The former boxing heavyweight world champion claims not to have been paid for his Roy Jones Jr. exhibition bout
Mike Tyson has raised doubts he will step into the ring again and claims not to have been paid in full for his last fight.
The Brooklynite was reportedly guaranteed a handsome minimum purse of $10 million for a November 2020 exhibition bout with former pound-for-pound great Roy Jones Jr., which is said to have generated 1.6 million purchases on pay-per-view.
But as explained during an appearance on the Full Send Podcast when asked by UFC president Dana White, promoter Triller – with whom Tyson has cut ties – allegedly hasn’t coughed up all that was promised to him.
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Confirming that “most of it” had been paid, Tyson said there was “still a bunch that’s held up and I can’t even say anything about this”.
“Yeah, it was really tricky,” he added.
“That’s what they should call it. Tricky instead of Triller,” quipped White, who has called the promotion a “f*cking joke” in the past and its CEO Ryan Kavanaugh an “idiot”.
