Don't feel too bad, though. At least a big chunk of your money went to a good cause: the continuing physical and spiritual rehabilitation of Tyson.
Let's do some quick ciphering, just for the heck of it. Tyson has now fought four times since he was sprung from the Indiana state pen. The bouts have lasted a total of 17 minutes or so, and Tyson has raked in approximately 80 million bucks.
So, according to my trusty pocket calculator, Tyson is making about $282 million per hour for his work in the ring. Man, that sure beats making license plates for spare change.
This is what you call easy money, folks, even if you add in the hours of training and promotion time.
That's not to mention the big bucks that promoter Don King is stashing in his private safe, which is hidden in his hair.
First up was Peter McNeeley, who is still hearing the crowd's laughter in his head. Had his cornerman not thrown in the towel early, McNeeley might not have a head - or if he did, it would be on Tyson's mantel in a glass case.
Next in the gallows was Buster Mathis Jr., who somehow lived to tell about it.
Frank Bruno, actually a decent fighter years ago, looked like he had seen a ghost - and that was before he left the dressing room en route to his easy execution.
Then it was Seldon, who fell the first time after getting little more than a love pat on top of the head from Tyson. Then he caught a pretty good left hand square on the chin to go down again in the first round.
Just when referee Richard Steele was ready to continue the fight, though, Seldon suddenly got a case of rubber legs and Steele had little choice but to call it a night for both fighters after 109 seconds.
Was it fixed? No.
Should Seldon have some or all of his $5 million purse withheld? Yes, although it might not hold up in court.
BUT here is a factor that a lot of fight fans are forgetting. I have covered Tyson from ringside and he is one terrifying - make that horrifying - sight when that opening bell clangs.
The baddest dudes in the world can stand up at prefight press conferences and say that Tyson won't intimidate them. Yet, when they are finally alone with this guy inside the ropes, they are afraid for their lives.
It's called being human.
Tyson might be the greatest heavyweight in history. I see Muhammad Ali as the only one having a chance to beat Tyson if he is in proper shape.
And that's why Evander Holyfield, despite the big hype just ahead, will make it the Slaughterhouse Five when he tumbles to the canvas in one or two rounds on Nov. 9.
It might have been a competitive fight for a few rounds longer five years ago, when it was originally set before Tyson got pinched, so to speak. Not now, though.
There is only one fighter who would have a prayer these days against Tyson, who is at the absolute top of his game right now, physically and emotionally.
And that's Riddick Bowe. Still, I'd take Tyson by a middle-round knockout, even if Bowe showed up in good shape for a change.
Forget Holyfield, Lennox Lewis or Michael Moorer - and please don't wake George Foreman from his afternoon nap.
So maybe we're not suckers after all, especially if you are a true boxing fan.
Part of the pay-per-view problem is that Tyson refuses to carry any of his terrified opponents and shouldn't be expected to.
Hey, the bottom line is that it costs money for just about anything these days - even to catch a glimpse of such an awesome heavyweight fighter like Mike Tyson.