Mike Tyson once offered a zookeeper over £8,000 to let him fight a silverback gorilla.In his prime the former heavyweight world champion tipped the scales at 100kg, but never one to shy away from a challenge, he wanted to take on the animal which on average weighed nearly twice as much as him.Accompanied by his wife at the time, Robin Givens, Tyson put a $10k (£8.1k) offer on the table during a trip out to the zoo.
Recalling the story, he said: "I paid a worker at New York’s zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin.READ MORE: Mike Tyson regrets not smoking weed during boxing career as he opted for cocaine instead“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.”Although he wanted to put the gorilla in his place, Iron Mike is a big animal lover. He kept white tigers at his home during his legendary career, before changing his stance on domestication later in his life.Who would you have put your money on to win?
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