It is common knowledge that boxing legend Mike Tyson had a knack for doing things out of the ordinary. However, ‘Iron Mike took things to another level when he decided to keep pet Bengal tigers in his home. Tyson had three tigers, getting two of them while he was in prison back in 1992, and purchasing the third one from his friend.

Despite, the former heavyweight champion trying his best to keep the wild animals in check, he has had several instances where the tigers got a little out of control. Moreover, he recently detailed one such situation where his life might have been in danger.

Mike Tyson details how his tigers got out of control while sleeping with him

In an appearance on FoxNews, Tyson described how taming his tigers was next to impossible. He stated that although he could train them to play with him, it was never certain when they might get out of control.

“If you train them they do tricks for you, hang out with them they do this and then you gotta put them away. When you have the raising experience they sleep in the bed with you, but I didn’t have lions. I had tigers in my bed. I had two of them in my bed” said Tyson.

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He also revealed that the tigers once went out of control while they were in bed with him, resulting in Tyson jumping to the floor to save his life. “when they’re in bed, they want to get close. Next thing you know you got two 400-pound cats fighting, holy sh*t and I try to run to the floor and they’re fighting on the bed.” he added

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While Tyson might have loved his tigers, he failed to understand that they are wild beasts that cannot be tamed. However, he has now understood it the hard way after this incident.

The time Tyson’s tiger tried to kill his neighbor’s dog

In an interview with TheSun, Tyson’s former manager revealed that one of the tigers tried to kill a dog. He stated that ‘Iron Mike once took his tiger for a walk where the beast saw a dog and decided to feed on it. The neighbor was then shocked to see the tiger trying to eat his dog while Tyson pulled the wild animal down.

“Mike decided to walk with one of his Bengal tigers, but just then the tiger saw the neighbor’s dog and tried to climb over the wall to eat the dog. The man who owned the house was looking out the window and was surprised to see a tiger jumping over the wall to try to eat his dog while Mike was trying to pull him down,” he recalled.

Following this incident, Tyson was forced to give his pet tiger away to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The champ no longer has the animals in his home after he could not afford the diet of the other two tigers and was forced to give them away as well.