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.

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

Jake Paul’s team has spoken out after doubters claim he unfairly defeated Mike Tyson. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Most Valuable Promotions clarified that the record-breaking boxing match was not rigged in Paul’s favor.

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