Joe Rogan has interviewed some of the biggest names in combat sports on his podcast.
Past Joe Rogan Experience guests include the likes of Tyson Fury, Francis Ngannou and Terrence Crawford.
And the UFC commentator has even interviewed former heavyweight world champion and boxing icon Mike Tyson on his show.
But Rogan never had the opportunity to meet the legendary Muhammad Ali before the heavyweight great died in 2016.
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One of his recent guests, however, did. And he stunned Rogan with a story of meeting both Ali and Tyson at the same time while backstage at a Julio Cesar Chavez fight.
Josh Brolin, the Hollywood actor who has starred in the Marvel mega-hit franchise The Avengers, was a guests on the JRE last year. Evidently a huge boxing fan, the 56-year-old told Rogan about the time he met the two boxing greats.
“I actually went to go see Julio Cesar Chavez fight, and that’s when I met [Mike] Tyson in the green room, and I met, at the same time, Muhammad Ali,” Brolin said.
"Wow… that’s a heavy moment,” Rogan replied, in awe.
“As a boxing fan, that was a real moment,” Brolin said.
The actor also told a story about the time he attended a Tyson fight when the power-puncher was at his peak. He couldn't recall the name of Tyson's opponent on that night, but he clearly remember the way the expression on the fighter's face changed the second "Iron Mike" entered the ring.
“I went to go see this fight, and Tyson was fighting, and this guy was doing this stuff before, and he had this cut; he had built himself into confidence, and Mike came out afterward," Brolin said.
"And I watched his face. And I watched that confidence bleed from his face instantaneously.
"He had absolutely lost the fight long before Mike had ever gotten in the ring."
Tyson returned to in-ring action last year at the age of 58 after a 20-year absence, losing a decision to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in an event broadcast live on Netflix.
Topics: UFC, MMA, Joe Rogan, Mike Tyson, Boxing
Ryan Baldi