Mike Tyson's take on Francis Ngannou's Earnings

Mike Tyson has claimed that Francis Ngannou's recent $600,000 UFC purse would have only covered his training expenses during his heavyweight career. Get paid, pay management, pay training expenses, then have enough to live off of."

Ngannou is currently embroiled in a contract stand-off with the UFC over issues such as his financial reward and his inability to pursue lucrative opportunities in the boxing ring.

Tyson made this cheeky claim during a conversation with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya on his HotBoxin' podcast.

Adesanya said: "Shout out to my boy, my big brother Francis, he kicked the door down and said 'Look, this is what's happening.