By: Sean Crose
TMZ is reporting that former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson punched an airline passenger in the face multiple times on Wednesday night. One video of the alleged event posted on the TMZ site. According to the source, “Tyson appeared to lose his temper on the plane Wednesday night … repeatedly punching a man in the face after he appeared annoyed with him.”
TMZ also presented video of the victim is said to be the clown near the aisle of the plane, with Tyson visible in the next row. There is also a picture of the alleged victim looked a bit bloody after the assault. The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. while the plane was preparing to take off from San Francisco International Airport.
An unknown witness was quoted by TMZ like saying Tyson “takes a selfie with him (the alleged victim)… and then has patience with his overzealous best friend, who keeps trying to talk to the 55-year-old boxer as he sits in the backseat. .” According to the witness, things went south from there.
“In the end, though,” TMZ reported, “we told Tyson he’d said enough about the man behind him talking into his ear… and told him to chill down his spine. When he didn’t, that’s when the witness said Tyson began hurling several punches to the man’s face. “
Via TMZ, the man said he received medical attention, then reported the incident to the police. The incident is believed to have occurred on a Jet Blue flight from Florida.
