How much will Mike Tyson and Jake Paul be paid for their fight and what prize money will the winner earn?

Jake Paul, a former child star and social media influencer who started boxing professionally in 2020, will duke it out with ex. heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Friday in a matchup that will be streamed live worldwide on Netflix.

Here is 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 does Mike Tyson get paid for the fight?

Considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, 58-year-old Mike Tyson has an estimated net worth of $10 million. according to to Celebrity Net Worth. That’s a modest sum compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars “Iron Mike,” as he’s known, has accumulated 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.

Although promoters have not revealed exactly how much Tyson will earn for Friday’s fight, online sources report, including DraftKings Network, estimates he will make around $20 million.

That’s roughly the same dollar amount Tyson earned in his 1988 fight against Michael Spinks, a record purse at the time (worth about $53 million today adjusted for inflation). That fight 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 contestant. Released on parole after three and a half years, he returned to boxing in 1995 in a fight against Peter McNeely, who was sent off by TKO in under 90 seconds.

Tyson would go on to earn $30 million for each of his next four fights, 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, stripped of his boxing license and fined $3 million, but allowed to keep the purse.

At a news conference Wednesday, Paul wore one diamond-studded ear covera pointed reference to the incident. But when it comes to making light of the ear bites, Tyson has Paul beat to the punch, having launched ear-shaped edible marijuana (with Holyfield’s consent) through his company, Tyson 2.0, a premium cannabis brand he launched in 2021. The brand generated an estimated $150 million in revenue by 2023, according to to Forbes Australia.

How much is Jake Paul getting paid for the fight?

Jake Paul, 27, is set to make $40 million, according to an discretion from the DraftKings Network and other sources — double what Tyson is expected to receive for the fight. A simple explanation for that 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, according to to Celebrity Net Worth.

With a game record of 10-1, most 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, isn’t short on confidence — or showmanship. His cocky attitude earned him his 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 moniker based online persona he has made for himself over the years.

Paul, who went full gallo at an open practice this week with Tyson at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, wearing a rooster hat and red-feathered skirt over his boxer shorts, epitomizes social media’s fusion of boyish entertainment and sports.

In a TikTok video submitted On Tuesday, a shirtless Paul, slumped on a couch wearing a prosthetic stomach to make himself look out of shape, puts stacks of cash on his protruding stomach as he offers “Mikey, Mikey” an additional $5 million if the former champion can last more than four rounds 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 user commented on Reddit in response to the video. “People get more excited about freak show fights than actual boxing matches.”

Seam reported of 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 to be as high as $80 million.

How much are tickets for Tyson vs. The Paul match?

Last minute tickets are still available for Tyson vs. Paul match, which takes place on Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Prices range from $69 for upper mezzanine seats on StubHub to as much as $32,392 for floor seats on Vividseats.

The event, originally scheduled to take place on July 20, was later postponed and rescheduled for November 15 after Tyson suffered a flare-up on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles in May.

Who do players think will win the match?

Tyson enters the ring on Friday, nearly 20 years since his last professional fight, as a +160 underdog, according to for the latest odds from DraftKings. This means that a $100 bet on Iron Mike post-retirement will pay $160 if he wins. With -200, Paul is favorite to win. Bettors will have to wager $200 to earn $100 if the social influencer wins over Tyson.

“There’s been a lot of anticipation for this game and we’ve been pleased with the bet volume,” Johnny Avello, director of sports operations at DraftKings, told CBS MoneyWatch. “We expect more action in the hours leading up to the game.”

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

Gamblers are backing Tyson, according to DraftKings, with 69% of all bets currently on the former undisputed world champion to win. “While Tyson is 58 years old now, people see one of the best boxers of all time at a bargain price and jump at that opportunity,” Avello said.

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

Not everyone will be able to place a bet on the epic battle. Although the match is sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the rules are changing, including shorter rounds and bigger glovesdisqualifies the match from being wagered on in at least seven United States states.

How to watch the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson

For most fans, the best seats will be at home, with Tyson vs. Paul streaming worldwide on Netflix. A standard Netflix subscription plan with ads is $6.99 per month. The platform’s broadcast starts at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

As reported by CBS Sportsthe match marks Netflix’s biggest bet on live sports to date. Netflix, which has 282 million subscribers in over 190 countries, has recently tested the water by airing exhibition events in golf and tennis.