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Mike Tyson once offered zookeeper Sh1 million to let him fight gorilla

Mike Tyson was known in his prime as 'the baddest man on the planet'. Photo: Reuters.

Mike Tyson once offered a zookeeper $10,000 to fight a gorilla, because the silverback was bullying the other animals in his enclosure. Boxing legend Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion in history and went on to unify the division.

He famously won his first 19 fights by knockout - 12 of them in the first round - but it wasn't always only humans he wanted to get in the ring with.

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