Taking On Tyson

{{Short description|Television show about pigeon racing, starring Mike Tyson}}

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| runtime = 43 minutes

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| starring = Mike Tyson
Mario Costa
Vinnie Torre
Junie Roman
Rickie Roman

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| country = United States

| network = Animal Planet

| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|3|6}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2011|4|4}}

| num_episodes = 6

| num_seasons = 1

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Taking On Tyson is a television show on Animal Planet. The show stars the American boxer Mike Tyson competing in pigeon racing.{{cite news |last1=Pennington |first1=Gail |title=Softer side of 'Iron Mike' takes off on Animal Planet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102414499/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=March 6, 2011}}{{cite news |last1=Skretta |first1=Dave |title=Tyson ready for Animal Planet debut in new series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102414615/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=Courier-Post |date=March 5, 2011}} Animal rights critiques criticized the series as being "animal cruelty."{{Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/03/mike-tysons-animal-planet-show-about-pigeon-racing-amounts-to-animal-cruelty-says-peta.html|title=Mike Tyson's Animal Planet show about pigeon racing amounts to animal cruelty, says PETA|date=March 29, 2010}}