Mike Tyson's family gifts his belt to Bradley Cooper

Mike Tyson and Bradley Cooper

London: Hollywood star Bradley Cooper has revealed he has been gifted a boxing belt by former fighter Mike Tyson's family. The 41-year-old actor struck up a friendship with the former fighter, 50, and was stunned to receive what he thought was one of the grappler's championship belts, only to discover his pal had them specially made, reported Female First.

Mike Tyson and Bradley Cooper

"Oddly enough we got on crazily, we got on great. We became friends. Though I don't know what he would say. We've lost touch over the last few years, but there was that James Toback documentary, I went to the premiere of that with him and his family," Cooper said.

"I was doing the play 'The Elephant Man' and his family came to see it and they gave me one of his boxing belts. I didn't know what to do because it had the medallions and everything but then I noticed it wasn't a real belt. At first I did think it was genuine and my heart stopped, and I was like 'I can't accept this' and then I looked and said 'Oh'."