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Athletes are known for their impressive physiques and high-level skills. The top athletes are trained to not make mistakes like any normal human being would. Such high standards are just the basic requirement that every athlete strives to accomplish in their initial years.

However, they are humans too and hence, are bound to make errors. Such is what happened when Mike Tyson wanted to try the hoverboard. Joe Rogan shared a funny story about Mike Tyson trying the hoverboard for the first time in his life. Moreover, Rogan also shared one incident where he too was unsuccessful in operating the machine.

Joe Rogan mocks ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson for falling off a hoverboard

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In one of Rogan’s recent episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan’ podcast, he spoke to his guest, Andrew Santino, about an incident with hoverboards. The UFC commentator spoke about his earlier experiences with hoverboards. Moreover, he also shared a story involving Mike Tyson.

The former fear factor host said while speaking about hoverboards, “Remember those hoverboards we had at the old studio?” Furthermore, he added, “The first time I got onto the thing, I could not f******* stand still. My friend Tate gotta hold my arm.”

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Rogan continued, “Like you’ve seen the video of Mike Tyson falling.” He added while praising the former heavyweight boxing champion, “Mike Tyson who’s a fuck*ng better athlete than Mike Tyson. Falls on his a*s right in one of those things.” 

MMA: UFC 274-Cortez vs Gatto, May 7, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; UFC host Joe Rogan during UFC 274 at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Seems like both Rogan and Tyson do not have much luck while operating hoverboards. Goes to show even the best athletes are only humans. Moreover, the former fear factor host is one of the personalities that has a very frank nature with ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, which was evident when he told Tyson who is his ‘greatest fighter’ of all time.

Joe Rogan previously shared a hoverboard-related tweet

The former fear factor host and the hoverboards go way back till 2016. A tweet from the UFC commentator showed he was sharing a video of a hoverboard catching fire halfway through an unboxing video.

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It looks like Rogan and hoverboards is quite some duo. However, these incidents only show the human sides of the UFC commentator and the boxing legend.

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What do you think of Joe Rogan’s story about hoverboards? Have you ever tried one yourself?

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