Iron Mike Tyson has splashed some of his $20m earnings from taking on Jake Paul on a new mansion, months after the 58-year-old’s humiliating defeat at the AT&T Stadium on November 15.

The former undisputed heavyweight champion cut a timid figure and a shadow of his reputation in front of 80,000 fans, as 60 million people tuned in to Netflix to watch the final performance of his professional career.

Paul simply outclassed him with youth, save for a few moments when the ex-boxing supremo threatened to break the 27-year-old’s guard. The decision was such a foregone conclusion that The Problem Child spent the final seconds of the final round bowing before his rival.

Nonetheless, Tyson got paid handsomely to secure his long-term future and that of his family too; which includes a wife and six living children, after Exodus tragically died in 2009 at the age of four.

Now he reveals he’s spent most of that fortune on $13m a new home in Florida, two months after the night in Texas. Located by Delray Beach, the Tierra del Rey Estates mansion spans 2.7 acres and has a lake close by.

The purchase was completed on January 8 and includes Mike’s full name on the special warranty deed along with Lakiha “Kiki” Tyson (nee Spencer), his faithful wife of 15-and-a-half years.

Tyson grateful to survive Jake Paul

Cash aside, it was a gutsy move for Tyson to get back into the ring considering his age and the risk of heart and brain issues from punch damage and the extreme cardio of a professional bout.

Particularly considering the ulcer he received aboard a flight that forced the initial date of June 20 to be pushed back by months to allow him enough time to recover.

So despite signing off his time in the ring with a timid defeat, it’s worth reflecting on how far he came just to get to that position in the first place and that’s what he chose to remind his fans of.

“This is one of those situations when you lost but still won,” Tyson said online of his November 15 fight, perhaps alluding to securing his financial future. “I’m grateful for last night.

“No regrets to get in ring one last time. I almost died in June. Had eight blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.

“To have my children see me stand toe to toe and finish 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in front of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an experience that no man has the right to ask for. Thank you.”

Now we know why Iron Mike said he wasn’t going to retire just yet.

We’re now over a month removed from the highly anticipated bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Although it was by all intents and purposes one of the biggest boxing events in history, it feels like the hype has already died down completely. We can thank a relatively boring and slow fight between the two for that.

Tyson showed his age, moving gingerly and not throwing a high volume of punches, which we’ve essentially never seen before. In Tyson’s own words, he “blanked out” during the fight and seemed to lose his essence. Even his son, Amir Tyson, admitted that Tyson just had no energy left after the first couple of rounds. Despite the poor performance, Tyson laughed his way to the bank, reportedly making around $20 million for a few minutes in the ring.

Tyson has been doing the media rounds since the bout took place.

Nearly a month after it happened, the bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson continues to be discussed and debated by the national sports media. Paul‘s victory by unanimous decision came as a surprise — but only to a point, as the combatants’ 31-year age difference proved decisive over a grueling eight rounds at AT&T Stadium.

Paul, 27, proved his talent for defeating past-their-prime fighters in 2024 by defeating Mike Perry before taking on the 58-year-old Tyson, who suffered a medical emergency in May that nearly killed him. In the weeks following the fight, Paul has gone on a victory tour to exotic locales like Abu Dhabi, while Tyson continues to reckon with the result back home

Mike Tyson admits he can’t remember Jake Paul fight – ‘blanked out’https://t.co/a8aWP0F170 pic.twitter.com/N8fAIKHuvD

— Mirror Fighting (@MirrorFighting) December 12, 2024

Tyson “blanked out” during the bout

Despite a bright start to the fight on Nov. 15, by the halfway point it was clear that Tyson was going to lose the bout — although Iron Mike’s reported $20 million payout may have made his rigorous training and health struggles “worth it”. But in the wake of his defeat, Tyson has made the chilling discovery that he doesn’t really remember fighting Paul, who reportedly took home $40 million from his “business trip” to Arlington.

“I don’t remember the fight that much, I kind of blanked out,” Tyson said during an interview on FOX Sports Radio‘s “Covino and Rich” show. “You know what I remember… coming back from the first round and Jake was doing some sort of bow… that’s the last thing I remember.”

Tyson’s springtime ulcer flare-up put the fight in jeopardy and warranted its postponement to November, and what occurred in the heart of Texas led to claims that the fight was “rigged” in favor of Paul. Even Paul has admitted that he took it easy on the former heavyweight champion, and the two appeared to embrace during the final round, when the result of the fight was no longer in doubt.

But this new revelation from Tyson makes clear what many analysts and former boxers had suspected throughout 2024: the matchup gave Paul a decided advantage from the start, and Tyson was fortunate to avoid serious injury against a younger and stronger combatant.