The boxing legend claims a silverback gorilla wouldn’t stand a chance if it faced 100 prime-era Tysons.
Mike Tyson has entered the chat, and he’s confident he could take on a gorilla, with some help from himself.
The viral “1 Gorilla vs. 100 Men” debate has had social media in a headlock for days with users arguing whether a group of men could actually take down a silverback gorilla.
During a recent interview with Ring Magazine ahead of Friday’s Fatal Fury boxing match in Times Square, Tyson tackled the question with a twist: what if those 100 men were all Mike Tyson in his prime?
“The gorilla’s in a lot of trouble,” the former heavyweight champ said without hesitation. “He’s in so much f—king trouble.” Tyson even gave a gleeful demonstration of how he’d put the animal in a “full nelson.”
However, this isn’t the first time Tyson has considered fighting a gorilla. In 2020, he told The Sun that during a private zoo tour in the late ’80s, he once offered a zookeeper $10,000 to let him into a cage with a bullying silverback.
“I paid a worker at New York’s zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin,” he recalled. “When we got to the gorilla cage, there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas,” he continued.
Mike said, “I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let me smash that silverback’s snot box! He declined.”
While Tyson is game, not everyone is so bold. Rappers Cam’ron and Mase recently weighed in on the gorilla debate, but both steered clear of wanting that smoke.
