I sort of called this.
I was shaky on defending Tyson, because he's a nigger... however, he's a more well-adjusted nigger. He is 55 years old, lifelong professional fighter. He's been pestered by probably MILLIONS of annoying, drunk, drugged, or just retarded fans throughout his life. Many of them pestered him while he was still fighting, and he still had the discipline to not take their fucking heads off.
But this guy? The footage we saw seems to cut and miss something. We see: weirdo bothering Tyson. Tyson humors him at first, politely chatting with him. You can tell he's annoyed, but he handles it like a professional athlete. Weirdo continues to pester Tyson, Tyson eventually tells him to shut up and "stop talking to me". The video ends.
The next clip I saw was Tyson standing, delivering light (for a Boxer) arm-punches to the retard's cheek. Tyson did seem to be aiming to hit the guy in the cheek and side of the head- if he wanted to KO this moron, he absolutely could have. He could've caved his nose in or knocked his teeth out, but he was sort of merciful. So this begs the question: what happened between that first clip of silly pestering and the second clip of a beating? My guess- Tyson told the guy to shut up and put headphones on or something. I'll bet the retard then TOUCHED Tyson, tapped his shoulder or touched his headphones.
This is crossing a line. A man tells you to leave him alone and stop talking to him, that means he probably already wants to hit you. It's time to leave him alone. I have zero sympathy for this retard if he even laid a finger on Tyson after all that pestering- MOST OF US WOULD HAVE REACTED SIMILARLY.
Still, Tyson should be charged with assault. If it was a White boxer doing this to some retarded nigger (with a massive rap sheet, of course), the White man would absolutely be sitting in prison now, and he would be front page news as a racist KKK neo-nazi who beat up a poor, defenseless black man for no raisin!
I read somewhere that he tossed an empty water bottle at Tyson and that was the final straw. I don't have corroborating evidence of that being part of the missing footage, but that'd sure do the trick in earning a beating.
I'm sure the plane has cameras that caught this.
You throw something at me after pestering me, annoying me with words, and I politely tell you to leave me alone.... and you throw anything at me? Yeah we're fighting now. I might get my ass kicked, but gotta stand up for yourself. Throwing something at someone is probably considered "assault" by legal definition.
If true, Tyson showed a good deal of restraint. Most of us wouldn't. Most of us would've tried to maim that fucker, knock teeth out or put him unconscious. Tyson beat him like a guy who owed him money- hard enough to send a message, but not so hard that the fucker can't go get his money for him eventually.
Tyson knows as a pro boxer he has to be careful hitting a civilian to the point of serious injury. He could face serious jail time and a massive lawsuit.
Agreed. Unwelcome touching, poking etc might have unintended consequences. Tyson was just teaching him a small lesson like men often do.
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