Jake Paul arrived for his controversial fight against boxing legend Mike Tyson with his girlfriend Jutta Leerdam.
Tyson, 58, takes on YouTuber Paul, 27, in the former heavyweight champion’s first professional fight in 19 years in front of 70,000 live fans and millions more on Netflix.
Leerdam arrived at the event in a dazzling white dress as she posed for photos on her Instagram.
Jutta Leerdam at the ISU European Speed Skating Championships at the Thialf Arena on January 7, 2024 in Heerenveen, Netherlands (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
The 25-year-old Dutch woman is an Olympic skater who represented her country at Beijing 2022 and took home a silver medal in the 1000 meters.
Born in ‘s-Gravenzande, Netherlands, Leerdam turned professional in 2018 at the age of 20 and has since won the 1000 meters world title twice (in 2020 and 2023).
She last won gold at the 2023 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands in March 2023.
How long have Paul and Leerdam been dating?
Paul and Leerdam became Instagram official in April 2023 when the YouTuber posted photos of the two of them with the caption: “I’m Dutch now.”
In the Netflix documentary series Countdown: Paul vs. TysonLeerdam revealed that she met Paul through social media.
“Jake sent me a DM on Instagram and asked if I wanted to be on his podcast,” she said. “When he contacted me online, I thought, ‘What an arrogant idiot. He thinks he can do anything, but he can’t get me’… but we really connected in these two fast-paced worlds on a deep and super personal level. Since that moment we have been inseparable.”
On April 12, the couple celebrated their one-year anniversary.
“I adore you, I am so grateful for you, you make me the happiest girl in the world,” Leerdam wrote on Instagram. “The man with the best heart. Let’s never stop dancing, baby.”
In his own tribute, Paul said he has “been in love since day one.”
Jake Paul is interviewed before the fight (Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
Paul previously dated fellow YouTuber Tana Mongeau. The couple got engaged and livestreamed a chaotic wedding for pay-per-view, which was later revealed to be fake.
In an episode of her MTV show No filter: Tana MongeauMongeau stated that the ceremony was something “fun and light-hearted that we obviously do for fun and for content.” The couple announced their split in January 2020.
