Mike Tyson hit a passenger on a plane in the United States [VIDEO]

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson repeatedly punched a passenger who insisted on speaking to him on a plane about to take off from San Francisco to Florida, the TMZ website reported.

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A video taken with a cell phone shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly hitting the man hard, in an incident that occurred on Wednesday.

“Iron Mike” was initially friendly with the passenger and his friend as they boarded the flight, but reacted after the man “wouldn’t stop teasing him,” according to TMZ.

The passenger “kept trying to talk to” the 55-year-old boxer, he added.

Apparently, “Tyson he got fed up with the man continuing to whisper in his ear… and asked him to calm down. But the witness says that he started throwing several punches at him when the guy did not, ”said TMZ.

Tyson reportedly got off before the plane took off for Florida.

Until this Thursday, the American police, the airline JetBlue nor the representatives of Tyson they had not commented.

Considered one of the best heavyweights of all time, Tyson He is also known for his behavior — he bit a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear off with his teeth in a 1997 fight — his cocaine addiction and brushes with the law, including a rape conviction.

Source: Elcomercio

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