Mike Tyson

The former heavyweight champion is seen in the video leaning over his seat on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Florida and unleashing a flurry of ...

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A spokesperson for Mike Tyson alleged that a passenger on the plane Wednesday "began harassing (Tyson) and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his ...

Tyson, the former heavyweight champion, has been involved in multiple physical altercations in public. That video has been forwarded to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office." In the video obtained by TMZ Sports, a man seated behind Tyson who repeatedly had been trying to speak with him is later seen with blood on his forehead, although it wasn't clear what happened immediately beforehand.

Video obtained by TMZ appears to show a passenger annoying the champion boxer by continually talking to him. Watch Boxing Live & On-Demand on Kayo. Selected ...

Video from on board the plane shows Tyson throwing punches at a man over his seat. Video obtained by TMZ appears to show a passenger annoying the champion boxer by continually talking to him. Mike Tyson appears to have punched a passenger on a plane, with a video seeming to show him raining down blows on a man.

Video obtained by TMZ appears to show a passenger annoying the former champion boxer. The report stated the man, sitting behind Iron Mike, continually tried to ...

Tyson was one of the best fighters of all time and won 50 of his 58 fights, reigning as undisputed heavyweight champion of the world from 1987 to 1990. Video from on board the plane shows Tyson throwing punches at a man over his seat. Video of boxing legend Mike Tyson allegedly punching a passenger on a plane has surfaced, with the clip seeming to show the former heavyweight champion landing several blows on a man.

The video appeared to show the former heavyweight boxing champion punching the person seated behind him on the flight, which was preparing to head for Florida.

That video has been forwarded to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office which has investigative jurisdiction on the incident.” In a statement to Sports Illustrated, the San Francisco police department confirmed that officers were “dispatched to a physical altercation onboard an airplane located at the Domestic Terminal of the San Francisco Airport,” where two subjects were detained and one was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The boxing star eventually told the person to leave him alone, but when he did not heed the warning, the witness told TMZ Sports that Tyson allegedly started punching his friend repeatedly.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is recorded on video punching a fellow passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport.

He has maintained his innocence in that case. In a statement, San Francisco police said officers responded to a "physical altercation" on a plane at the airport's domestic terminal at 10pm on Wednesday . "Unfortunately, Mr Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat," representatives for Tyson said in an email to The Associated Press.

The former heavyweight champion is seen in the video leaning over his seat on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Florida and unleashing a flurry of ...

In the video, Tyson is seen leaning over his seat as he repeatedly lands punches to the unidentified man's head. Tyson has long maintained his innocence on that charge. The video of the altercation was shared first on TMZ.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has been caught on camera repeatedly punching a passenger on a US domestic flight.

Stream the news you want, when you want with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. A video of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson repeatedly punching an annoying passenger on board a US flight has gone viral online.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson seems to have joined the ranks of unruly airline passengers.

However, mask-related incidents currently make up the majority of reports of unruly passenger behavior. The FAA said that under the policy, it may issue fines to passengers for unruly behavior instead of warning letters or counseling. The FAA said Wednesday that it will make its zero tolerance policy against unruly passengers permanent. A whopping 5,981 reports of unruly passengers were logged by the FAA in 2021. A water bottle is not visible in the footage posted by the outlet. Both people were released "pending further investigation."

Video recorded on a Jet Blue flight shows former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in a physical altercation with a person who representatives for ...

The statement, which does not name Tyson, said that one of the people was treated for non-life threatening injuries. The person offered few details about what what happened and refused to cooperate with authorities, the statement said. The airline declined to comment and the video did not show what occurred before the altercation.

Mobile phone footage shows the former boxer, 55, hitting a man in a seat behind him, with the passenger seen with cuts to his forehead and in need of ...

During his career, he won 50 fights, 44 of them by knockout. Reps for the former world heavyweight champion said: "Unfortunately, Mr Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat." Mobile phone footage shows the former boxer, 55, hitting a man in a seat behind him, with the passenger seen with cuts to his forehead and in need of medical attention.

It looks like Mike Tyson is getting some ammunition for his argument that he was justified in unleashing punches on a fellow passenger on a JetBlue flight ...

