Mike Tyson to Become Pro Pigeon Racer for New Show
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Mike Tyson's newest sport? Competitive pigeon racing.
In the just-announced Animal Planet series Taking on Tyson, cameras will follow the former heavyweight champion, 43, as he works with a team of bird experts to train New York City pigeons for competition.
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"Tyson's passion for pigeons takes my breath away," Animal Planet Media President Marjorie Kaplan said in a statement.
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The boxer has loved birds his whole life; his first physical fight, in fact, was to defend a bird.
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“To rear, train and race pigeons -- or "homers" -- requires dedication and tenderness," Kaplan added. "For many pigeon racers, these avian athletes are the king of the bird world. Their intelligence, spirit, titanic bonders of loyalty and astounding homing ability sets them apart from other birds,” Kaplan said.
Taking on Tyson will debut early next year.
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I complement Animal Planet and Mike Tyson, and hope he earns a lot of money again to support his family. Past is the past, leave it there. He already has had a tough life, hope he can enjoy life a little more now!
I can't think of a better place for this ear biter than the Animal planet, how on earth can a two bit low life thug, who servered time for any crime get a paying job on a national TV network? This truly describes our society today, crime obviously does pay:-( We wonder why we don't hold the same status in the world as we used too, takes a real brain trust to figure this one out. Over paid athlete's who are only in today for the money and not the love of the game. The Gosslin's who knew their plan from the get go and saps falling for it/them day in and day out. Farm all of America's jobs out to countries and people's who can't even speak english so the toop cats get richer all while destroying America. Peiople better wake up before it's too late;-)