Warning: Don't attempt to get a selfie with Mike Tyson, even if you're a big fan

ByEurosport

Published 05/05/2015 at 13:29 GMT

The problem for big fans of Mike Tyson is a simple one: how do you get your photo taken with the man without upsetting him?

One supporter, who to be fair appeared to have consumed a decent amount of alcohol prior to the encounter, discovered this to his cost.

The video, taken during the weigh-ins before the mega-fight between the victorious Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, has now emerged and shows Tyson in typical menacing fashion.

The 48-year-old retired boxer initially turns around looking rather confused as the fan embraces him, before he begins to get increasingly annoyed at the man’s persistence.

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After trying to shrug off the clingy fan, Tyson then begins to unleash a few fierce elbows to force the man to retreat.

He may not be trying to hurt the man too badly, but the power of ‘Iron Mike’ was all-too-apparent as the fan was hauled backwards by a concerned onlooker.

The moral of the story, if anyone needs it pointing out, is clearly this: never, EVER, attempt to get too close to the heavyweight boxing legend.

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