JAKE PAUL has launched a new business venture ahead of his controversial clash with Mike Tyson.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer is gearing up to face the former undisputed heavyweight champion in a shock Texas tussle next month.

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Jake Paul is set to throw down with boxing legend Mike Tyson next month[/caption]

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The Problem Child has inked a lucrative deal with American restaurant chain Dog Haus ahead of the fight[/caption]

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But the 27-year-old hasn’t turned off his entrepreneurial brain during fight camp, inking a partnership with beloved American restaurant Dog Haus to help with their “overall strategic vision of the brand.”

During his recent trip to Dog Haus’s Arlington store, Paul said: “I’m all in.

“I’ve been a fan of Dog Haus for years, and I’m fired up to push the limits and help take this amazing brand to a whole new level.

“I’m jumping in their corner and excited to introduce their food and experience to everyone across the country!”

Dog Haus CEO Michael Montagano is delighted to have The Problem Child on board.

He said: ‘“When a once-in-a-generation talent reaches out and says he wants to work with you, you take notice!”

“Our relationship with Jake really has very little to do with his celebrity.

“It’s about his dynamic personality, relentless drive and the fact that he has revolutionized the way we communicate, all of which align perfectly with our brand’s ethos.

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“So this is just the beginning.

“We’re excited to partner with Jake and Nakisa [Bidarian], proven game-changers and promotional geniuses, in taking Dog Haus to an unprecedented level.”

Paul has faced intense criticism for fighting Tyson due to the 31-YEAR age difference between them.

Many believe Tyson, 58, only has a short window in the eight-round affair to pull off a shock upset.

But Paul has warned the fan favourite about being overly aggressive in the early goings of the Dallas dust-up.

He told The Daily Mail: “I mean, it’s just being alert and knowing what to do in that situation.

“I could definitely see him trying to [go for an early KO], but he’ll find out very quickly that I also have a ton of power.

“So doing that with a guy like me isn’t always the smartest thing to do, because I’ll catch one of his shots then counter.”

TRAVIS Kelce thinks his relationship with Taylor Swift bay backfire on him in the future.

Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season, but he thinks his relationship could be ammunition if that changes.

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Travis Kelce thinks his relationship could be used against him in the future[/caption]

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NFL fans are already split on Kelces relationship with Taylor Swift. Some love it and some are tired of it.

Most Chiefs fans enjoy seeing them together, especially because the team has performed very well with Swift around.

However, if some losses start to come in, Kelce thinks his relationship will be used against him by fans.

“We’ve just got to keep winning,” Kelce said on the New Heights podcast.

“If we lose, it’s going to absolutely f***ing rain down, baby. Just got to keep winning and staying on top.”

While Kelce was pessimistic about his relationship, the guest on his podcast felt otherwise.

ESPN personality Pat McAfee appeared on New Heights and shared that he thinks Kelce and Swift’s romance can only be good for the NFL.

“You and Taylor’s relationship is great for the sport,” McAfee said.

“It’s getting introduced to so many new people. 

“You are and have been the perfect representation for our sport too. I think there’s not other person who could do what you’re doing right now and how you’re doing it.

“It is awesome and all of us are incredibly proud of you.”

Kelce already came under fire for a slow start to the 2024 season. Through three games he had only 69 yards, but he has started to perform recently.

The tight end now has 228 yards through the first five games of the Chiefs’ season, but hasn’t found the end zone yet.

Kelce and his teammates haven’t been worried about his statistical struggles though, and are just focused on winning games.

“It’s crazy because the respect factor teams have for Travis is unreal, and it’s well-deserved,” Patrick Mahomes said.

“We’re calling a lot of plays for Travis and it’s like two or three [defenders] are going to him.

“That’s the great thing about him is he wants to make an impact on the game but he wants to win at the end of the day.

“I’m going to do my best to keep feeding him the ball whenever he’s there, whenever he’s open.

“I think the more Rashee [Rice] makes plays, the more we’re able to run the football, the more we can get [Xavier] Worthy involved, I think that’s going to open Travis up more.

“People are really emphasizing taking him away and that’s getting other guys open.”

