Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s relationships have come and gone over the years, but his breakup with his tiger may be one of the most painful. This comes after the couple was forced to split up when the large cat in question “teared off someone’s arm.”

At one point, boxing king Tyson owned three Bengal tigers, but gave two to an animal shelter when he realized they required too much care. The remaining tiger, Kenya, remained with him for 16 years until a tragic accident led to their separation and the woman’s alleged loss of a limb.

‘Iron’ Mike – who is due to retire and fight Jake Paul on November 15 – reportedly bought the tiger for £55,000 when he was released from prison following his rape conviction in 1992. However, their bond came to an unfortunate end when a member of the public strangely decided to enter the enclosure in Kenya.

“I had a tiger, her name was Kenya and she weighed about 250 kilograms,” Tyson told GQ (via Mirror) in 2019. “I had great affection for her, I held her, I slept with her, I kept her in my room.

“She stayed with me. I had her for about 16 years. She was a huge monster, you couldn’t imagine her size. But she was too elderly and I had to get rid of her when her eyes and head deteriorated. Oh, and she ripped off someone’s arm.

Contrary to speculation that Kenya had escaped from her enclosure when the crash occurred, Tyson clarified that it was the woman who had entered the tiger’s territory. The boxing legend explained that the woman in question jumped over a fence to play with her cat before things took a turn for the worse.

Tyson also revealed that a seriously injured woman tried to sue him over the incident. However, the lawsuit was unsuccessful because she technically broke into a fence in Kenya.

Despite this, Tyson has explained in the past that he still paid out a significant amount of compensation. In an Instagram Live conversation with rapper Fat Joe in 2020, he said, “When I saw what the tiger did to her hand, I had a lot of money at the time, so I gave her $250,000, whatever it was, because she was just cursed.” ***** up.”

Tyson is now preparing to face Paul in the ring next Friday in his first professional fight since 2005. However, fans hope that their clash will not end with stern injuries to any of the players.

Mike Tyson’s last professional foe, Kevin McBride, has warned Jake Paul that he is heading for an early knockout defeat.

Tyson is fighting for the first time as a professional since 2005, when he faced YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul at AT&T Stadium in Texas November 15streaming on Netflix.

Nearly 20 years ago, McBride infamously retired the well-faded “Iron Mike” after a sixth-round victory.

Despite the decisive victory, the Irishman admits that the power of the former undisputed heavyweight champion was still formidable.

McBride said Instant casinos: “When Tyson hit me, I swear I saw a Leprechaun playing drums in my head, so I grabbed his head and whispered to him, ‘Is that all you’ve got?’ and he went crazy.

“He bit my nipple so demanding it was the most excruciating pain I have ever felt in my life. When he pulled it away, his mouthpiece fell out and I thought, “Thank God he had a mouthpiece,” if he hadn’t, I would forever be known as the Irish heavyweight with one nipple.

“If you watch the fight in sluggish motion, you can see him biting my nipple.

“When you’re a fighter like Tyson, I can tell you he’s going there to win and go about his business. He doesn’t want to look back and think he let Jake Paul off the hook.

He’s going there to win and Paul will need to be in top shape to survive.

“I can say from the media that Tyson has already achieved so much that he wants to win, it is in his blood, the competition will never leave him.”

Paul, 27, has won four in a row since his only professional loss to Tommy Fury, stopping former UFC fighter Mike Perry in July.

“The Problem Child” hasn’t even been dropped yet in his career, but McBride says he’s supporting his former rival to ensure he gets an early break, even though Paul is 31 years his junior.

“Jake Paul is feeling a little better, gaining more experience in the ring, but he will see how powerful Tyson is.

“Paul is maybe half Tyson’s age, but Tyson is so unsafe. Power is the last thing you lose.

“You can see it in the videos he posts. It may only be a compact film, but it has incredible power.

“All Mike Tyson has to do is connect and Jake Paul will be watching Christmas lights for the next week.

“He will be timed in the first few rounds and that will be the end of it.

“Tyson is a legend and if he beats Paul you can tell him that if he wants to avenge his defeat, let’s not get too crazy.

“I would come out of retirement for another Mike Tyson fight. Or if one of the men backs down, I’ll jump in.

According to one of his early trainers, Mike Tyson showed terrifying signs of strength from an early age, and by the age of 12 he was knocking out professional fighters. “Iron” Mike is currently preparing for his highly anticipated fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, which will take place on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and will be streamed live on Netflix.

Tyson boasts an illustrious boxing career, winning the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles twice, as well as the IBF belt in his division. Heading into this month’s fight, Tyson, 58, has an impressive record of 50-6-2(NC) with 44 knockouts against top opponents and has shared the ring with boxing giants such as Frank Bruno, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis.

Despite making his debut against Hector Mercedes in 1985 at the age of 18, Tyson’s passion for fighting began much earlier. His former trainer Teddy Atlas revealed to RingTV.com that Tyson was beating adult men when he was just 12 years elderly.

But Tyson was no ordinary teenager; Atlas remembers that he was a physical marvel, weighing 70 kilograms. He said: “As far as the purest God-given talent, raw talent, from the earliest stage you saw, it had to be 12-year-old Tyson, who weighed 60 pounds but wasn’t fat,” he reported. Mirror.

Atlas recalled how Tyson made an immediate impression during his first visit to the gym, where he faced an older professional fighter under the watchful eye of himself and legendary trainer Cus D’Amato. He said: “He must have impressed me and Cus. On the first day he had to fight a 27-year-old man who was a professional fighter, and he did it.”

Reflecting on Tyson’s unmatched punching power at such a newborn age, Atlas said: “You can’t send him sparring with kids because he doesn’t have any. So you hire sparring partners and they are men and he hurts them and knocks them down. Anyone who could knock out men at the age of 12 or 13 is a damn good fighter.

However, it was not Tyson’s physical abilities that declined by the time of his last professional fight in 2005 against Kevin McBride, but rather his mental toughness. Atlas noted, “What wasn’t robust was his will. This just broke. His will broke before his chin. He took those punches and took large hits before he got knocked out. His will was not as robust as his chin.”

Despite a robust training relationship in Tyson’s early years, Atlas and “Iron” Mike separated when the professional boxer was around 15 years elderly. Now he’s looking forward to returning to the ring for the first time since his 2020 exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr, which ended in a draw after eight rounds – with Tyson taking on social media star Paul later this month.

Paul, who made his debut just four years ago, has quickly amassed a respectable 10-1 record in the boxing ring, defeating several former UFC stars including Anderson Silva, Nate Diaz, Mike Perry, Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.

While Paul may be hoping that his youth will give him an advantage over Tyson in the November 15 fight – being 31 years younger than the former heavyweight champion – recent training videos have some boxing fans fearing for the safety of the “Problem Child”. as Tyson continues to demonstrate extraordinary speed and power even as he approaches 60 years of age.