Mike Tyson seemed to lose his cool on a plane on Wednesday night … repeatedly punching a man in the face after the guy had apparently annoyed him. TMZ Sports has learned … the incident all went down at around 10:30 PM PT as Tyson was slated to fly out of San Francisco International Airport to Florida.
A witness on the plane says as he and his friend were boarding Tyson’s flight … the boxing legend was initially cool with them and the other passengers.
The witness tells us Mike took a selfie with him … and then was patient with his overly excited buddy, who kept trying to talk to the 55-year-old fighter as he sat behind him.
Eventually, though, we’re told Tyson had enough of the guy behind him talking in his ear … and told him to chill. When the guy didn’t, that’s when the witness says Tyson started to throw several punches at the man’s face.
Video we obtained shows Tyson throwing a flurry of blows at the man, which you can see bloodied the passenger’s forehead. The witness says Mike walked off the plane just seconds later.
We’re told the man who was punched received medical attention and then went to the police over the incident. We’ve reached out to cops for comment, but so far, no word back yet.
We’ve also reached out to JetBlue and Tyson’s camp for comment on the incident as well, but no word back yet there either.
JetBlue…. That’s the problem right there. One small step up from Spirit Airlines and part of the “Greyhounds of the Sky” club.
Try flying out of a border airport, every airline is like Nacho Air where most seats are occupied by a pregnant Biden illegal alien, men women and their 18 children.
“Mike Tyson seemed to lose his cool on a plane on Wednesday night … repeatedly punching a man in the face after the guy had apparently annoyed him.”
SEEMED to lose his cool?? If he repeatedly punched the guy in face, I’d say he definitely lost his cool. If there’s one guy on Earth you don’t want to provoke, it’s Tyson. Not the World’s most stable guy, which is understandable considering the life he’s lived…
Life he’s lived?
Millions of people don’t and didn’t have easy lives, they’re not “unstable”, don’t make excuses for Tyson even though I believe he was probably justified in what he did this time.
The problem is a bunch of punks getting the wrong idea just because Tyson has done some comedy skits. No question the guy was an entitled punk thinking he could bug Tyson because it was a public place and everybody know Tyson is turning his life around. Im sure the dude deserved it, talking in another mans ear smh. Hopefully the police understood it was just another culk boy clinging to a mans nutz.
Yeah because is you are a person on TV who made tons of money because of people at home that gives you the right to punch a fan because they annoy you. This is why these people on TV do this. Because they know people like you will try to defend their actions.
I wish the other passengers alerted the JetBlue staff to have the drunk thrown off the plane.
The real story here is the passenger. He survived.
Yeah, he survived but how did end up after the beating?
He may sound like Rideick Bowe afterwards.
I wonder how much this incident will cost him ? I saw his one man show several ago, and I thought he changed.. apparently not.. that’s a shame in itself… Dr. should change his meds
He’s off all prescription meds and now smokes cannabis regularly.
Haven’t you heard, druggies and weirdos say weed is the answer to everything!
The stigma that weed is bad or you are a druggie if you smoke needs to be hammered out of peoples minds and fast. Mind blowing that it’s socially acceptable to go to a bar with friends and get wasted with literal poison or drink yourself retarded at home, but it’s frowned upon when a guy rolls up a joint of a totally harmless plant and sparks up. That guy won’t be driving home on the wrong way of the highway killing a family of five. He also won’t die of liver failure and all the rest of the diseases alcohol creates. The people in our government are SO FUCKING STUPID that they have marijuana in the same category as heroin!!! How many people have ever overdosed and died from smoking weed??? None! Thousand die from shooting up heroin every year. They are incompetent. Hopefully it’s federally legal soon. I used to smoke every single day but now it’s not worth risking my job over it. Can’t even her high on a Saturday night because if I get hurt Monday I’ll fail. It’s absolutely pathetic.
That guy was antagonizing and provoking Mike. I saw the video. The “victim” was intoxicated and immature. Tyson was not responding to the guy initially, but, that guy done something to Mike for him to go off. The “victim” friend filming obviously cut that part of the video before it showed Tyson punching the guy. Also, looking at that guy’s face, Mike took it easy on him. We saw what Tyson did to Mitch Blood Greene and Mitch was a professional boxer.
Mess with bull and you get the horns. This dude deserves no financial retribution. Lawyer up Mike. This why I don’t touch alcohol.
You don’t touch alcohol, you drink it.
The real story is that his victim wasn’t a man, but rather, one of his ex-wives.
Mike obviously ran out of marijuana.
He ran out of patience.
Let’s try to imagine what it’s really like to try and travel for mike. Unless he shells out big bucks every single time for security and first class tickets he realizes that he will have to deal with people and it sounds like he was trying to be accommodating. That being said I can’t stand being around some drunken goofball at any time and why wouldn’t the staff of the airline keep someone like that away from a celebrity like Tyson? That moron bothered the wrong guy and doesn’t deserve any sympathy.
Tyson seems really calm lately. Wonder if this was Cliff Couser.
Na, probably Kevin McBride.
Unfortunately, that annoying person will receive a nice civil settlement ($$) from Tyson and/or from the airline. Due to his high profile status and lethal hands, Tyson should have thought of a better way to resolve this situation, such as notifying an airline employee(s).
Not sure if any of the passengers informed an airline employee(s) of the dispute. For additional civil liability purposes, I also wonder if any of the authorized airline employees heard and/or observed the dispute but neglected to attempt resolving the dispute.
Maybe additional facts are later developed/substantiated (TBD).