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Kelce thinks if the Chiefs start losing games his relationship will be a distraction[/caption]

WITH a bullet lodged three inches from her heart and several stab wounds, boxing champ Christy Martin lay on the floor and prepared to throw in the towel.

But then a voice in her head said it was not her time to die just yet.

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Boxing champ Christy Martin beat addiction and survived a murder attempt[/caption]

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Sydney Sweeney will play Christy in a film about her life[/caption]

Showing incredible strength and de- fiance against her monstrous husband Jim Martin, who had just tried to kill her, Christy dragged herself outside, where a passing stranger took her to hospital.

Now, 14 years on, the woman who made female boxing mainstream, fought as the undercard to Mike Tyson and was the first female slugger to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated, is being played by Sydney Sweeney in a movie about her life.

This week, the actress was unrecognisable during filming on location in North Carolina.

The as yet untitled flick will show how the fighter from small- town West Virginia took the sporting world by storm, earning more than £3million during 35 undefeated bouts, only to lose herself in domestic violence and drugs.

Christy, now 56 and happily married to a woman having divorced violent former manager Jim, is keen to make one thing clear: “It is not a boxing movie.”

She said in an exclusive interview: “That was the main thing I wanted to stress when I met the producers.

‘Not born to box’

“This is the underdog story. It’s about domestic violence, sexuality and sexual abuse.

“I’m a coal miner’s daughter from a small town and no one expected I would make it. And at the same time, I had all these other things happening in my life.

“I hope it’s a movie that, in ten years, a father will sit down with his daughter and say, ‘These are the things I don’t ever want you to endure. I don’t ever want you pushed into a relationship’.

“I want parents to watch it then say to their children, ‘If you’re gay, we will love you no matter what’.

“I want people to know that to be a professional boxer, you don’t have to sell your soul to the devil. It’s a complex story and I hope it’s got a lot to say to lots of different people.”

It was November 2010 when Christy, following years in an abusive marriage, finally plucked up the courage to walk out the door.

Enraged Jim stabbed his wife multiple times in the chest and shot her once with her own pink revolver.

The bullet narrowly missed her heart and her leg was cut almost to the bone.

But in a heroic effort, she managed to escape and flag down help.

Anyone But You actress Sydney, 27, signed up to play Christy despite — or perhaps because of — being famed for racy TV shows, rom coms and horror movies until now.

Both women hail from unfashionable US towns. Sweeney is from Spokane, Washington, while Christy grew up in Mullens, West Virginia.

But while the Hollywood star, who set pulses racing in Euphoria and White Lotus, is engaged to producer Jonathan Davino, Christy spent much of her life hiding her sexuality.

Heterosexual actors playing gay roles has proved controversial in the past.

Sydney coming onboard is huge. I met her over a Zoom call the other day. She has a mixed martial arts background, so she understands combat sports. It’s not exactly the same, but she understands the mentality

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But Christy said: “I wasn’t worried that a straight person would be playing the part.

“I was more concerned how she would feel portraying a gay person. I think she will do fine. It’s acting, so you get to be whoever you want, straight or gay.

“Too much is put on that stuff. Let’s just be us and whatever happens, happens.”

She added: “Sydney coming on board is huge. I met her over a Zoom call the other day. She has a mixed martial arts background, so she understands combat sports. It’s not exactly the same, but she understands the mentality.

“I watched her in Anyone But You and I liked her. It will be interesting seeing her being me and I’m excited.

“Sydney is an A-lister. If you ask a young guy who she is, they know her, so I think she’s pretty cool.”

Christy first boxed in college, aged 18, when she was secretly dating a woman.

Raised in America’s devoutly religious Rust Belt, her parents would not have approved and fighting was an escape.

At her current home in Austin, Texas, Christy said: “I was definitely not born to box.

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Sydney has mainly starred in rom coms and horror films in the past[/caption]

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“I accidentally stumbled into boxing while I was in college. I thought it would be a great challenge and I got hooked.

“My mother wasn’t happy about it and my dad said, ‘If you are going to do it, get trained and don’t get hurt’. I trained very hard.

“I think the instinct to go for a knockout came from the emotional turmoil within me. I knew I was gay and I knew it wasn’t going to be accepted.

