Mike Tyson wanted to fight a gorilla

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i'd like to see Mike take on a gorilla though.

[HipsterRan]

Tale of the tape


Gorilla......6`0 ....600 lbs of killing machine
___________________vs.________________________

Tyson......5`11 ...235 lbs of dead guy !

[rocketpuncher]

Everybody's very quick to assume a gorilla would sweep 1 arm and knock tyson's head off. The comment about 1st round death for gorilla was pretty funny. But after reading the suprisingly readable article by Gene Tunney I'm not so sure. How many heavyweights today can write an article like that? I like his points about a boxer being tremendously more intelligent (even today's boxers) and trained in how to fight and where to punch.

According to , "Adult males range in height from 165-175 cm (5'4"-5'7"), and in weight from 140-165 kg (310-365 lbs.)" Furthermore, a higher portion of their weight is in their stomachs as plant food. So they're not really that much bigger than humans. Because they walk on their knuckles, they're actually very short for a boxer. Especially today's 6'5"-7' heavyweight.

Gorillas are actually not violent either. Silverbacks will beat their chest, make loud noises, etc to fend off attackers. Only if really provoked will they charge.

So I'm siding with Gene Tunney and I say Tyson knocks out or scares a gorilla away.

[LOLORSKATES]

Tunney was one of the greatest boxers of all time and he knows more about boxing than any of you . The fact of the matter gorilla and bears as tunney said have a spine and nerves and can be knocked out . Tunney proved it when he got a boxer to fight a bear and told the boxer to hit him in the ribs . The boxer did that and he crippled the bear with body shots and the bear ran away.

Sure he might know more about boxing than alot of us, but I think a lot of us has more sense to take on a gorilla. Wheres your proof about telling a boxer to fight a bear?

[Plat]

yeah but if tyson hit the gorilla enough times he would knock him out. Tyson is argubaly the hardest heavyweight puncher ever .If he hit a gorilla he would get his attention .

Bro. Are you serious lmfao?

Let me guess, Tyson is your favorite boxer?

Anyways the "fight" would go like this...Tyson punches gorilla, gorilla grunts, gorilla swings at Tyson, Tyson dead.

[LOLORSKATES]

Bro. Are you serious lmfao?

Let me guess, Tyson is your favorite boxer?

Anyways the "fight" would go like this...Tyson punches gorilla, gorilla grunts, gorilla swings at Tyson, Tyson dead.

The gorilla would knock Tyson out in the first or 2nd blow depending how flush the first one was. Then it would promptly skull**** it onto the pavement

[Plat]

Everybody's very quick to assume a gorilla would sweep 1 arm and knock tyson's head off. The comment about 1st round death for gorilla was pretty funny. But after reading the suprisingly readable article by Gene Tunney I'm not so sure. How many heavyweights today can write an article like that? I like his points about a boxer being tremendously more intelligent (even today's boxers) and trained in how to fight and where to punch.

According to , "Adult males range in height from 165-175 cm (5'4"-5'7"), and in weight from 140-165 kg (310-365 lbs.)" Furthermore, a higher portion of their weight is in their stomachs as plant food. So they're not really that much bigger than humans. Because they walk on their knuckles, they're actually very short for a boxer. Especially today's 6'5"-7' heavyweight.

Gorillas are actually not violent either. Silverbacks will beat their chest, make loud noises, etc to fend off attackers. Only if really provoked will they charge.

So I'm siding with Gene Tunney and I say Tyson knocks out or scares a gorilla away.

Holy ****...these dudes are serious...lmfao.

[rocketpuncher]

Holy ****...these dudes are serious...lmfao.

. I have no idea how strong a gorilla really is nor how capable it is of fighting or even grabbing Tyson while Tyson is attacking. And neither do you.

This was actually a somewhat interesting topic and I did a tiny bit of research just now. Silverbacks act very threatening and if you run away they could possibly chase you and hurt you. But if you don't back down, they will back down. So what happens when you hit him very hard? Sometimes silverbacks fight each other to gain or keep control of a group of gorillas. And sometimes a silverback gives up and just walks away. They then go on to lead a solitary life while the other silverback takes over the group. The hands and feet of a big species of gorilla are not that much bigger than the average human's. Even less so of a heavyweight's:


Here's a good post about the strength of a gorilla compared to a human. The author suspects a silverback (the most powerful of gorilla's) is about 4-5 times stronger than a human. However, that's only in certain motions like pulling and gripping. And that's assuming a similar muscle structure to chimpanzees, the most powerful animals pound for pound.

[rocketpuncher]

According to :

• There are NO documented cases of a gorilla killing or causing a life-threatening injury to a human being! When being attacked by poachers in Africa, gorillas will fight to the death to protect their family, and can/do cause serious harm to their attackers, possibly even death, although no one can confirm this.
• Gorillas will NOT attack, unless directly provoked. Even then, they’ll most likely just swat at or bite the offender and run away, hoping that will be enough to get them to leave.

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.However, that's only in certain motions like pulling and gripping. And that's assuming a similar muscle structure to chimpanzees, the most powerful animals pound for pound

so...nobody thought the gorilla was gonna be on his toes and pump the jab.