Jake Paul picked up the biggest win of his career on Friday night when he outpointed legendary former champion Mike Tyson. While many will continue to add the caveats to every performance he puts on in the ring, it is still an accomplishment nonetheless to beat the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, albeit when he is 58-years-old. Equally impressive is how much money Paul will take home for pulling off the event.
While the promoters of the event — Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions — and the Texas Athletic Commission did not disclose the purses for the fighters on the card, rumors and estimates online put Paul’s earnings for the fight around $40 million, as Paul himself said in an interview ahead of the fight. Tyson, meanwhile, is somewhere in the neighborhood of $20 million, according to Tyson’s friend and former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo.
…