New York, Europe Brief News – Mobile phone footage showed the former boxer Mike Tyson, 55, hitting a man in a seat behind him.
The passenger appeared with cuts to his forehead and in need of medical attention.
Mike Tyson’s representative said the passenger threw a water bottle at him before the confrontation.
“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,” he said.
See the moment Mike Tyson beat down an airplane passenger … footage obtained by @TMZ_Sports https://t.co/5qCbOdxP31 pic.twitter.com/Bf7zmyiux6
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 21, 2022
A source close to Tyson said the man was “extremely intoxicated” and “wouldn’t stop provoking” him.
The incident happened after Tyson boarded a flight at San Francisco International Airport heading to Florida. He apparently left the aircraft shortly after the confrontation.
The other passenger had cuts to his forehead, photographs showed, but “refused to cooperate” with a police investigation.
A witness said he and his friend were boarding at the same time and Tyson, nicknamed Iron Mike, was happy to take a selfie with them.
It appears he quickly lost his cool when the man in the seat behind tried to talk to him.
San Francisco police responded on Wednesday to a “physical altercation” on a plane at the airport’s domestic terminal, officials said.
“Officers arrived and detained two subjects involved in the incident. One subject received treatment at the scene for non life-threatening injuries,” police said.
“That subject provided minimal details of the incident and refused to cooperate further with the police investigation.”
Both were released pending further investigation.
