MIKE TYSON has ever been large container office, amassing an unthinkable luck during his vocation — earlier losing it all.
He's taking connected YouTuber Jake Paul successful a highly-lucrative crossover combat connected November 15, 2024. Here we look astatine Iron Mike's fiscal past and nett worth, arsenic good however overmuch he'll gain for taking connected the Problem Child.
Mike Tyson’s money
Throughout his boxing vocation Mike Tyson is estimated to person accrued implicit $300million (£234million), but ended up losing it all.
Forbes claims his full vocation earnings could adjacent person been arsenic precocious arsenic $685million (£535million).
Like galore sporting superstars, Tyson spent his wealth arsenic rapidly arsenic helium earned it connected large costly houses, flashy cars and adjacent pet tigers.
In spite of losing everything, Tyson has made an awesome fiscal comeback — arsenic of November 2024, his net worth is estimated to beryllium astir $10million, according to Wealthy Gorilla.
On November 15, 2024, he'll beryllium adding to his luck erstwhile helium takes connected Jake Paul.
The heavyweight boxer goes into the bout with 50 wins nether his belt, arsenic opposed to his much-younger opponent's 10.
How Mike Tyson mislaid his fortune
Despite Tyson cashing successful during his awesome boxing vocation — helium soon mislaid the lot.
Speaking astir however this happened, helium said: "When you're making that overmuch money, it lasts you a agelong time.
"The wealth didn't tally retired close away, it took similar 15 oregon 16 years for maine to spell broke.
"I was doing a batch of foolish things like, 'Hey baby, bash you similar that car? Okay, travel and walk the play with me,' axenic brainsick worldly you tin bash with your money."
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He added: "I spent my past wealth I had for rehab, astir a cardinal dollars.
"I had capable wealth left, astir $2million, and I bought a location successful Phoenix.
"The location was a hard sell, but idiosyncratic loved it and boom, I got the money. This is God astatine work."
Tyson besides served 3 years successful prison aft being convicted of rape successful 1992.
In 2003, Tyson was forced to record for bankruptcy, with the media astatine the clip reporting helium had $23million (£17.9million) worthy of debt.
How Iron Mike recovered financially
Tyson has starred successful a fig of movies, astir notably successful The Hangover movie franchise, and even had his ain animated TV amusement called Mike Tyson Mysteries.
He produced a podcast called Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson betwixt 2019 and 2023, which was 1 of the astir fashionable combat sports-related podcasts connected the web.
As hinted successful that title, Tyson has cannabis to convey for his fiscal recovery.
He runs his ain weed ranch called the Tyson Ranch, wherever helium grows and sells his ain marque of weed arsenic good arsenic weed-based wellness products.
Cheat Sheet says the Tyson Ranch sells implicit $500,000 worthy of weed a month, but that Tyson smokes $40,000 worthy with his guests.
Despite the turn-up successful his fortunes, Iron Mike has said that helium won't permission the wealth to his children.
The 58-year-old has been divorced twice and has seven children.
He said: "Pray much and enactment harder.
"Be the hardest idiosyncratic and judge yourself.
"I can't assistance them by giving them [my kids] money. I tin lone wounded them if I springiness them money.
"They person to larn due to the fact that if they person nary aspirations and acquisition nary adversity, astatine the slightest combat they volition springiness in."
Jake Paul v Mike Tyson combat purse
Jake Paul has boasted that helium is set to pouch a staggering £31million ($40m) for his Netflix dust-up with Tyson.
And Iron Mike volition reportedly instrumentality location the nonstop aforesaid amount.
Paul adjacent released a cheeky video offering the erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champ an other $5m if lasts longer than 4 rounds successful their hotly anticipated showdown.
But should Tyson neglect to get past the 4th round, the caveat is that helium indispensable get a tattoo that reads 'I emotion Jake Paul'.
Tyson responded to the connection saying: "He should connection more. Tell him astir apt astir 20 (million)."