Eric Siu breaks down Jake Paul's recent boxing event as scripted entertainment, not sport. Paul reportedly made $40M to $80M, while the payment structure allegedly incentivized Mike Tyson to pull punches and extend the fight.
This is why Jake Paul is laughing his way to the bank. So did you see how much money he made on that fight? $40 million, I think, was his take. Maybe it was like $80 million all in or something, including like everyone. This is like the new form of WWE because WWE is scripted, right? Yes. There's this video out there where Mike has a clear shot at Jake and he pulls his punch 'cause this is like a clear shot to basically knock him out. But the way the deal was structured was Mike Tyson, if you knock Jake Paul out in the first round, you get paid the least. But if you go all 8 rounds, That's where you get paid the most. So he pulled his punch and everyone was like up in an uproar. But my point is Jake Paul was super smart for arranging this. I think the fact that he put this together, he knew how to generate a ton of buzz around it and he got paid a lot of money at the end of the day. And at the end of the day, nobody cares because it's entertainment.
