Iron Mike Tyson could be paid as much as $700 million dollars if he rematches Jake Paul and wins in a reported mega deal proposed by Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who runs the General Entertainment Authority and has turned the nation into a boxing powerhouse.
The news comes less than a month after the 58-year-old stepped into the ring against The Problem Child at the AT&T Stadium and lost via unanimous decision, in a highly-criticized contest that saw him accused of deliberately losing.
Part of the conspiracy claims that if he hurt, or stopped, Paul that he wouldn’t get paid so after a bright start in round one decided to pull his punches to collect his cash, but now the Saudis may plan to put on a real show.
“Turki Alalshikh offers Mike Tyson $700 million to fight Jake Paul,” FTTV posted on social media. “And win by 3-minute KO in a rematch.
“[Alalshikh] stating, ‘Jake Paul is a joke. I am giving Mike Tyson $700 million if he agrees to fight Jake Paul this time in a real fight and wins by KO in a maximum of 3 minutes.'”
This is now the second report of such an offer after Jack Lombardi II also posted a similar message online, although there’s no news of it being accepted or declined as of yet if it does exist.
Why it might not happen
However, Mike Tyson might not be the challenge in this rematch. After securing a 80-72, 79-73, 79-73 win and earning $40m, Paul has no reason to take the fight – especially if the first one was actually fixed.
And another barrier could also be the relationship between the YouTuber and personality and the 43-year-old Saudi government official, who believes the 27-year-old dislikes him because he tells him to fight “real” boxers.
“I think he doesn’t like me right now and hasn’t for the past two months,” Alalshikh previously told media. “I’ll be honest, I like him as part of the younger generation, and he has a lot of fans. My kids are among them.
“But I think he needs to decide what he really wants. If he wants to be a real boxer, he needs to take on big fights against boxers, not treat it like a show.
“That’s my opinion, because it’s damaging to boxing. I know he doesn’t like this, especially what I said about his last fight. I said it wasn’t boxing, and I’m not joking.
“If he wants to continue in this field and be part of Riyadh Season, he needs to fight real boxers. That’s my opinion. If he does that, I’ll support him.”
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