A recently shared video by TMZ showed Tyson leaning over the back of his seat and punching a passenger repeatedly until other passengers intervened. Here is all what you need to know about the incident.
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson was seen repeatedly punching a fellow passenger on a plane before its departure from San Francisco International Airport in the US.
Tyson became enraged by the man's constant attempts to converse with him and engaged in a violent brawl. A video of the event, which was initially released by TMZ, quickly went viral on social media.
"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," representatives for Tyson said in an email to The Associated Press.
Another passenger on the flight, Sarah Burchfield, said she saw the man who Tyson punched at the airport bar earlier appearing loud and quarrelsome.