Report: Mike Tyson Making $10 Million, Roy Jones $3 Million For Boxing Match
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. will compete in a boxing exhibition match this weekend and one fighter is reportedly making much more money than the other fighter.
According to a tweet from Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, Tyson is pulling in $10 million for the exhibition encounter, while Jones Jr. is making a mere $3 million:
Hearing that Tyson will make $10 million and Roy Jones +/- $3 million for their exhibition Saturday.
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) November 25, 2020
There have been some reports surfacing that Tyson could be donating his entire purse to charity, but that hasn’t been confirmed at this time.
This is going to be Tyson’s first boxing match in over 15 years, while Jones Jr. is competing for the first time in almost three years.
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