“I should have smoked when I was fighting because it put me in this different state of mind,” Tyson said. “I’m the world champion, and now I’m the world champion of cannabis, and we can’t be stopped,” Tyson told the crowd at Golden Gate Park Wednesday SFGate.com reported. Officials said one person was treated for non-life threatening injuries at the scene and told police “minimal details” about the altercation and refused to cooperate further. He spent three years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of deviate sexual conduct in 1992, stemming the assaulting an 18-year-old beauty contestant. While Townsend reportedly stayed in San Francisco, Tyson made his way to Miami later Thursday, where he was scheduled to attend a cannabis conference, TMZ also reported. Townsend, 36, was harassing the legendary boxer after they boarded the flight bound for Miami and wouldn’t quiet down when Tyson asked him to, TMZ said.

Court record show Melvin Townsend has been convicted of a long list of felonies, including grand theft and fraud by identity theft.

The conviction of grand theft property of more than $300 but less than $5,000 stemmed from an incident in which Townsend stole a trailer by hitching it to his truck and later told police, “I am sorry for everything and I was going to return the records,’’ according to court records. Townsend, 36, also has been convicted of fraud by identity theft, trafficking in property known to be stolen, use or possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, court records show. Melvin Townsend III of Punta Gorda, Florida was listed in 2019 as having “habitual felony offender status,’’ when he was sentenced to 25 months for grand theft, according to court records with the Clerk of Circuit Court in Charlotte County, Florida.

A flight out of San Francisco International Airport turned violent on Wednesday night when boxing legend Mike Tyson threw punches at a man who was allegedly ...

Things then took a turn, though, after Tyson took a selfie with the man. According to SF Gate, Tyson was in San Francisco on Wednesday to attend the city's 420 cannabis festival in Golden Gate Park. TMZ Sports reports the man injured in the incident got medical attention and went to the police regarding what happened. The person did not, and witnesses say it was then that Tyson got physical, TMZ reported. A flight out of San Francisco International Airport turned violent on Wednesday night when boxing legend Mike Tyson threw punches at a man who was allegedly bothering him on the plane. The passenger who harassed Tyson, 36-year-old Melvin Townsend III, reportedly has a lengthy criminal history.

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Iron Mike was photographed later on Thursday evening entering the Eden Roc hotel in Miami, where he appeared to be in good spirits, smiling and smoking. “When Mike Tyson boarded the plane, he became overly excited. At a certain point, Mr. Tyson clearly became agitated by an overly excited fan and began to strike him in an excessive manner. Townsend reportedly declined to press charges at the time, and both he and Tyson were free to leave after the incident. This situation could have been avoided simply by contacting the flight attendant.” Melvin Townsend III, the man Tyson appeared to punch in the head repeatedly in a video filmed aboard a JetBlue flight Thursday, has lawyered up.

Mike Tyson punched a fellow first-class passenger on a plane because the “aggressive” man threw a water bottle at him, according to representatives for the ...

A witness told TMZ that Tyson, 55, told the man to leave him alone, but the boxer started swinging when he refused to back off. “Yeah, he got f***ed up.” “Unfortunately, Mr. Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat,” representatives for Tyson said in a statement.

A representative for Mike Tyson said the passenger he attacked was harassing the former boxer and threw a water bottle at him.

According to her, the man was loud and quarrelsome. No water bottle was seen in the released footage. Another nearby passenger tries to stop Tyson from punching the man and audio can be heard of someone saying, “Hey Mike, Mike, hold on.”

It looks like Mike Tyson is getting some ammunition for his argument that he was justified in unleashing punches on a fellow passenger on a JetBlue flight ...

“I should have smoked when I was fighting because it put me in this different state of mind,” Tyson said. “I’m the world champion, and now I’m the world champion of cannabis, and we can’t be stopped,” Tyson told the crowd at Golden Gate Park Wednesday SFGate.com reported. Officials said one person was treated for non-life threatening injuries at the scene and told police “minimal details” about the altercation and refused to cooperate further. He spent three years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of deviate sexual conduct in 1992, stemming the assaulting an 18-year-old beauty contestant. While Townsend reportedly stayed in San Francisco, Tyson made his way to Miami later Thursday, where he was scheduled to attend a cannabis conference, TMZ also reported. Townsend, 36, was harassing the legendary boxer after they boarded the flight bound for Miami and wouldn’t quiet down when Tyson asked him to, TMZ said.