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.

“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 business manager, Nakisa Bidarian, has admitted he'd love to see the 27-year-old fight Conor McGregor following his recent victory over Mike Tyson. Paul was too strong for the veteran last weekend,

I’m in the classic torture chamber where I can't tell if my internet keeps going out or whether #netflix is just constantly buffering and unwatchable for everybody,” Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy wrote on X while watching the Jake Paul vs.

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.

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