Was tysons power overrated ?.

**catskills23** · 12-20-2006, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by Njord777

Did you ever hear the story about Mike Tyson going to the zoo? He wanted to, in his infinite wisdom, with his brainless testosterone, and with his deep pocket book, to fight a gorilla. He said that with his power he could knock out a massive, full grown Gorilla. Mind you, this was back when he was heavyweight champion. He had respect, money, fans...he could have afforded to. Heard about it?

Well, what is not known is that two years after losing the championship, with his fame slightly waning and his best days past him Mike took a visit to Prague. The zoo there was applauded for its primate housing- and Tyson befriended one of the keepers. Now, people will be people- with their greed and momentary lapses in common sense and decency. Reportedly for a $15,000 American Tyson was allowed in the Gorilla sanctuary for ten minutes- left alone. He was told that, should he be caught or need help, the keeper would tell them Tyson broke in...take no responsibility. Entering the cage Tyson confronted a male Silver back Gorilla who was, at first, skittish and very aggressive. Being careful not to get immediately attacked Tyson was able to get close enough to, with all his force, hit the animal with a strong hook.

According to the keeper he stunned the animal- which staggered backward like it had been electrocuted, looking drunk, before falling down into a sitting position. When the gorilla got up it was angry, irate- and went to two legs screaming, barring its teeth- and Tyson had to run. He would have been mauled to death. Years later, when the keeper had left the zoo, he sold his story to the media.

Tyson has never directly confirmed or denied the story- but comments over the years to those close to him make it seem likely.

Interesting that tyson reckoned he had the power to knock out a gorilla because someone told me that in his post fight interview after beating berbick . That tyson himself said that he hit no harder than berbick . Did tyson actually say that .`

**aljon** · 12-20-2006, 08:04 PM

Originally posted by catskills23

a lot of tysons opponents have that they have been hit harder .

Are you serious? Tyson started knocking out 20year old guys when he was just 16. Actually I'm too lazy to go over the **** I can say about Tyson's power, but its real lol

**hugh grant** · 12-20-2006, 08:20 PM

I cant believ Tyson hit a silverback gorilla. But Trevor Berbick might have been able to hit nearly as hared as Tyson, that Tyson couldnt tell the difference between Berbick an d himself. But i cant remember Berbick landing on Tyson.

**catskills23** · 12-20-2006, 09:12 PM

[QUOTE=Njord777;2000968]

Originally posted by hugh grant

I cant believ Tyson hit a silverback gorilla. But Trevor Berbick might have been able to hit nearly as hared as Tyson, that Tyson couldnt tell the difference between Berbick an d himself. But i cant remember Berbick landing on Tyson.

there is no way berbick even hit nearly as hard as tyson . berbick wasent even a puncher.

**Verstyle** · 12-20-2006, 09:19 PM

[QUOTE=catskills23;2001190]

Originally posted by Njord777

there is no way berbick even hit nearly as hard as tyson . berbick wasent even a puncher.

hey catskills?..............

**macman** · 12-20-2006, 09:41 PM

One thing Tyson wasn't over-rated on was power.
Even in his latter days his power was evident, most notably in the one punch KO of Botha, who's got a pretty decent chin.

I'd rate Shavers & Foreman as having more raw power, but Tyson definitely top 5 all-time for Heavyweight power.

**LoftyDog** · 12-20-2006, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by Scrappy Diggs

There should be an entire forum dedicated solely to threads about Mike Tyson's power.

Well theres not a forum thats dedicated to Tyson's power so how about a entire person?

Originally posted by Hydro

what the rest of us dont understand is this

tyson's power threads u start

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