It is astir 2 decades since ‘Iron Mike’ stepped into a boxing ringing successful a nonrecreational capacity, though helium did quadrate disconnected against Roy Jones Jr successful an accumulation bout backmost successful 2020.
Tyson’s nonrecreational grounds (50-6, 44KOs) is connected the enactment here, however, successful an officially sanctioned bout.
Paul (11-1, 7KOs), meanwhile, returns to the ringing for the archetypal clip since beating Mike Perry by mode of method knockout successful July. The crossover YouTube prima has won 7 nonrecreational fights and 3 by knockout, though was outpointed by Tommy Fury successful February 2023.
While boxing pursuits are improbable to beryllium immense fans of the bout, determination is small uncertainty the eyes of the satellite volition beryllium watching.
As such, some fighters are successful enactment for rather the payday.
Showdown: Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are acceptable to conscionable wrong a boxing ringing this month
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Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson purse: How overmuch is each combatant getting paid?
Speaking astatine a property league successful August, Paul suggested helium was successful enactment to marque $40million, which astir equates to astir £31.1million.
"I'm present to marque 40 cardinal dollars and sound retired a legend. I don't springiness a f**k astir thing else,” helium said.
“And he's the 1 that wanted it to beryllium a pro fight. So he's gonna get his a** knocked retired real, real, for existent connected a existent record. You're gonna spot connected BoxRec -- Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, Jake Paul KOs Mike Tyson.”
UFC fable Henry Cejudo is simply a adjacent person of Tyson, with the brace antecedently hosting a podcast together. He suggested backmost successful March that the 57-year-old is set to gain successful the portion of $20million (roughly £15.4million).
“I mean, you cognize what I respect, Uncle Mike… but it evidently takes 2 to tango,” Cejudo said. “I consciousness similar determination is astir apt a truly bully payday for Mike. He’s astir apt going to upwind up making adjacent to astir $20mi and he’s astir to crook 58 years old. Literally, Jake is 27 and Mike is 57.
"I don't similar it but I was with Mike erstwhile helium was getting acceptable for his Roy Jones Jr. fight. This dude is disciplined, helium gets moody erstwhile he's successful combat campy and doesn't fume arsenic much. He runs each time astatine 5'o'clock successful the morning. If there's anybody ace ferocious who tin perchance enactment this dude out, it is Mike."