The dramatic story of the day Tyson’s tiger “ripped” a woman’s arm: “I had no idea what they can do to human flesh”

Mike Tyson He is as famous for his ferocity as a boxer as for his eccentricities and crimes under the ring. One of his most contested decisions over the years has been to have a Bengal tiger like a pet. Months ago, the former boxer revealed what was the fact that forced him to get rid of the animal, but in the last few hours he released some hitherto unknown details of that incident.

In an interview given in November 2019, Tyson said that He decided to get the animal out of his home when he "ripped someone's arm off." However, at that time, he did not elaborate on the dramatic fact.

In the last, the former boxer of 53 years did not spare details about what happened. In an Instagram chat, the American rapper Fat Joe He asked if it was true that the tiger had escaped from its cage and attacked a neighbor. Tyson strictly denied the version and explained what really happened: A woman broke into her property, approached the animal, and was eventually the victim of a fierce attack.

“Someone jumped over the fence right where the tiger was and started playing with it. The animal did not know this woman and an ugly accident occurred”Said the former world heavyweight champion.

Big Mike admitted that he paid a large sum to the victim as a result of what his “pet” did to him: “When I saw what the tiger did to his hand, I had a lot of money back then, so I gave her $ 250,000 because she was fucking …"

The injuries to the woman's arm were truly significant and Tyson remembers them to this day. "You can't believe what (the tigers) can do to human flesh, I had no idea", said.

In that sense, he added: “I was very stupid back then. There is no way to tame these cats one hundred percent, there is no way for that to happen. They kill you by accident, it's not that they try to do it, they do it by accident ”.

"They are too strong, especially when you play rough with them. You hit them and suddenly they hit you, and you're dead, "said the former boxer, who acknowledged that he came to sleep with his huge cats.

Today, Tyson – who made the decision to have a bengal tiger when he was in prison serving a six-year sentence for rape – talks over and over again about how sorry he feels to have had those animals in his mansion. "I thought they could be tamed, I was wrong", Held.

At the time, Big Mike decided to pay some USD 60,000 to buy his female Bengal tiger that he called Kenya. He adopted her as a pet and spent a lot of time with her, which was the case for almost two decades, until he was forced to sell her. "I had a tiger as a pet, it was called Kenya and weighed about 500 pounds (200 kilos). He had great affection for her. I took care of her, I slept with her, I had her in my room ", commented long ago.