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.

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 Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) on Monday debunked claims that the YouTuber-turned-boxer’s November 15 fight against Mike Tyson was rigged. Paul, 27, was unanimously declared the winner after their eight-round bout.

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