Tyson Offered $10G to Zookeeper To Punch Out a Silverback Gorilla

[Go2Guy]

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Tyson said he was being given a private tour of a zoo more than 30 years ago, saw a gorilla being a bully, and offered the tour guide a considerable sum of money so he could go inside the cage and punch him.

"I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and [ex-wife] Robin [Givens]," Tyson said, according to Boxing Scene.

"When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant.

"I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let [me] smash that silverback's snot box! He declined...."

Keep reading the part about his pet Tiger

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/bo...rilla-in-the-face/ar-BB12BKRV?ocid=spartandhp

 

[Cyclonepride]

Lol, Mike would have been taken apart like a rag doll.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Lol, Mike would have been taken apart like a rag doll.

that would have been amazing.

 

[cyclone101]

Somebody send this to Joe Rogan right now! I need to hear him go crazy on a podcast over a Silverback - Tyson (in his prime) hypothetical fight!

 

[madguy30]

I just read something where he's gotten it together and is in a way better place.

If so, he's come a looong ways.

I was really young during his prime but he was the most exciting boxer I ever witnessed. Once he got beat though, it was just not the same.

Ditto on who said he wouldn't have stood a chance. Underestimating certain wildlife's capabilities is a bad take.

 

[Doc]

I just read something where he's gotten it together and is in a way better place.

If so, he's come a looong ways.

I was really young during his prime but he was the most exciting boxer I ever witnessed. Once he got beat though, it was just not the same.

Ditto on who said he wouldn't have stood a chance. Underestimating certain wildlife's capabilities is a bad take.

Well, he’s out on the ranch growing pot with ex-NFLer Eben Britton.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tucson...b1704d40-c153-11e9-ae82-23ef408bcff3.amp.html

 

[Doc]

Obviously, smoking 10 tons of weed a month is very unhealthy, but Tyson probably knows his life isn’t likely to be that long.

 

[CTTB78]

Lol, Mike would have been taken apart like a rag doll.

Yup. And it was probably Robin's idea.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Yeah good luck Mike --

 

[Cydar]

 

[mywayorcyway]

Yeah good luck Mike --

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Holy cow. 815kgs is 1800 lbs. The world record of any deadlift I can find is 1,155 lbs, and that's using equipment.

That's a ridiculous amount of weight. I don't think Iron Mike would have fared well.

 

[nfrine]

Mike would have just bit the gorilla's ear....

 

[clonerules]

Holy cow. 815kgs is 1800 lbs. The world record of any deadlift I can find is 1,155 lbs, and that's using equipment.

That's a ridiculous amount of weight. I don't think Iron Mike would have fared well.

If it's in the genius book of records its gotta be legit.

 

[Doc]

Idk, I think there’s a pretty decent chance the gorilla would have been shaken up and backed off. Sharks, mountain lions, etc. have backed off after getting bopped in the nose. Not always the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Bullying is a sign of weakness. Gimme Iron Mike!

 

[ISUChippewa]

Mike would have just bit the gorilla's ear....

He probably was just crazy enough to try that...

But then, this is what he would have faced in return.

 

[mywayorcyway]

With Vegas feeling the pinch of social distancing, it might be time for them to find a way to make this happen. Go to an island somewhere and televise it. The action would rival the stimulus checks in total dollars.

 

[IcSyU]

Idk, I think there’s a pretty decent chance the gorilla would have been shaken up and backed off. Sharks, mountain lions, etc. have backed off after getting bopped in the nose. Not always the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Bullying is a sign of weakness. Gimme Iron Mike!

One of two things happens:
1) Gorilla retreats
2) You now have a ******* pissed gorilla who beats your ass.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Holy cow. 815kgs is 1800 lbs. The world record of any deadlift I can find is 1,155 lbs, and that's using equipment.

That's a ridiculous amount of weight. I don't think Iron Mike would have fared well.

That 1155 lbs was also tires rather than weight plates, so it was more like a "three quarters" deadlift since the bar was much higher off the ground. FWIW, Hafthor Bjornsson (2017 Worlds Strongest Man and actor who played The Mountain on GOT) will be trying to break the strongman deadlift record by lifting 501 kgs (1104.5 lbs) on May 2nd. Worlds Ultimate Strongman is hosting a free livestream of the attempt.

 

[mywayorcyway]

That 1155 lbs was also tires rather than weight plates, so it was more like a "three quarters" deadlift since the bar was much higher off the ground. FWIW, Hafthor Bjornsson (2017 Worlds Strongest Man and actor who played The Mountain on GOT) will be trying to break the strongman deadlift record by lifting 501 kgs (1104.5 lbs) on May 2nd. Worlds Ultimate Strongman is hosting a free livestream of the attempt.

The world's strongest man stuff is awesome, but watching these guys do standard deadlifts is frightening. I'm worried one of these guys is going to have a stroke and just fall over dead on the spot.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Holy cow. 815kgs is 1800 lbs. The world record of any deadlift I can find is 1,155 lbs, and that's using equipment.

That's a ridiculous amount of weight. I don't think Iron Mike would have fared well.

The zookeeper saved Iron Mike's life from the sound of it.

The gorilla shrugs off anything Tyson can do to it and then proceeds to break him in half.