Whoops! Because His Pet Pigeon Was 'killed', Mike Tyson Once Hit People And Broke Up With His Girlfriend

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JAKARTA - Former boxer Mike Tyson has a crush on pigeons and it has caused a number of uproars with people who don't feel the same way, including his ex-girlfriend.

Tyson has loved pigeons since he was nine years old, claiming they were an escape from the bullying he had to endure as a child for being overweight.

Her love for pigeons was the reason behind one of her relationships falling apart. He told me about how one of his ex-girlfriends tried to get him to eat one of his pet pigeons.

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"I was dating this young woman and she said, 'I don't know why you fly those damn birds, you have to eat them'," he told the US radio show Boomer & Carton.

"He happened to take that one pigeon and he cooked it and started eating it. And I couldn't do it. It wasn't the right thing to do. That's why he's not my girlfriend anymore."

This is not the first time Tyson has been involved in a confrontation over his pigeon. When he was young, a bully killed one of his pet pigeons with his bare hands.

"The man tore off my pigeon's head. It was the first thing I loved in my life, the pigeon," Tyson explained.

"It was my first time hitting people. I've loved pigeons since I was nine years old. They were my escape."