Mike Tyson Trains Pigeons

When Mike was young, he let a garbage man experience the power of his fists. The sanitation worker was guilty of throwing away Mike’s pigeon that had already died. People do not advocate violence in any way; it was just that Mike was filled with grief at that time and he felt like hitting the man. His passion for training pigeons goes back to his time in the projects, where he grew up.

So when he retired, it made sense to go back to the old hobby. Pigeon training served as his therapy growing up poor and bullied in Brooklyn. Now, he does it for fun, and because his love for pigeons didn’t waver a single degree now that he’s older. He can even afford to pay $20,000 for a rare breed of racing pigeons.