Boxing legend Mike Tyson has reportedly assaulted a fellow airline passenger.
On Friday (NZ time), TMZ released a video showing Tyson punching a man seated in the row behind him, which its says occurred when passengers continued to pester him, after he'd asked them to stop.
The incident took place on a JetBlue flight scheduled to fly from Chicago to San Francisco.
Witnesses told TMZ that the former heavyweight world champion was initially welcoming, posing for photographs with fans.
But the man seated behind him - whom witnesses said was extremely intoxicated - continued to badger a clearly irritated Tyson, who eventually let punches fly. According to Tyson's representatives, he also threw a water bottle at him.
The man in question was left bloodied on the side of his face. He received medical attention and later reported the incident to police.
"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," a representative for Tyson told Fox Business.
San Francisco Police told TMZ that officers detained two people they believed to be involved in the incident.
But after one of the people was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, that person "provided minimal details of the incident and refused to cooperate further with the police investigation".