“My family was very religious. When I was six, an older cousin sexually molested me and I didn’t tell anyone because I was scared. I had a lot of internal turmoil and, when you get into the boxing ring, you can be aggressive and violent and that is acceptable.

“But to learn the skills I had to spend hours in the gym on hand pads trying to improve my hook and jab. I had to work really hard. Nothing came easy for me.”

‘Prayed to survive’

The sporting star was 22 when she met Jim, who was 25 years her senior.

They married in 1991, at a time when she was becoming a household name, on a run of 35 consecutive fights undefeated and appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1996.

The same year, she fought on the undercard to heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson in a bout promoted by Don King.

Boxing brought unimaginable riches and she estimates she made around $4million in a career that stretched from 1989 to 2012, and saw her win the WBC female super-welterweight title in 2009.

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Meanwhile, her troubled personal life ended up bringing nothing but pain.

She said: “Jim controlled every move I made and every person I spoke with. I was his ATM machine, his only source of income, and he isolated me.

“I tried to love him and be happy, but he knew I had feelings for women and he would threaten to expose me. It was not easy to be accepted as a female boxer, and I was always worried my fans would turn against me if they found out I was gay.”

In 2007, she began using cocaine to escape the misery and it took her three years to kick the habit.

She said: “My husband was supplying me with coke and I was snorting it. Before I even got out of bed in the morning, he would bring a line to me. If I complained I was tired after the gym, he would crush up a line before I had the chance to take my gloves off. I would be up for days — coke, coke, coke — and I was drinking a lot of beer. I wouldn’t even leave the house because I was afraid someone would see me high.

“I’m lucky I didn’t die. I looked in the mirror one night and thought, you look like an addict.

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Christy on night Jim tried to kill her

“And I had to accept, you don’t look like an addict, you are an addict.

“It took me a couple of days to get clean, but I had to realise, this is not who I am.”

Christy’s husband had always vowed he would kill her if she left him.

And in 2010, when she finally plucked up the courage to walk out of his life, he attempted to make good on his word.

Having found the strength to fight back from the brink, Christy now lives with fellow former boxer Lisa Holewyne, 58, who she fought in Las Vegas in 2001 and married 16 years later.

Christy said of the night Jim tried to kill her: “When I lay down, I was ready to die.

“But at some point during the attack, I told him, ‘You can’t kill me’, and I prayed to survive.

“I believe God had a plan for me, which must be talking about domestic violence and stopping others from going down that path.

“And I hope my ex spends every day of his life in jail.

“If he ever gets out, I am convinced he will kill me and, who knows, he might. I still look over my shoulder sometimes. He always told me, ‘If I can’t kill you, I will find someone that will’.

“I get the occasional message from someone who has been in jail with him, and that shakes me up a bit.”

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Jim stabbed wife Christy multiple times in the chest and shot her once with her own pink revolver[/caption]

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Christy was the first female slugger to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated[/caption]

SINGER Mariah Carey gives fans a festive feast as she celebrates 30 years of her chart smash All I Want For Christmas Is You.

The US star, 55, slipped into a Santa outfit like she did for her 1994 hit.

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Mariah Carey slipped into a sexy Santa outfit again, 30 years on[/caption]

Mariah is re-releasing the tune on 12in vinyl and CD single — and has posted the artwork for the new covers on Instagram.

Well, they look like crackers.

According to the New York Post, Mariah rakes in over $3 million per year from the song.

Meanwhile, a report from Billboard noted that in 2022 alone, the track made $5.3 million for the master recording version and another $3.2 million for the publishing royalties, totalling $8.5 million in revenue.

A study by the Economist found the song, which was written in the span of 15 minutes and recorded in 1994, has provided Mariah with $60 million between its inception and 2016.

Speaking in 2021 Mariah said: “When I wrote [it], I had absolutely no idea the impact the song would eventually have worldwide.

“I’m so full of gratitude that so many people enjoy it with me every year.”

Next month Mariah will set off on her Christmastime Tour across the US.

The singer will visit 20 cities across the country beginning with a show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and ending at the Barclays Center in New York.

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