WATCH! When Mike Tyson knocks out Zach Galifianakis in this hilarious clip from Hangover (2009)


WATCH! When Mike Tyson knocks out Zach Galifianakis in this hilarious clip from Hangover (2009)

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Mike Tyson is one scary man at one point in time and a hilarious man at other times, yet still scary. Tyson, a former professional boxer and currently an entrepreneur and podcaster, is considered one of the best fighters in their prime to have ever fought in boxing’s heavyweight history and by his overall aura, his arguable the scariest fighter to have stepped into the ring. The second youngest world champion in boxing’s history, Tyson was only 19 when he held the world heavyweight championship.

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Tyson’s record stands at 50-6 with 2 no contests, 44 of those 50 wins coming by the way of knockouts. Tyson fought from 1985-2005 with wins over the likes of Frank Bruno, Michael Spinks, Larry Holmes, Trevor Berbick, Mitch Green and many more. Tyson won 2 golds in National Junior Olympics back in 1981 and 1982 and won the Golden Gloves in 1984. Tyson is currently an entrepreneur and is the host of his podcast, Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, where he interviews various successful people from all walks of life.

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Mike Tyson in comedy classic “Hangover” starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms

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Tyson went on to have various Hollywood appearances in various movies such as Ip Man 2, Ip Man 3, Kickboxer: Retaliation and many more. Tyson’s most fan-favourite on-screen presence has to be in the first movie of the Hangover franchise released in 2009. Watch this clip below where Tyson knocks out actor Zach Galifianakis, who plays Alan in the movie, one of the 3 leads.

Tyson basically knocks out Zach in the movie because of a storyline where Zach alongside his co-stars Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms, who play Phil and Stu respectively, steal Tyson’s tiger from his house because they were high on psychedelics and didn’t know what they were doing.

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Have you watched the entire Hangover franchise? What did you make of the first part? Does this clip hit you in a nostalgic way? What do you make of Mike Tyson’s legacy as a boxer, do you think he is the greatest of all time? Tyson’s persona from an angry young man to an old, calm and wise man has transitioned in the last decade itself and to this generation, his life is now more known for his philosophy on life than his scary presence inside the fighting arena.

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