Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson once said that he made a mess of a man who was throwing his pet pigeon out the trash.
Iron Mike won 50 times with 44 knockouts during his career. However, one punch stands out in his mind.
Mike Tyson revealed his love of pigeons
Tyson was just ten years old when he lost Julius, a pigeon, in his first boxing match against Roy Jones Jr.
After the bird died, the 56-year old had to say farewell to it.
However, before Julius could have a proper memorial, a binman noticed him lying on his stomach in a crate. He then disposed of Julius.
He spoke to World Boxing Council and said: "One morning, I woke up to find my favorite pigeon, Julius had died. I was devastated, and decided to use his crate for my stickball bat in honor of him.
"I put the crate on the curb and went in to buy something. I came back to find the sanitation man had placed the crate in the crusher.
"I ran to him and caught him flushed on the temple with a titanic left hand. He was out cold."
Tyson also shared another story about a boy who confronted him, and brutally tore the head of a pigeon.
He said, "The guy ripped my pigeon's head off." The pigeon was the first thing that I loved in my entire life.
"I don’t know why. I feel absurd trying to explain it. The [Pigeons] look so much like humans.
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