{"id":11463,"date":"2020-07-15T21:34:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T02:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11463"},"modified":"2020-07-15T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T02:41:28","slug":"shark-week-to-deliver-fincredible-1-2-punch-as-mike-tyson-goes-toe-to-fin-with-one-of-the-oceans-top-apex-predators-on-sunday-august-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/15\/shark-week-to-deliver-fincredible-1-2-punch-as-mike-tyson-goes-toe-to-fin-with-one-of-the-oceans-top-apex-predators-on-sunday-august-9\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Shark Week&#8221; to Deliver Fincredible 1-2 Punch as Mike Tyson Goes Toe to Fin with One of the Ocean&#8217;s Top Apex Predators on Sunday, August 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5966\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shark_week.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shark_week.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shark_week-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shark_week-260x147.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shark_week-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For over thirty years, SHARK WEEK has been television&#8217;s most anticipated summer event and this year, the pop culture phenomenon dives deeper than ever before with new discoveries, new technology and new co-stars for the sharks. SHARK WEEK 2020 makes a splash starting Sunday, August 9th at 8PM ET\/PT and continues through Sunday, August 16th on Discovery Channel. SHARK WEEK has become the destination for must-watch shark programming, and this year, heavyweight champ Mike Tyson kicks off the week by throwing his hat in the underwater ring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11477\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11477 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis-560x718.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis-260x334.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis-160x205.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Tyson, Los Angeles California in June 2019 &#8211; photo \u00a9 by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legendary boxer and entrepreneur Mike Tyson is taking on a new challenge&#8230; and he picked the most unlikely training partner. Iron Mike will go head to head with one of the ocean&#8217;s top apex predators in TYSON VS. JAWS: RUMBLE ON THE REEF. With famed ring announcer Michael Buffer calling the shots, these two heavyweights will square off underwater, where Mike Tyson will try to score a TKO over the massive shark&#8230; all in the name of research. 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