Pato O'Ward qualified third alongisde Colton Herta to round out the Fast Six.
Newgarden won four times on ovals last year but finished fifth in the points standings (his worst showing in six years) because of only one podium in 12 starts on street and road courses. Saturday marked his pole since since June 5, 2022 on the Detroit street course (he started first at World Wide Technology Raceway Gateway last year because teammate Scott McLaughlin won the pole but suffered a grid penalty).
"It's what we need," Newgarden said. "We haven't gotten on an oval yet, so I hope we still have that form. Just because we were strong on ovals last year doesn't guarantee that we will be strong on ovals again this year. I've made that mistake many times where you think you can just go with the same recipe that worked the year before, and it doesn't always transfer.
"I think we've made the necessary steps to be better on a street course. I think we can get there in a road course too. We just have to make sure we preserve that excellent oval package that we've had, but if we can get all of them, then that's what we were lacking last year. We just did not have the consistency across the board. I think today is very encouraging. It definitely makes me feel more positive about what we can bring for the entire championship."
Here’s the IndyCar starting lineup for Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the 14-turn 1.8-mile temporary street course (qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time and speed):
ROW 1
1. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 59.5714 (108.777 mph)
2. (60) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 59.5772 (108.766)
ROW 2
3. (5) Pato O'Ward, Chevrolet, 59.6540 (108.626)
4. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 59.8189 (108.327)
ROW 3
5. (77) Romain Grosjean, Chevrolet, 01:00.0642 (107.885)
6. (28) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 01:03.5583 (101.954)
ROW 4
7. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 59.5501 (108.816)
8. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 59.5594 (108.799)
ROW 5
9. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 59.5741 (108.772)
10. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 59.6127 (108.702)
ROW 6
11. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 59.8483 (108.274)
12. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 01:00.0172 (107.969)
ROW 7
13. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 59.7897 (108.380)
14. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 59.8182 (108.328)
ROW 8
15. (7) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 59.8164 (108.331)
16. (6) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 59.8911 (108.196)
ROW 9
17. (66) Tom Blomqvist, Honda, 59.9968 (108.006)
18. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 59.9102 (108.162)
ROW 10
19. (8) Linus Lundqvist, Honda, 01:00.0034 (107.994)
20. (78) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 59.9308 (108.125)
ROW 11
21. (20) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 01:00.2021 (107.637)
22. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:00.0953 (107.829)
ROW 12
23. (4) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 01:00.2956 (107.471)
24. (41) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 01:00.4125 (107.263)
ROW 13
25. (51) Colin Braun, Honda, 01:01.3044 (105.702)
26. (30) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 01:00.5336 (107.048)
ROW 14
27. (18) Jack Harvey, Honda, 01:00.5712 (106.982)
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Oliver Bearman the ‘Special One’ at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with stunning drive on Ferrari debut

