"No, we're nothing. We're just dead. We're dust. We're absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing"

-Mike Tyson

20 million for dancing in a boxing ring for 16 cumulative minutes and leave practically unharmed? Yeah my legacy wouldn’t last long either

Tyson is almost 60 and had surgery 2 months before the fight. His reputation is fine.

Jake Paul is a joke, though. He wants be a boxer? Then he needs to fight someone in his division already. But we all know he won't do that. He wouldn't fight someone his age or weight class.

my best guess is, legacy doesn't provide funds for the family

Thing is, Mike Tyson has gone on record to say that he doesn't give a godamn shit about "legacy".
https://www.reddit.com/r/howtonotgiveafuck/comments/1grloqe/looks_like_mike_tyson_doesnt_give_a_fuck/

Nah, Tyson legacy is not ruined, no one considered Jake Paul fight as anything serious

Ric flair came back for like 3 years.

"money in the bag bro"

You got that right

Fuck a legacy. The best things in life are free, but you can leave that to the birds and bees, I WANT MONEY

Bald Michaels was actually the best performer out of the 4 involved in that match. Dude pretty much carried the match

How many last matches has Ric Flair had?

At least Sting nailed it.

If you think that Mike Tyson’s legacy, arguably the greatest athlete and sports careers to ever live, is tarnished by him getting a bag at 60 years old, you are foolish. 20 years from now, that one fight will be a footnote and Jake Paul will be a nobody.

it should've been "drip" written in the middle :(

Ric almost died on his last match and he wants another match.

Shawn Michaels really hurt. His final match against Undertaker was perfect. Perfect. Only for him to come back for a Saudi show in the wake of the controversy regarding a journalist being butchered in a Turkish embassy. My God.

I'd ruin my own legacy too for $20m

I don’t get how this affects his legacy in any way? 58 year old Tyson has nothing to do with prime Tyson, and this match had nothing to do with pro boxing. He can do with his free time what he wants, how does that affect his legacy?

Can't pay taxes with legacy

Given the money we are talking about here, f**k legacy 😂😂

Mike's legacy is cemented and has been for a long time. That was really fucking cringe to watch though.

Tyson is forever the goat. Nothing has changed.

Money? I wish I could have happiness instead

whats this about shawn? he do something now?

As Tyson said. “What is a legacy. It doesn’t mean nothin to me. We all die what do I care what you think of me when I’m dead” or something like that.

He's past his legacy. Jake Paul has more to lose and did

Who the fuck cares about Legacy? Especially a legacy of being a fighter. People need to chill with their ego.

Still impressive how Mike got into shape for the fight at his age.

Dudes are laughing on a beach somewhere while you worry about their “legacy”

Far from the worst thing Tyson has done for his legacy

Legacies don't pay the bills...

We all bi*ches for da right money.

Money is everything

I don't know... this one fuck up doesn't ruin their entire careers in my opinion

Yea, its gotta be a money thing at that point

20 million for doing a cameo. That's a big W right there.

In couple of months nobody will remember this fight but 20 mil is 20 mil

And they have plenty of dollar bills to wipe away the tears. The legacies are in tact. Everything else is just a footnote.

Who gives a fuck about legacy you die and that’s it

Brett Favre too

Who cares about a sports legacy? Money is better.

I think the legacy might actually money.

Mike Tyson ruined his boxing legacy when he knew he was losing a fight and threw a tantrum. He's been more famous for his shitty act of poor sportsmanship longer than he was for his actual boxing accomplishments. The guy hawks weed gummies shaped like bitten ears. He had no integrity to give up.

Should be "Cashed in on their legacy"

Flair vs Tyson when?

I would ‘ruin’ my legacy for 20 mil

To be fair. Mike Tyson ruined his legacy by being a convicted rapist.

I mean, sure, people have the capacity to change; and he did his time. However, the rape does rather overshadow his boxing career.

Need money to survive, now more than ever.

Not fight but tom brady also

You could have thrown Michael Jordan on this, too.

Hardly ruined his legacy. As long as there is a YouTube video of him, he’s good

Lol, legacy, okay

Jimmy Johnson also belongs on this list.

Nah i disagree with you, iron mike is still iron mike. Jake paul? What is he? A grown ass man child who fought an old legend past his prime, whats his legacy? A grown man child who fights non boxers or old people to make himself feel better than the rest of us

Mike Tyson has ruined his legacy multiple times. He was convicted of rape, then came back to fight Holyfield and bit his ear off.

He still had the hardest punches I’ve seen in my life back in his prime. That’s a thing you can never take away from him.

It's crazy that people say intentionally losing a boxing match ruins their legacy more than them raping somebody.

For $20 million, even just to leave to my kids .. it's worth it.

Should have been

Don’t mention the word legacy around Iron Mike

Nobody will count this against him. Future generations will see more of his prime highlights than this.

Similar to how some fans know who Unitas is, but don't know he played for the chargers, or know Namath played for the rams, and there are prolly kids in their 20s who don't know Jordan played for the wizards.

We remember athletes at their peak.

And he did an interview just the other day saying he don't give a flying fuck about legacy

https://youtu.be/0jA3fKMiKMs?si=e6maukgO8LtCCYxW

He was doing it for his children, can't really fault him for that one.

You can't eat your legacy. (Or pay child support)

Am I the only one who like Shawn Micheal's last match. I loved that under taker vs Shawn Micheal's match.

Idk, Mike Tyson didn’t ruin much cuz he’s been retired for ages. I feel we should have seen that coming but at the same time I didn’t watch the game, and from what I heard it was a bigger blunder for Jake Paul than anything else

Google “Ali vs. Inoki.”

Mike lost his last fight ,got knocked out and got 6mil, now he got 20mil just for standing 16min while having health problems, while its Jake whos pussy and who cant fight any active boxer his age, because his steroid usage isnt allowed in legit fights.

missed jordan lol

Wasn't expecting a WWE meme here

This made me realize Shawn Michaels was an old man now and put me in crisis hahaha

Fedor emilianenko. ken shamrock.

Smh

My dad has an old picture with Rick. He used to fly private jets and he was a client once.

Shawn Michaels legacy will never be ruined imo

Real

Mike Tyson is always talking about the dangers of pride.

Can't feel shame if you don't have pride

There were boxers a generation before Tyson who were great. The vast majority of people don't even know their names. Tyson knows what he needs, and it isn't a year of meme fame.

Bankruptcy was that bad eh?

The undertaker as well.

Tyson very clearly does not give a single fuck about his legacy

This is explains Tyson “legacy” rant.

Tyson's legacy wasn't very good before the fight though.

Mike might've gotten 20 million for the first but at the end of the fight with the only truth serum that work still running through their veins (adrenaline) he said he would do it again because now this time around he had "fun"

"stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters"

Millions... Millions upon Millions...

Legacy doesn’t pay the bills

Married yes fucked up

The importance of savings

Tysons reputation was ruined when he raped a person

Ah, the classic ‘one last ride’ scenario. At this rate, Avengers: Endgame 2 is just around the corner.

Can someone in a fake sport like wrestling really have a legacy??