A video of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson repeatedly punching an annoying passenger on board a US flight has gone viral online.
In the clip shared to social media, he is seen reaching over his business class seat, landing multiple blows as he swung at the man seated behind him.
“My boy just got beat up by Mike Tyson,” his friend who filmed the altercation from across the airplane aisle is heard saying.A source close to the former boxer told the New York Post the man was “extremely intoxicated” and “wouldn’t stop provoking” him. Mike Tyson has been caught on camera taking multiple swings at an annoying passenger on board a US flight. Picture: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Triller.
The man, who was seen in the footage with cuts and blood on his forehead, pulled a sad face towards the person who filmed the altercation.In a statement to E! News the San Francisco Police Department said they were"dispatched to a physical altercation onboard an airplane located at the Domestic Terminal of the San Francisco International Airport."