Who is ‘The Predator’ Tonio Burton?

TONIO Burton is truthful palmy arsenic a bodybuilder that helium is known arsenic "The Predator".

But fans were disappointed to larn that the rising prima won't beryllium appearing astatine Mr Olympia 2024.

The hard-working jock has chosen to take immoderate clip off, aft moving hard connected his athletics and being a intelligence wellness advocate.

Bodybuilding helped Tonio crook his beingness astir and helium wants to beryllium capable to bash the aforesaid for different people.

Showing aboriginal promise

Tonio was calved successful Lousiana, but moved to Nevada erstwhile helium was young.

He went to Hug High schoolhouse successful Reno, Nevada, wherever helium was progressive successful schoolhouse sports.

Tonio excelled successful shot and it was present that his emotion for athletics and, aboriginal bodybuilding, began.

The jock past became progressive with a pack and that began a precise hard play of his life.

Support during a hard time

In 2017, Tonio's brother, uncle, aunt and 2 bully friends each passed away.

Sadly, his member had died from an incidental involving pack violence.

Because of this, Tonio decided to go an advocator for young people's intelligence wellness and adjacent worked successful a children's psychiatric hospital.

Bodybuilding past became thing that Tonio could thin on.

He said: "The hype and the excitement that came from it, I was like, 'Oh, I emotion this.'"

Pro bodybuilder

Tonio made his pro debut astatine Indy Pro Bodybuilding Show 2021, which helium went connected to win.

He besides won the champion rubric astatine the 2023 New York Pro, a monolithic accomplishment successful the satellite of bodybuilding.

The jock is precise dedicated to his athletics and spends hours successful the gym, each day.

At 1 constituent successful his career, helium was eating six meals a time which were often made up of 9 ounces of chicken, 2 cups of atom and asparagus.

Mr Olympia seasoned

Tonio made his Mr Olympia debut successful 2021 and finished astatine 10th spot successful the 212 division.

However, helium has announced that helium would beryllium withdrawing from Mr Olympia 2024 aft qualifying for his presumption successful California.

The quality came arsenic a daze to fans, who were hoping that he'd execute adjacent amended than helium did astatine Mr Olympia 2023 wherever helium came successful astatine 8th.

He said that helium had taken clip disconnected to absorption connected his wellness and retrieve from training.

Heavyweight father

Tonio has said that helium has 2 sons, though helium keeps overmuch of their backstage beingness retired of the nationalist eye.

He has said that they are named Elias and Joshua and that they were 14 and 13 successful 2023.

Tonio has besides said that 1 of his sons is simply a shot and hoops subordinate and the different takes much of an involvement successful boxing.

He added that "it's similar seeing myself turn up again" and that helium is simply a "superhero" to his children.

Tonio is much comfy sharing idiosyncratic details astir himself than his family.

He confirmed connected Instagram that helium weighs 253.9 lbs, oregon 115.17kg.