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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 22: Mike Tyson attends the Citi Taste Of Tennis on August 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for AYS Sports Marketing)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 22: Mike Tyson attends the Citi Taste Of Tennis on August 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for AYS Sports Marketing)
Mike Tyson is arguably one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. In a recent, behind-the-scenes video of his podcast, ‘Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson’, UFC president Dana White shared an interesting anecdote about the American.
Interestingly, Dana White reveals how ‘Iron Mike’ ended up going for a swim with sharks because of him. After that, in the latter half of the video, viewers also got to know another story about how he made the life of a fan.
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The ferocious knockout boxer was in Las Vegas to shoot the next episode of his podcast, and who could have been a better guest than the president of the biggest MMA promotion in the world, Dana White?
Dana White reveals Mike Tyson’s Shark Week story
Both the legends of their respective sports came together for their mutual love of combat sports. They both shared some healthy and heartwarming moments.
Mike Tyson started with a remark, “I think he[Dana White] cares about me.” Dana White then proceeded to detail the incident and what made the hard-hitting boxer have such an opinion about him.

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LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 23: UFC president Dana White interacts with fans and media during the UFC press conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Dana recalled the incident that happened around 2 years ago and said, “I called him up, and I said, dude, I don’t want you to do this f*****g fight, man. This, this is f*****g crazy. I’ll get you a job, you know, on tv. I’ll get you a tv show. You make some money. So I put him on Shark Week.”
The UFC president added further, “So he’s like, wait a minute, you care about me? You tell me not to fight. You put me on f*****g Shark Week.”
The UFC linchpin detailed the incident while bursting with laughter. He said,
“So the day that he had to jump in and do the shark thing, I guess he was f*****g going crazy. He was pi*sed off, and the whole film crew was terrified. Everybody was scared, and sh*t. He was like he had to dive in the water and swim with the sharks.”Mike Tyson: His incident with the fan
The ‘Kid Dynamite’ toward the end of the video shared another incident. A fan detailed his side of the story. He stated,
“I see over on the dance floor and we’re like in shorts and flip-flops and barely getting in because we had friends at the door and I’m like f**k dude that’s, that’s Mike Tyson.“
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – MARCH 06: Mike Tyson performs his one man show “Undisputed Truth” in the Music Box at the Borgata on March 6, 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
The fan goes forward with the story and told,
“And you’re with like 25 huge guys that look like the guys that you don’t want to bump into.” Somehow, he mustered the courage to approach his idol, and this turned out to be one of his best decisions in life.Further, he added,
“I went down there and, uh, and I tapped you[Mike Tyson] on your triceps. I was like, hey Mike, just you know, just want to say I’m a huge fan. And you know you’re f*****g awesome. And you started talking to me for like five minutes. You gave me a hug.”
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 07: Former boxer Mike Tyson attends the junior welterweight bout between Montana Love and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela at T-Mobile Arena on May 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
This generosity and humble nature of Mike Tyson touched the fan, who couldn’t have asked for more.
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He concluded his side of the story and declared,
“I was like, dude, I f*****g love you. You[Mike Tyson] shook my hand, and you pulled me in and you go, ‘I love you too, brother’ and then, uh, and then you f*****g were like super-super f**k rad. Made my whole life.”An overwhelmed fan commented on the video, “I’m just glad to be alive at the same time as Iron Mike.”
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