Mike Tyson vs. UFC’s Top 5 Payouts: How Boxing Legend’s Fight Purse Stacks Up Against Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, and Others

[Natural Order]

Conor himself said he made $50 million for the Khabib fight, which is the only one that did Mike Tyson PPV numbers

Tyson's numbers are also before Don King jacked half of it. Promoter's cut is baked into UFC pay, and if I'm not mistaken, Tyson's was publishing the high number first and the promoter's cut was taken after.

I don't think so. Most sources saying Mike earned about 375 million of his own money (Don's already taken his part). Outside of some historical figures with unlimited spending capacity, Mike Tyson probably the most wasteful spender of all-time lol. Allen Iverson hot on his tail!

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Those numbers aren't adjusted to inflation even and we are talking about a time where people had less access to PPV.

I remember going over to my uncle's house to watch the leftovers of Mike Tyson in the 90s. It was huge. Everybody I knew wanted to watch his fight. I had a similar feeling from Mayweather vs Pac where everybody was tuning in.

You can't even trust the UFCs payday numbers. They have never released any on their own accord. Dana lied in the past and so has Conor McGregor. Big time exaggeration.

Conor did not make 50 million against Khabib. Conor was throwing his whole career away to risk a fight against Mayweather for supposedly 75 to 100 million minus whatever the UFC got.

 

[nostradumbass]

I don't think so. Most sources saying Mike earned about 375 million of his own money (Don's already taken his part). Outside of some historical figures with unlimited spending capacity, Mike Tyson probably the most wasteful spender of all-time lol. Allen Iverson hot on his tails!

Holyfield was even worse than Tyson. Dude made $200 million and declared bankruptcy while he was still boxing and had to keep boxing into his late 40s and debasing himself with embarassing commercials for money because he had 11 kids with a bunch of different chicks and at one point almost went to jail for owing half a million just in missed child support.

 

[MRudi]

Holyfield was even worse than Tyson. Dude made $200 million and declared bankruptcy while he was still boxing and had to keep boxing into his late 40s and debasing himself with embarassing commercials for money because he had 11 kids with a bunch of different chicks and at one point almost went to jail for owing half a million just in missed child support.

It gets better.
He published his autobiography in 2007, where he ridiculed other sportsman for throwing away their money and declaring himself the genius buisinessman, who multiplied his earning through clever investments. He even joked, that while other have to fight past his prime to get any money, it will never ever to himself

Pure gold

 

[Neck&Neck]

Tyson isn’t even that big these days
When people think of “Iron Mike”, they usually think Chandler now

 

[TheBulge]

It gets better.
He published his autobiography in 2007, where he ridiculed other sportsman for throwing away their money and declaring himself the genius buisinessman, who multiplied his earning through clever investments. He even joked, that while other have to fight past his prime to get any money, it will never ever to himself

Pure gold

You're mocking a brain damaged, uneducated middle aged man who was doing the only thing he could think was the right thing. Trusting other smarter people to handle his money wisely for him. He got screwed and you're mocking him for it.

You must really hate how he bullied and spanked your childhood hero twice.

 

[MRudi]

You're mocking a brain damaged, uneducated middle aged man who was doing the only thing he could think was the right thing. Trusting other smarter people to handle his money wisely for him. He got screwed and you're mocking him for it.

You must really hate how he bullied and spanked your childhood hero twice.

Did you read it? He wrote, that he handled his own money, he didn’t need „smarter” people to do it.


I am to young for either Tyson or Qawi to have Been my childhood hero and I despise both of them as human beings.

And I prefer Holyfield as a boxer. I think he is the most memorable boxer of all time with the overall greatest matches to watch. Even his debiut fight was great to watch.
Still I enjoy to ridicule his delusion of genius

 

[agibmxmma]

Crazy to me how many people celebrate a convicted rapist, who did time for that. A rapist who openly sex plays other Men when in press conferences because his mind doesn't know how to process like an actual adult.