Mike Tyson’s son Amir wants to get into boxing and challenge Logan Paul. Mike Tyson said he should just get a real estate license instead.
Here’s why Mike Tyson is giving good advice.
Professional boxers don’t make much with the average income being only $37,000 a year.
37 is the average retirement age.
20 is the age most go pro.
Amir Tyson is 24 years old and already 6 years older than when his dad went pro in the 80s.
Amir Tyson obviously has an advantage over most boxers with his name being Tyson, but in sports, that hasn’t lead to a great history of talent.
Michael Jordan’s son Marcus tried college basketball with no success and ended up costing his college millions over a sneaker contract.
Drew Barry didn’t live up to his father Rick Barry failing in college basketball.
Jerry Rice had a huge legacy in the NFL, but his son Jerry Rice Jr while making it to the NFL, was cut in under three months.
Amir Tyson has the advantage all kids of celebrity athletes have which is a foot in the door, but that doesn’t promise talent.
If he gets a chance to fight Logan Paul, there’s a really good chance he gets in there and goes from Mike Tyson’s son to being the son of the greatest boxer in history who lost to the idiot on YouTube.
It could end up very badly in a boxing career.
Comparing that, real estate.
Mike Tyson lives in Las Vegas now, so let’s run with the idea Amir would base himself there.
The average salary is $71,000 for realtors in Las Vegas currently.
Real estate broker in Las Vegas being higher at $89,000 a year.
On top of that, it’s a career with little entry knowledge needed and can be done by someone who is 18 or 80.
Amir Tyson also has the most important thing needed for it, connections.
While rare, millionaire real estate agents exist and the skill they have is either knowing a person who can spend millions or knowing someone worth millions.
Amir Tyson being Mike Tyson’s son probably knows a handful of people who are wealthy. Even better, there is likely a pool of people who’d just use him, because they’d want to say Mike Tyson’s son sold them their home.
It’s strange, but that weird bragging right would set him apart from other realtors who do more or less the same thing.
Biggest example is Robert De Niro’s son, Raphael De Niro.
Raphael is a real estate broker and has sold homes for or to names such as Bon Jovi, Kelly Ripa, Travis Kalanick and many more. In 2015, he also sold a penthouse in Manhattan for 120 million dollars.
I don’t want to knock the guy, because nobody can choose where both. That said, it’s pretty obvious the name De Niro is what made this guy not just another dude selling leases to white people in Harlem and saying how they aren’t part of gentrification.
So boxing versus real estate?
If I was in his shoes, I’d probably choose boxing, because that sounds like a lot more fun.
That said though, if he wants to make millions of dollars and not lose to Logan Paul, real estate is probably a safer option.
He can also do both!
51% of realtors are not full time.
20% are part time
31% have licenses, but do something else.