Even though Mike Tyson is getting back into boxing shape, he'll also be spending a lot of time with his pigeons this summer – and he's getting a show about it. According to the New York Post, Tyson has secured a reality show with Animal Planet called "Taking on Tyson," where he'll go around various rooftops in New York, racing his pigeons against other pigeon owners.

"I may have stopped fighting," Tyson told the Post. "But I never stopped flying birds. It's my first love. I am a little worried about the sitcom effect. Mike Tyson and Animal Planet? They don't seem to go together, do they?"

Tyson told the Post that he owns a few hundred birds across two lofts in Brooklyn and New Jersey. He's never raced his birds before, so he's tapped pigeon trainer Vinnie Torre to get the pigeons race-ready. Apparently pigeon racing has the birds flying up to 500 miles with lots of money wagered on the winners.

The show will start taping this summer with the series to air early next year. The show is said to not focus on the pigeons, per se, but the characters and personalities involved in the world of pigeon racing.

"We'll film and, when everyone gets back, we'll see what we have," said Marjorie Kaplan, head of Animal Planet.