Mike Tyson, 54, will ‘get $10million in his return to the ring

Mike Tyson will reportedly earn $10 million for his return to the ring on Saturday in Los Angeles while his opponent, Roy Jones Jr., will receive a $3 million purse for a boxing exhibition that’s being described as a ‘hard sparring session.’

The 54-year-old Tyson previously told TMZ that his purse will be given to ‘various charities.’

‘Nobody’s gonna have to worry about me getting rich or being jealous and saying I’m doing this for money,’ Tyson said in July. ‘I’m not getting anything and I just feel good doing this because I can.’

Yahoo Sports‘ Kevin Iole reported the fight purses on Thursday. Jones’ purse reportedly includes a $1 million guarantee, according to former ESPN boxing reporter Dan Rafael.

Spokespeople for the California State Athletic Commission did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail’s request for confirmation.

Fans hoping for a decisive outcome may be disappointed.

Tyson told GMA on Tuesday that he is ‘not trying to knock nobody out,’ and as the California State Athletic Commission’s Andy Foster explained, there will be no judges scoring the bout.

In other words: There may not be a declared winner.

‘Let’s call it an exhibition. That’s what it is,’ Foster told MMAFighting.com. ‘I want the public to know what this is because I don’t want people to be disappointed. As long as they know this is an exhibition, I’m fine for everybody to earn.’

Foster characterized the bout as a ‘hard sparring session’ to Yahoo Sports, explaining that fighters are expected to back off rather than trying to go for the knockout.

‘What is my vision of hard sparring? Foster told Yahoo Sports. ‘Well, they’ll be working really hard, but when you hurt the guy, you don’t go in to finish him off.

‘To me, that’s what hard sparring looks like. It looks like what you’d see in the gym. That’s what I believe an exhibition should look like. It’s not going to be pitty patter out there. I guarantee that. That’s not what I expect these guys to do. They’re good athletes.

‘I would it expect it to look like what it would look like if nobody was around and you walked in when they were sparring with each other at a gym.’

Tyson previously revealed he dropped 100 pounds for the exhibition by going vegan and hitting the treadmill for up to two hours a day.

Fight fans will be asked to fork over $49.95 for the pay-per-view event.

Tyson was initially approached to do a charity mixed-martial arts exhibition with a fighter named Bob Sapp, but said he was uninterested until promoters offered him a chance to box.

‘I said I’d box anybody,’ Tyson said.

According to the Brooklyn native, current heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and retired boxer Shannon Briggs were also considered for the exhibition, but ultimately a deal was struck with Jones. (The fight was initially scheduled for September, but was postponed)

Fight fans, and those who are simply fascinated by Tyson, have been calling for his return to the ring since he began posting some sparring videos and footage of himself working the heavy bag on social media.

Jones, meanwhile, has fought competitively as recently as 2018, beating Scott Sigmon by unanimous decision in 2018 at age 49.

Best known as a middleweight and light heavyweight champion in the 1990s and early 2000s, Jones also had some success in the heavyweight division, winning the WBA title from Johnny Ruiz in 2003.

Tyson has not fought since 2005, when he quit on his stool against lowly ranked Kevin McBride.