Mike Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.
Mike Tyson: Plane video| Airplane video| Plane fight
Plane video:
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane about to fly out of San Francisco after reportedly becoming irritated by the man’s attempts to talk to him.
Cell phone footage showed Tyson leaning over the back of his seat and delivering a flurry of blows to the man, who appeared to be left with bruises and some bleeding in the incident on Wednesday.
“Iron Mike” was initially friendly to the passenger and his friend when they boarded the flight but reacted after the man “wouldn’t stop provoking” him, the TMZ entertainment website said.
Airplane Video:
After a video of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson hitting a fellow passenger surfaced on the internet, authorities on Thursday initiated an investigation into the incident.
The clip shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage was first shared by TMZ, which said it was recorded on a Jet Blue plane bound for Florida.
Just before the incident, the passenger was seen standing over Tyson’s seat and waving, while the boxer sits quietly.
Plane Fight:
Mike Tyson‘s rep says the man he punched repeatedly on a plane on Wednesday was not only harassing him … but also threw a water bottle at him before the fight.
Reps for Tyson made the claims in a statement … also saying the passenger on the San Francisco plane was “aggressive” during the incident as well.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him,” Tyson’s reps said Thursday, “and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat.”
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