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Mike Tyson will earn slightly less than $21 million from last week’s heavyweight championship fight against Michael Spinks, who will get the $13.5 million he was guaranteed.

Shelly Finkel, who had the pay-per-view and closed circuit rights for the 91-second fight, said the home, theater and arena showings made $22 million.

Tyson retained his championship by knocking out Spinks in the first round. Finkel said that 55% of the television distribution money came from closed-circuit showings in theaters and arenas and 45% came from pay-per-view sales.

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