Sydney Thomas had to act cool after Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul, but that led to more speculation from fans saying the fight was all staged.

“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.

Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions released a statement on Monday condemning rumors that his fight against Mike Tyson was rigged. "Trash talk

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), co-founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, has cleared the air on "incorrect and baseless" claims of fight rigging in Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. Paul vs. Tyson faced off in the main event of Netflix's debut boxing PPV on November 15,

In the aftermath of Mike Tyson and Jake Paul's highly anticipated boxing match earlier this month, rumors began swirling that Tyson was contractually obligated to let Paul win, calling the legitimacy of 27-year-old's victory into question.

Claims that the recent record-breaking boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was rigged are “incorrect and baseless … illogical and inane,” the fight’s promoter said in a statement Monday.

Questions about the legitimacy of Jake Paul's boxing match against Mike Tyson have lingered in the aftermath of Paul's win by unanimous decision.

Now MVP, Paul’s boxing promotion, has released a statement calling those claims “incorrect and baseless”, and saying their “wide circulation” has “undermine[d] the int