According to foreign media reports, Tyson asked for $1 billion to fight against Internet celebrity Jack Paul to create the entire history of boxing, and even to win the century war between Mayweather and Pacquiao. At $1 billion, it's a figure you can't even think of, and Tyson is a big man, and he can say it.
You know, Mayweather, the world's first gold sucker, has earned only $1 billion in her entire career. This time Tyson wants to surpass Mayweather in one game and make history.
In fact, there were rumors that the tournament side offered Tyson $50 million to fight Jack Paul, but Tyson refused for various reasons. At that time, there was also the saying that "Tyson was afraid of money". I didn't expect Tyson to open his mouth for $1 billion now, which can be said to be a lion's big opening.
Tyson touched on this topic in the podcast.
Tyson said: "No one told me about this topic, where is the contract? I smoked with Jack Paul and I made some mushrooms with him, but I hadn't heard of playing with him in Las Vegas. I was at a party with him at St. Barts not long ago, and he didn't tell me about it. I've never heard of it from anyone else, I just heard about it from you guys. ”
Tyson was asked how much honorarium would he demand if he went to war with Jack Paul? Tyson replied, "$1 billion." ”
Don't know if Tyson is joking? Or play really. In short, Tyson made the $1 billion request. You know, a $1 billion money war will be unprecedented in history. The most successful PPV battle in the history of boxing was the 2015 Battle of the Century between Mayweather and Pacquiao, which generated more than $400 million in commercial value.
So can Tyson overtake Mayweather and Pacquiao?
Editors fight the jianghu think that it is difficult. Because Tyson is about to turn 56 years old, he has already fought with the little bully Jones before, although he has won a big victory, but the curiosity of boxing fans has been satisfied to a large extent, and Tyson's state is already known to everyone. Everything is fresh for the first time, and the second and third times are bad, which is also the law of diminishing marginal benefits of economics. If Tyson were to play again, it wouldn't be more appealing than playing Jones. Tyson and Jones' match PPV is about 1.6 million, and Tyson and Paul's game should not be able to surpass this number. Even if it can reach 1.6 million times, it is only about $100 million in revenue.
Although Paul maintains a perfect record of 5 wins and 4 KO games, and the last game KO former UFC champion Woodley, his box office appeal is not enough to support the commercial value of $1 billion, if it is 100 million OR 200 million US dollars, Tyson and Internet celebrity Paul may be able to do it, but 1 billion US dollars, it is absolutely impossible. Tyson's request for $1 billion this time seems like a bit of a fantasy. What do you think? Welcome to leave a message. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】