Luke Slater
Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 2:05 AM GMT+6:30·39 min read
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Oliver Bearman took a fantastic seventh place on his F1 debut for Ferrari - Getty Images/Clive Rose
Jose Mourinho was one of a number of celebrities and sports stars to show up at Saturday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but there was no doubt who the ‘Special One’ was.
Ollie Bearman, the 18-year-old Formula 2 driver from Chelmsford, the third-youngest driver in the history of the sport who was only thrown in at Ferrari on Friday after Carlos Sainz went down with appendicitis, finished a hugely-impressive seventh on his Formula One debut, having started 11th.
To say Bearman won a few admirers would be understating things. They were fairly queuing up to congratulate him at the finish. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both gave him high fives in parc ferme, Lando Norris, who finished one place behind Bearman in eighth, tweeted about his compatriot’s “mega job”, 1996 world champion Damon Hill announced that a “star was born”.
And despite the presence of multiple world champions and established Formula One drivers in the mixed zone afterwards, there was only one driver the world’s media wanted to speak to.
“I mean, he completely deserves it,” Bearman’s Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, who finished third, said of the praise being heaped upon the teenager. “He’s done an incredible job. From FP3 he was straight on the pace. I think today he has been incredible.
“Seventh in your first race in F1 having only done FP3 in a new car is impressive. Everybody has noticed how talented he is and I guess it’s just a matter of time before he’s in an F1 car.”
Bearman is hugged by his proud father, David - Getty Images/Kym Illman
There is already talk that Ferrari-powered Haas may offer Bearman a seat next year. But they may face competition. This was an extraordinarily assured performance given his lack of preparation time. It also provided a hugely welcome sub-plot to a race which felt like a foregone conclusion from the moment Red Bull’s Max Verstappen got away cleanly and roared off into the distance.
The three-time world champion’s crushingly predictable victory, by 14 seconds from Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, was his 19th in his last 20 races, and his second in two races this season, ensuring Verstappen already enjoys a 15-point championship lead over the Mexican.
Max Verstappen celebrates a comfortable victory - Getty Images/Mark Thompson
At this rate, he will have his fourth consecutive championship sewn up in record time – assuming he doesn’t quit the team at any point before then. Red Bull remain as chaotic off the track as they are assured on it, although Verstappen said he hoped the drama could be put behind them. “I always said that what is important is that we stay together as a team,” he insisted in his press conference afterwards. “Hopefully from now on that is the case.”
Verstappen was so relaxed heading into this race he stayed up until after 3am local time on Saturday morning gaming with other live streamers on Twitch.
Bearman provided some welcome relief from that saga. His story, becoming the youngest Briton ever to compete in a Formula One grand prix, was wonderfully feelgood.
He had to fend off challenges from two of his more illustrious compatriots, too. McLaren’s Norris and Mercedes’ Hamilton both pushed him hard in the final stint as they fought back after late pit stops for fresh tyres on inverted strategies. But after initially taking chunks out of Bearman’s advantage, their tyres began to fade, and Norris and Hamilton were left fighting among themselves for eighth place rather than challenging the teenager.
It was another frustrating race for Mercedes. Russell finished sixth and Hamilton ninth behind Bearman and Norris. Hamilton said the team needed to make “big changes” to the car. “It was like I was in a different category when I was going through the high-speed compared to the other guys around me,” he said.
Unsurprisingly, he was left grinning from ear to ear.
“A little tired,” Bearman admitted of how he felt by the end of what was by far the longest race of his career. “You can probably see I don’t look my best. But it was a fantastic race, pushing all the way. Especially at the end when I had the two guys on softs bearing down on me. I couldn’t really but it was a really exciting and fun race.
“The countdown seemed like it was going slower than normal. I think we managed it [the final stint] really well.”
Bearman, who was named driver of the day in the fans’ vote, added: “I think I did my fastest lap on the last one. It was really fun and I felt good confidence. I was building throughout the race... I felt like I could really push. There’s a bit more to it to overtake in F1 rather than F2. It’s just really difficult to follow... coming so close to these walls one second from the guy in front it’s difficult, it requires more precision.”
It will surely not be long until we see Bearman again in a Formula One race. “A star is born” Hill concluded. “Oliver Bearman, to jump in at such short notice, on a track as intimidating as Jeddah, in a Ferrari of all things, and hold up under immense pressure from Lando and Lewis and keep it together. Wow.”

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Vasseur on whether Sainz will be back for Melbourne in two weeks

For sure that he will have to have a good rest this week and we will take a decision probably in Melbourne. At least we know with Ollie we have a good reserve. I wish him the best.

Might Bearman secure a place with one of Ferrari’s customer teams for next season (Haas or Sauber?):

Perhaps but the most important you said before the result of today will be behind us in a couple of weeks and he wil have to be be focused on the F2 because he has a huge challenge in front of him. But he will have the occasion to do some FP1 this year.

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Ferrari’s Fred Vasseur reacts to Bearman’s performance

Yeah, I didn’t have a plan before but as you can imagine when I asked Ollie to jump into the car on Friday for the quali I didn’t expect... he did very well yesterday. Today I was a bit scared also because of the start and the pit stop that he didn’t do before. He was very solid and didn’t do a single mistake in the race and he was able to speed up at the end when we told him Hamilton and Norris were behind him. All in all it’s a fantastic job. It was amazing on the management I would say that pace is one thing but the management of the complete event... he was very solid and robust. He didn’t do a mistake with good feedback and very calm on the radio.