Boxing legend Mike Tyson kisses pigeon as he pays emotional tribute to "birds I love"

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Tony Robbins: “I’ve always had pigeons my whole life, since I was 8, 9 years old. That’s just what we do in Brooklyn, New York, we fly pigeons.

I don’t know why, but that’s just what we do.“Having great birds gave you respect and stuff. And I was a little kid, I wanted to have respect like the big guys had.

But I didn’t realise you had to be big to get the respect.”As anyone who has visited New York will know, there is certainly no shortage of pigeons in the city, but not many residents may have connected with the birds in the same way that Tyson did.The former heavyweight champions was often pictured kissing the birds throughout his career and would meet up with pigeon fanciers – those who keep pigeons – when he wasn’t at training.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

You'll receive an email with all of the top news stories every single morning.You can find out more information on our email newsletter on this link here.There are some remarkable stories involving Tyson’s love of stories, from dumping girlfriends to actually having his first fight because of a bully harming his pigeons.However, the most jaw-dropping tale involved a binman being on the receiving end of one of Tyson’s famous knockout blows.“One morning I woke up and found my favourite pigeon, Julius, had died."I was devastated and was going to use his crate as my stickball bat to honour him,” said Tyson –.