“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.

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.

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

Jake Paul has responded to claims his fight with Mike Tyson was 'rigged' with a statement from his Most Valuable Promotions company hitting back at the allegations