re: Mike Tyson tried to pay $10,000 to fight a bully silverback gorilla at a New York Zoo

quote:

---

Former professional boxer and tiger owner

---

Talk about alpha

If it was anyone beside Mike Tyson, I would say this is one of those situations where you talk shite knowing somebody will hold you back or theres no way the fight could happen... but honest to god I think he would get in the ring with a gorilla.

And the result would have been a swift death.

quote:

---

Gorilla strength to human strength, when compared, adult gorillas are four to nine times stronger than the average man. According to the Guiness Book of Records, a silverback gorilla can lift up to 815 kilograms (1800 pounds) of dead weight. Meanwhile, a well trained human could lift a maximum of 410 kilograms (900 pounds) - half as much that the gorilla can manage. This is, of course, a rough calculation. Looking at this comparison when of gorilla strength compared to humans, an experiment conducted in 1924 showed that an adult gorilla can throw with almost 450 kilograms (990 pounds) of force, whilst an average human can only manage a maximum of 100 kilograms (220 pounds) - almost five times less than a gorilla. Silverback gorilla strength is incredible, especially if specific actions are taken into account. Gorillas can, for example, break bamboo canes, which can be seen as exhibiting a strength 20 times greater than that of the average human. However, this figure should factor in the fact that; they first bite into the bamboo, weakening it, and only measures the specific force used in breaking it. While comparing gorillas to human beings can be useful as a point of reference, we must always take into account that a gorilla’s body shape, balance, mobility and abilities are different. Therefore, gorillas are better formed to perform certain movements with more strength than humans, but considering their strength in human terms doesn't make much sense. For instance, even if their arms have the ability to lift enormous weights, they don't have the balance to do so.

---

would of been no more Mike Tyson.

Every swing from the silverback would leave broken bones. Not sure it would even feel Tyson's right hook. Make sure it counts Mike cause there will be hell to pay once you piss him off.

Bruce Lee could've handled that gorilla. Tyson can't match the kind of speed that Bruce Lee had and speed is what matters in a gorilla fight.

Floyd Mayweather wouldn't even fight a bully sloth.

quote:

---

Ok what if Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Mike Tyson took on a gorilla. Anybody got the odds on that

---

Throw in Brock Lesnar and they might have a chance. There would still be fatalities though.

What about Tyson vs a pissed off ostrich that knows it's in a fight from the start? Don't forget the 4 inch talons.