Jake Paul made huge sacrifice to fight on Mike Tyson's undercard

Jake Paul agreed to take a huge cut in his payday to fight on the undercard of Mike Tyson's bout against Roy Jones in 2020.

Paul and Tyson with the purse . It is a far cry from the payment Paul received four years ago to take on Nate Robinson.

The former NBA star was the favourite heading into the bout, but . It was jus his second professional fight, having beaten AnEsonGib in the January of that year.

Likely given his lack of pedigree in the ring, Paul was signed up with a drastically lower purse. His now manager Nakisa Bidarian was the man responsible for signing the American up for the fight and has revealed his payday was just £765,860.

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“I said, ‘Listen, this is what makes sense for this event, but I promise you, if you perform well, your next payday will be at least eight figures'," Bidarian told .

"We turned that into an over $10 million guarantee for his next fight. I saw a unique opportunity to create a direct-to-consumer relationship within fight sports.”

That was six times less than what Paul had made for his win over AnEsonGib. Tyson's headline fight meanwhile made more than £61m, though it was Paul's bout which caught the eye.

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Paul knocked out Robinson in stunning fashion in the second round, with video of the punch going viral. He has since gone on to beat fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva.

The American did though lose to , but rather than face the Englishman in a rematch, he will fight Tyson. It was first scheduled for 20 July but was postponed after Tyson suffered an ulcer flare-up.

The new 15 November date is set in stone, with more than 70,000 fans expected to watch in person. An additional 270 million subscribers will be able to watch the fight from the comfort of their own homes, with Tyson now sending a warning to his younger opponent.

He told Jimmy Kimmel Live: "I like him but in this particular fight he has to go. I don’t look at this like it’s going to be an easy right. This guy is going to be prepared, but I’m prepared for it sure."

When told that Paul would be scared to fight him, Tyson added: "Well, that’s part of fighting, I’m nervous too. But the closer it gets to the fight, the least nervous I get.

"I’m training extremely hard. I start at 11am and I might leave the gym at 5pm. When I finish doing my sessions, I’ll get a massage for an hour and then I go into strength and conditioning."