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Taking on Tyson
Taking on Tyson is a TV show on Animal Planet. The show stars the American boxer Mike Tyson competing in pigeon racing.
References.
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/taking-on-tyson/
taking over from the show's original host Mike Connors after Connors died in 1949. Tyson had previously filled in for Connors during his ill health.
Following disagreements regarding the direction of the breakfast program, Tyson resigned from the ABC in 1966.
Tyson was replaced on "The Hospital Half-Hour" by Garry Ord, who hosted the program until it was axed in 1975.
After leaving the ABC, Tyson worked for commercial station 4KQ until his retirement in 1976.
Career Television.
Tyson was the first