After nearly two decades of retirement, Mike Tyson, the 58-year-old former world best boxer, returned to the ring and shocked the world. Not only that, he challenged 27-year-old freshman boxer Jack Paul in his latest fight. This proves that Tyson does not shy away from taking risks. In the past he even dared to fight a gorilla.
According to the report of UK-based The Independent, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is well-known as an animal lover. Many called him the real 'Tiger King' of America. Because big tigers have been seen as pets like cats many times in front of him.
But despite his love for the tiger, his love for the fearsome animal of the forest, the gorilla, is probably lacking. Because he once offered a zookeeper in New York $10,000—for a chance to fight a gorilla at that zoo.
The incident took place in the late 80s. Tyson made his boxing debut a few years ago and his fame spread all over the world. He also married American model and actress Robin Givens at that time.
At that time, the gorilla of the zoo in New York was also infamous. The gorilla started teasing not only the other gorillas in the zoo, but also the other animals. So Tyson thought of fighting the gorilla to tame it.
Tyson once told The Sun about wanting to fight a gorilla, he once entered the New York zoo with his wife Robin.
Tyson said, 'When we went to the front of the gorilla's cage, we saw it torturing other gorillas.'
Tyson did not like seeing the helplessness of the others in front of the mischievous gorilla. So he paid a zoo worker 10,000 dollars to open the gorilla's cage. He thought he would enter the cage and fight the monstrous creature to discipline it. However, Tyson's proposal was finally rejected by the zoo worker.
It should be noted that recently Tyson was defeated in a fight with Jack Paul. But even at his old age, he again shocked the fans by fighting in all the rounds. Hosted by Netflix, the fight took place in Arlington, Texas. Not a single ticket remained unsold in the 73,000 capacity stadium in this match. Besides, more than 6 crore people watched this match on television screen through live broadcast.
