Footage of Mike Tyson wrestling his pet tiger proves he was wired completely different

If there was going to be any boxer who would wrestle with their pet tiger, it certainly would be The Baddest Man on the Planet. He always tended to be a troublemaker, after all.

Though his boxing talent always shone through and made him one of the best of all time, Mike Tyson‘s behaviour often kept him at the forefront of people’s minds.

His extravagant taste in pets is a fine example of this – the former heavyweight champion kept multiple white tigers in his home, rather than opting for the usual cat or dog.

Tyson’s boxing record is to be admired as he came up against some absolute legends of the sport and still held a record of 50-6 – which is nothing short of impressive.

It’s not a surprise Tyson decided to go above and beyond with his pet choice seeing as he had racked up a huge $300 million during his illustrious career.

In video footage from 1996, it shows Tyson wrestling with one of his pet tigers. The reporter asks if he has any technique to scare the animal.

Tyson responded with: “If I see she’s ready to charge, I’ll charge her straight away. I use the reverse; I’ll charge her, and she’ll run.”

Although dangerous for Tyson, it seems that they are pretty harmless. This, however, turned out to be only harmless towards the American boxer.

Iron Mike once revealed in an interview with GQ that he had to pay a woman a total of $250,000 in compensation as one of his pet tigers ‘ripped her arm off.’

He explained that a lady had jumped the fence to his home and started playing with the tiger and as the tiger didn’t recognise the lady, it ended badly.

After 14 years, Tyson came to his senses that these animals should not be kept in a domestic home and so donated them to a sanctuary. Probably a wise decision.