Bristol man goes viral for claiming to scrap Mike Tyson in pub

'Imagine I knock that c*** out'

Talking on the Hurts So Good podcast, the man claims that he was in a pub when Tyson and his entourage came in.

The man, a Bristol 'gangster' by the name of Dean Cooper, says Tyson was a huge hero of his when he was young and so when he walked in he approached Tyson and asked could he buy him a drink.

He said: "I've got up and said: 'Hello Mike nice to meet you. I'm a friend of Joe Egan's, it's an honour to meet you, would you like a drink?'

"He went: 'Nah'. He said: 'Err nah you're alright'. I said: 'Listen, I don't mind buying everyone one'. I said: 'You're one of my heroes'. He said: 'Nah nah you're alright mate'.

"I thought you f******… Done my head in. Anyway so he ordered a f****** round and then he said: 'The white boys getting it'. I said: 'Am I f***'.

"I can't remember exactly what was said but I grabbed the ashtray and I thought f*** this. So it was a big commotion. They sort of all had him. He was shouting and screaming. I didn't say no more, I just had the glass ashtray in me hand."

The man continued, saying: "I was gonna smash him straight in the head with the glass ashtray. About 40 body… security… bouncers or whatever said: 'You're lucky'. I said: 'How am I lucky? I ain't f****** lucky. He's expected to knock me out. Imagine I knock that c*** out'.

"So I just thought, what've I got to lose. You know, you're expected to get knocked out, so I thought f*** it, grabbed the ashtray, said he's having it the c***.

Yes folks those are the fighting words of a middle aged man going up against former unified heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson.

Interestingly, many are debating the legitimacy of the man's claims.

One person commented: "Think the least believable part is Mike Tyson saying 'nah you’re alright mate'."

Another wrote: "I once fought a silverback gorilla after he threw sh** at me. Gave him a few digs, got him in a headlock then slapped him in the crippler crossface. He tapped out, I helped him up, we shook hands & he nodded at me in recognition."

A third observed: "One of these guys in every pub."

While a fourth wrote: "Can remember when I met wilder and offered him some walkers cheese and onion crisps he said cor blimey guvnor I’m alright cocker so I spin kicked him in teeth never turn down the king of crisps."

In fairness this scrap could be the fight to bring boxing back so let's make it happen.

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