Mike Tyson scuffles with cameraman at club

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – It doesn’t pay to tangle with
Mike Tyson, a Brazilian reporter has learned.

The former heavyweight boxing champion lost his patience
when a reporter-cameraman tried to film him at a nightclub
early on Thursday, Sao Paulo police said.

“He asked him to stop and he didn’t stop. He got up, took
the camera, destroyed the tape and damaged the equipment,”
district police chief Roberto Calassa said.

Police detained Tyson for questioning and later released
him.

Reporter Carlos Mello said the ex-champ hit him in the head
but police said he needed a medical test to prove it.

“We doubt he was hit because everyone knows Mike Tyson’s
punch and the reporter didn’t seem to have a wound,” Calassa
said.

Tyson, 39, was making news in Brazil on his way home from
Argentina, where he was a guest on former soccer star Diego
Maradona’s talk show.

The previous night, the American boxer brought six women
back to his hotel but staff would not allow them to go to his
room, Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported.