Jake Paul, a former child star and social media influencer who began boxing professionally in 2020, will take on the former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Friday in a matchup that will be streamed live worldwide on Netflix.

Behold what we know about how much Paul and Tyson are paid, along with other financial aspects of an event that many consider more spectacle than sport.

How much is Mike Tyson getting paid to fight?

Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, 58-year-old Mike Tyson has an estimated net worth of $10 million. conformable to celebrity net worth. That’s a modest amount compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars “Iron Mike,” as he’s known, has amassed in career earnings, including $400 million in fight purses, according to TO Forbes. Over the past decade, Tyson has also fought his way back filing for bankruptcy in 2013 at the age of 37.

While promoters have not revealed exactly how much Tyson will earn in Friday’s fight, reports from online sources, inclusive DraftKings Network, estimates he will win around $20 million.

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That’s roughly the same amount of dollars Tyson earned in his 1988 bout against Michael Spinks, a record purse at the time (worth about $53 million today, adjusting for inflation). That bout lasted less than two minutes, with Tyson knocking out the previously undefeated Spinks in 91 seconds.

In 1992, Tyson was sent to prison for six years after being convicted of raping a teenage beauty pageant. He was paroled after three and a half years, returning to boxing in 1995 in a bout against Peter McNeely, who was submitted by TKO in less than 90 seconds.

Tyson would earn $30 million for each of his next four bouts, which included an infamous 1997 fight against Evander Holyfield in which Tyson bit off a piece of his opponent’s right ear. Tyson was disqualified from the fight, had his boxing license revoked and fined $3 million, but was allowed to keep the purse.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Paul wore a ear cap with diamond tipsan emphatic reference to the incident. But when it comes to making ear biting easy, Tyson already beats Paul to the punch, having launched ear-shaped marijuana edibles (courtesy of Holyfield) through his company, Tyson 2.0, a premium cannabis brand that he launched in 2021. The brand generated an estimated $150 million in revenue in 2023, conformable to Forbes Australia.

How much is Jake Paul getting paid to fight?

Jake Paul, 27, is set to make $40 million, according to a estimate from DraftKings Network and other sources — double what Tyson is expected to receive for the fight. A simple explanation for this could be that Paul, a top social influencer with 27 million followers on Instagram alone, is also the co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, the company promoting the extravaganza in partnership with Netflix. His net worth is estimated at $80 million, conformable to celebrity net worth.

With a 10-1 fight record, mostly against mixed martial artists and other pro-boxing newcomers under his belt, Paul, a former child star and YouTube prankster who began his boxing career in 2018, is not lacking in confidence or showmanship. His cocky attitude earned him the more recent nickname “El Gallo de Dorado,” or the Golden Rooster, coined by fans in Puerto Rico. Before that, he was called the “Problem Child”, a fairly self-explanatory online-based name character he has created for himself over the years.

Paul, who was full of Gallo at o open training session This week, with Tyson at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, donning a cockerel hat and red feathered skirt over boxing trunks, he epitomizes the fusion of social media entertainment and barnum sports.

In a TikTok video POSTED On Tuesday, a shirtless Paul, slumped on a couch wearing prosthetics to look fit, places wads of cash on his protruding belly as he offers “Mikey, Mikey” another $5 million if the former champ can hold on more than four spins with him in the ring. If he doesn’t, Paul says in the video, the aging boxer will have to get a tattoo that says “I love Jake Paul.”

“This is why modern boxing is a joke,” one Reddit user commented in reaction to the video. “People get more excited about freak show fights than actual boxing matches.”

That reported by USA Today, “Tyson and his camp have not publicly responded to the offer.”

How much is the purse for the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight?

The undisclosed purse is estimated by some at $80 million.

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Last minute tickets can still be found for the Tyson vs. Paul, which will take place on Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Prices range from $69 for upper mezzanine seats on StubHub to $32,392 for floor seats on Vividseats.

Who do the players think will win the fight?

Tyson enters the ring on Friday, almost 20 years after his last professional fight, as a +160 underdog, conformable at the latest odds from DraftKings. That means a $100 bet on Iron Mike post-retirement will net you a $160 profit if he wins. At -200, Paul is the favorite to win. Bettors will have to wager $200 to make a $100 profit if the social influencer prevails over Tyson.

“There was a lot of anticipation for this fight and we were pleased with the betting volume,” Johnny Avello, director of sports operations at DraftKings, told CBS MoneyWatch. “We expect more action to come in the hours leading up to the fight.”

While it remains to be seen how much will be wagered in total, the event is attracting some whale-sized bets of $500,000, according to ESPN.

Gamblers are backing Tyson, according to DraftKings, with 69 percent of all bets currently on the former undisputed world champion to emerge victorious. “While Tyson is now 58 years old, people are seeing one of the greatest boxers of all time at a bargain price and taking advantage of this opportunity,” Avello said.

“While it won’t match an event like the Super Bowl, it could certainly be the most-betted boxing match of the year,” he added.

Not everyone will be able to place a bet on the epic match. Although fighting is sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, rule changes, incl shorter rounds and bigger glovesdisqualifies the fight from being wagered in at least seven US states.

How to watch the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight

For most fans, the best seats will be at home, Tyson vs. Paul streaming worldwide on Netflix. A basic Netflix subscription is $6. The platform broadcast begins at 8:00 PM ET.

As reported by CBS Sportsfight marks Netflix’s biggest bet on live sports to date. Netflix, which has 282 million subscribers in more than 190 countries, recently did tested the waters by broadcasting exhibition events in golf and tennis.

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