Mike Tyson, "The Worst Man on Earth", is a living boxing legend whose career has captivated countless viewers and gained a global following. To this day, Tyson still has an extraordinary influence in the entire world sports scene, on the contrary, Lennox Lewis and Evend Holyfield, who defeated him, are not well known to too many people.
The reason why Tyson can become a household name is not at all like some people say, relying on "causing trouble" to gain attention, when you open the list of the most popular PPV matches in boxing history, Tyson's name is impressively listed, not to mention anything else, in 2020, he will return to boxing and start an exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr., which has created 1.45 million PPV ratings, not to mention Tyson's other big battles, in short, since the rise of PPV paid live broadcast, there is only "money" that can compete with Tyson Floyd Mayweather, not to mention that Mayweather is still a latecomer.
Now, everyone is talking about Tyson's July 20 battle with Internet celebrity Jack Paul, this match has attracted too many people's attention, even if the rules of the fight have not been announced for a long time, many fans still plan to enjoy Tyson's style through subscriptions or tickets, which also shows his market influence.
It is understood that the battle between Tyson and Paul will receive a reward of 20 million US dollars, which is very impressive, but it is really nothing compared to Tyson before retirement.
Tyson had a net worth of $300 million at his peak, and his total PPV revenue of $545 million throughout his career has left many rising stars, including Carneiro Alvarez, to their own detriment. Among them, Tyson's fight with Lewis in 2002, the total income such as guaranteed remuneration + PPV commission exceeded 100 million US dollars, a record that no one in heavyweight boxing has been able to break so far.
However, Tyson's subsequent depravity was faster than expected, and his oblivious spending methods eventually left him destitute, because when he declared bankruptcy in 2003, Tyson was in debt of $23 million.
How did Tyson squander hundreds of millions of dollars? Here, there is a statistic, which is just Tyson's spending in the three years after he was released from prison in 1995.
Car Purchase Fee: $4.5 Million (many for friends)
Pet Fee: $400,000 (Tigers, Pigeons)
Mansion maintenance: $300,000
Cellphone purchase: $240,000 (including phone)
Monthly shopping fee: $100,000 (clothing, jewelry)
Considering that the above is the consumption from 1995 to 1998, it has to be stunned. At the same time, Tyson is regarded as a strong man on the field, and he is confused in life, because his promoter "Old Fox" Don King, who was later confirmed to have taken a large part of Tyson's PPV income. Don King is very good at making clever things, such as taking $500,000 to $100,000 from Tyson every game, citing consulting fees, and ironically, Don King also helped Tyson set up a so-called fan club at the time, which required Tyson to pay $1,000 a week, but the president of the club turned out to be Don King's daughter.
In 1998, Tyson broke with Don Kim completely, he took the other party to court, the lawsuit went on and off for several years, and finally ended in an out-of-court settlement, the official report that Don Kim had to compensate Tyson 12 million US dollars, although the amount demanded by Tyson is huge, but it is not easy to pull out such a part from Don King's greedy mouth.
Now, Tyson's life has completely improved after the trough, he has a stable family, and at the same time has his own business, the most talked about by the outside world, is the "Shencao" farm, so people are concerned about how much Tyson's net worth is now? How rich is he? This week, according to the well-known media "Celebrity Net Worth", Tyson's net worth in 2024 is $12 million, which seems to be not as prominent as imagined.
"Celebrity Net Worth" released relevant data in 2022, when Tyson's net worth was shown to be $10 million, and many fans felt that an increase of $2 million in two years was really not much, but considering that Tyson was once in debt, the current net worth of $12 million is quite good, and more importantly, Tyson has a solid life, which is more important than anything else, not to mention that when the battle with Paul ends on July 20, Tyson's net worth will increase again.