Pro athletes are some of the highest paid people in the world.

Whether it's slam dunks, touchdowns, or home runs, if you give the crowd something to cheer about, you can cash in the millions.

But with great financial power comes great financial responsibility.

And not all our favorite stars are up to the challenge.

Whether they blew it on golden bathtubs, rock and roll cafes, or contentious divorces,

these are the sporting heroes who made some seriously dumb decisions.

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Be amazed. For pro boxer Mike Tyson, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

Able to turn any attention into showcase fights and publicity endorsements, Iron Mike became one of the highest paid athletes of all time. From his debut in

1985, his total career earnings rack up to a jaw-dropping $423 million, at least. So what did he

do with all that money? Well, he blew his record-breaking fortune on just about anything money could

buy. He bought opulent mansions, limousines, parties, clothes, motorbikes, and bingoed tigers.

Yes, you heard me correctly. Mike Tyson bought three tigers as pets. And they lived right alongside

him in his two and a half a million dollar mansion, one of at least six he owned.

But keeping tigers as pets is not cheap.

Iron Mike coughed up $70,000 for the Big Cats, with another $200,000 a year going on their food bill alone.

Not only that, but Tyson was forced to splash out

another $125,000 just having them house trained. It's unclear if that even work,

considering one of the Tigers, Kenya, ended up attacking one of Tyson's neighbors. For that

incident, Tyson was forced to foot a $250,000 damages bill. That means in

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