“Rigging a professional boxing match is a federal crime” in the U.S. “Paul vs. Tyson was a professional match sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR). Both fighters, in good faith, performed to the best of their abilities with the goal of winning the fight,” the MVP statement said.

Co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions Nakisa Bidarian has lifted the lid on the Netflix deal his team got over the line to produce a global fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, reaching a record breaking Netflix audience.

Controversy surrounding Jake Paul's win over Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 isn't going away, and Paul's promotional company is hoping to set the record straight on the fight's-and the fighter's-legitimacy. Paul's business partner and promoter of the fight Nakisa Bidarian told Sportico in a phone interview that the fighter's camp was coming out swinging against