{"id":29702,"date":"2025-04-18T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29702\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T08:05:11","slug":"mike-tyson-58-fighting-his-accountant-as-he-gives-update-on-net-worth-months-after-earning-15m-for-jake-paul-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29702\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson, 58, &#8216;fighting his accountant&#8217; as he gives update on net worth months after earning \u00a315m for Jake Paul bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIKE TYSON claims his next bout will be against his accountant rather than in the boxing ring.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old legend put his gloves back on in November as he was defeated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a>, who is 30 years his junior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Tyson at a fundraiser.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mike-tyson-attends-mike-tyson-948371596_fd36f4.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mike Tyson says the only person he is fighting is his accountant\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mike-tyson-attends-mike-tyson-948371596_fd36f4.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson says the only person he is fighting is his accountantCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Tyson boxing Jake Paul.\" height=\"617\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Reuters\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mike-tyson-black-gloves-fights-949654488.jpg\" data-caption=\"The former world champion took home \u00a315m from his fight against Jake Paul\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mike-tyson-black-gloves-fights-949654488.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>The former world champion took home \u00a315m from his fight against Jake PaulCredit: Reuters<\/p>\n<p>Fans slammed the highly-anticipated dust-up as the influencer-turned-boxer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/31754912\/jake-paul-mike-tyson-fight-boo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat his elderly opponent with ease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/mike-tyson\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iron Mike<\/a> pocketed a whopping \u00a315million by coming out of retirement for it.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Men&#8217;s Health if he would consider getting back in the ring again, he replied: &#8220;The only person I\u2019m fighting now is my accountant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other than that, I\u2019m just living life and I\u2019m doing good right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come after he splurged  a large chunk of his earnings from the Paul clash on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34484871\/rory-mcilroy-stunning-mansion-florida-wife\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">luxury new mansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson and his wife Lakiha have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/32813950\/mike-tyson-jake-paul-boxing-new-mansion\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchased a lakefront mansion<\/a> in Delray Beach, Florida for \u00a311m.<\/p>\n<p>The stunning 12,000-square-foot pad has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>His home comes with a swimming pool, spa, pond with a waterfall, gym, four-car garage and private lake on the 2.7-acre plot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/betting\/32855412\/best-online-casinos-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BEST ONLINE CASINOS &#8211; TOP SITES IN THE UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tyson is expected to put his feet up and spend his time enjoying the plush property as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/32136202\/amir-son-proud-mike-tyson-jake-paul\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">son Amir<\/a> reckons the former heavyweight is ending his career for good this time.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I think he\u2019s done. My stepmom, she\u2019s saying he\u2019s done and they\u2019re a team. That\u2019s husband and wife stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson doesn&#8217;t hesitate when revealing heavyweight who would have beaten him <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIKE TYSON claims his next bout will be against his accountant rather than in the boxing ring. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,17819,5121,12390,8310,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-29702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-jake-paul","10":"tag-mike-tyson","11":"tag-net-worths","12":"tag-section-sportboxing","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114357936010315816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}