Tyson Drops Over Half Of Paul Purse On New Crib

Mike Tyson just bought a stunning $13 million dollar mansion in Florida,

During his time at the top in the 80s and 90s, Mike Tyson got a reputation for wild paydays and even wilder spending habits. While we’re sure his wife Kiki is keeping an eye on the books these days, it doesn’t mean Tyson isn’t still enjoying the finer things in life.

Tyson recently made an impressive $20 million payday to box Jake Paul in a fight that Netflix declared was the most streamed sporting event in history. That’s a pretty solid fight purse for a 58 year old man, although it didn’t come close to the career high $100 million he made to fight Lennox Lewis in 2002.

But in today’s world full of ultra-rich, $20 million won’t last long. According to Tyson real estate representative Joseph Jonathan Schneider, Tyson just spent $13 million on a Florida home in the extremely affluent Tierra del Rey Estates neighborhood.

“Basically the appeal to him is his daughter plays tennis, and she plays in Delray,” Realtor Matthew Maschler said on his podcast (via The Palm Bay Post). “So he wants to be able to fly in, go see his daughter’s tennis match, go back to his plane and fly to wherever he came from. Amazing, amazing that you can do this in Delray, just a little north of Boca Raton.”

The 2.7 acre lot includes a lake and ‘sprawling’ 12,286 square foot, six-bedroom and nine-bathroom mansion. This is quite the upgrade for “Iron Mike,” who has been living in a paltry $2.5 million mansion just outside of Las Vegas for the past few years — but nothing compared to a 50,000 square foot mega-mansion he sold to 50 Cent in 2001.

While the $20 million purse was undoubtedly pivotal in getting Tyson into his new Delray mansion, the boxing legend has been firing on all cylinders financially over the past several years. He clearly has the right people around him now maximizing the amount of money he can make off his brand.

Hopefully that means no more fighting, but with Mike Tyson you never know.