Mike Tyson, Jake Paul Likely To Earn $30-40M, Ex-Showtime boss Says

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Stephen Espinoza ran Showtime Sports activities and oversaw the 2 largest PPV boxing matches ever — Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd vs. Conor McGregor — so, we requested the previous C-suite exec how a lot cash Jake Paul and Mike Tyson would earn Friday evening.

“I think it’s realistic to expect that both of them will each make $30 to $40 million each,” Espinoza informed TMZ Sports activities on Thursday … including they might make considerably extra.

And, we’re not simply speaking about enormous checks for Jake and Mike … Stephen additionally believes Jerry’s World will rake in additional than ever earlier than on a battle evening.

“The gate will very likely set a record for AT&T Stadium. The biggest combat sports gate there was $9 million. It looks like this event is going to do somewhere around $14 to $15 million.”

After all, 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul are the key attraction … a battle that is been a 12 months within the making.

Espinoza is aware of all about making huge fights … and he believes this might finally be, with Netflix’s enormous subscriber base, the most-viewed battle of all time.

“There’s a different structure here because there’s not the pay-per-view price tag attached and because it’s literally a simultaneous worldwide live exhibit. There’s the potential that this could be the most-watched fight ever,” Stephen stated.

“I mean, the audience potential is huge simply because people are not going to be dissuaded by $75 pay-per-view.”