If this drunk as… gets 1 dollar that would be the proof that the USA are really getting worse than it is now (and the USA are no way near the USA from the fifties or sixties)..
Hopefully that wasn’t the Tyson from the 90’s, this one would’ve knock the shit out of him.. It seems that the guy really deserved it from what i’ve read..
You are not allowed to bother him because you are a drunk ass… I hope Tyson gets a slap on his wrist and then Amen with that story.
I bet you’re a BLM type who do t believe the police has any right to subdue an uncooperative or drunk suspect.
I’m the type of guy who would’ve knock the alcohol out of him..
And yes hopefully Tyson gets not bothered by the cops..
Yep. Sounds like the guy just pushed as many buttons as he could before he got the desired response.
I hope this does not send MT overboard as he seems to have found a much better place since he retired
TO START WITH IF A PASSENGER IS BOTHERING YOU YOU TELL SOMEBODY… YOU DON’T GET UP AND START SMACKING HIM AROUND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE… TYSON IS WRONG 100%
Sure you do. Some people just need the shit beat out of them. This kid definitely deserved it.
Rodney King and George Floyd deserved to get the shit beat out of them too, and look where they got us.
Those two lowlifes set us back about 50 years. Floyd deserved everything that happened to him. Good riddance!!
The henhouse horseshit crowd never waits for the whole story to come out.
I just watched the video, the guy is one clearly drunk, two clearly an asshole and three he is clearly trying to bother Mike and get on his nerves with the help of his asshole friend who is recording all the scuffle with his cellphone..
That would be a shame if Mike Tyson gets a fine because of such a shit head..
I am sorry, but I am sick and tired of hearing people make excuses for Mike Tyson.
Yes, he had a bad upbringing, yes, he had a hard life and yes, he clearly has some mental issues because of these things but he also has a responsibility as an adult and as a man who could easily kill your average man with a punch to keep his cool.
Everybody else has to and Mike Tyson is no different.
The guy was being obnoxious?
Get up and talk to an attendant about switching seats or something else to deescalate the situation.
I can just about guarantee that Holyfield, the Klitschko Brothers, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Junior and many others have had run-ins with obnoxious fans, yet we don’t hear of them being involved in half as many fights as Mike Tyson.
I somewhat agree! Tyson refuses to have security like Mayweather which he should have 1 at least. Other boxers I’m sure don’t have rage like Tyson and besides they always say I get paid to fight in the ring and not out.
Geez last month some fool pointed a gun at Mike in a comedy club and Tyson peacefully defused situation. This drunk fool should have headed Kid Dynamite’s warning of chill out. Hope Iron Mike doesn’t get screwed on this.
You’re right it would be a shame !
Since the man wasn’t listening, Mike should maybe take an ear since it was of no use to the dude!!!
Typically POS punk looking to get some $$$. He is lucky Tyson wasn’t in anyway to throw his punch the right way.
I keep looking at the video and it doesn’t look like Tyson is throwing punches with a closed fist. Almost looks like he is grabbing his head and most likely shaking it. Maybe Tyson nails made him bleed. If you look at the kids face, Tyson would have broke his nose, black eyes, swollen face etc. I’m not saying it’s right but Tyson had to hold back with minor cuts like that
Hopefully Mike wont be charged…
Earning millions…few years later according to Sponge Bob…JetBlue tsk tsk tsk
He’s got Don Ming to thank for that.
Tyson is a Trump supporter so the Feds may throw the book at him!
Whoops just changed my mind then throw the book at him
The report from ESPN said he also threw a water bottle at Tyson before Tyson hit him.
He is lucky it was not will smith!
So as a regular dude and nowhere near Mike’s status, I too would have jacked that fool! You can’t be provoking and messing with people these days without any kind of retaliation folks! Seriously!! Cmon dude is only human! Again, and let me be clear! You push my buttons hard and long enough I too will do the same. This is a non story!!
Spoken like a true Puerto Rican-Mexican!
Violence is ALWAYS the answer.
Ever wonder why Puerto Rico and Mexico are such violent hellholes? Now you know why.
Yes sir and that’s what exactly
the whiteboy deserved it
Mike was out of weed and just decided to roll this dude’s punk ass like a joint. That’s the Philly blunt truth.
Just seen the video heard what was going on the guy deserved what he got I think it’s just funnier in hell good for you Mike it’s enough that we have all these pukes on the airplanes anymore and everywhere else pukes like this deserve what they get
Back to jail.
omyyy lol. the guy seemed really stupid.
Hassle Iron Mike, not a great idea.
I think I would do the same ..this guy looked very annoying
Guy was asking for it and his buddies were egging him on. Then when Mike punctuated his face they were all ‘I don’t know what happened’ and ‘we were just trying to get an autograph’. Yeah right. Good for Mike. I hope these nimrods don’t cost him too much.
this was a lose lose situation
The guy deserved it. If they charge Mike Tyson, his punishment should be anyone that he be a US Marshal for several months on board various airlines. Everybody would behave then.
Dang auto correction. His punishment should be that he become a US marshal for several months…
Tyson is right to do what he did. Drunken fools going too far. Well he got good story to tell now.
I watched the video and would liked to have seen Mike knock his young ass about 6 seats back. He was a complete nuisance and an asshole. Mike had a heckuva lot more patience than I would have had. Plus, Mike was only pitter pattering his noggin a little. Wouldn’t have hurt me, and I’m an old (81) fart.
Mike didn’t hurt the guy. C’mon this is a boxing website. The guy barely got a scratch, Tyson was toying with him, he didn’t mean to hurt him.