Trouble just seems to latch onto Mike Tyson like a magnet sticks to metal. Just when he was getting past the initial trauma of the death of his young daughter and mending fences with fellow boxer Evander Holyfield, Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday along with a photographer.

Both men were booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, the Associated Press is reporting. Photographer Tony Echevarria told police that Tyson struck him once. The photographer fell to the ground and was treated for a cut to his forehead at a hospital, AP says.

Tyson’s spokeswoman Tammy Brook told the AP the boxer was traveling with his wife and 10-month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzo.
“Mike acted in self defense as a father protecting his child,” she said.
Time, legal proceedings and possibly surveillance tape will eventually sort this all out, but with the initial details, a few things come to mind for me.
Any 50-year-old photographer who would initiate an attack on the former heavyweight boxing champ of the world has to have a death wish.
After a few decades in the spotlight, hasn’t Tyson got a better plan for dealing with paparazzi than serving up a reported punch out?
Hello? Bodyguards? I’m sure Tyson can afford a few bucks to have a security person meet him at places where he knows he may be hassled and keep Tyson from feeling he has to deal with this stuff personally.
I wish Easton's own former champ Larry Holmes could give Tyson a bit of mentoring on how to live a more calm, family centered life.

Trouble just seems to latch onto Mike Tyson like a magnet sticks to metal. Just when he was getting past the initial trauma of the death of his young daughter and mending fences with fellow boxer Evander Holyfield, Tyson was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday along with a photographer.

Both men were booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, the Associated Press is reporting. Photographer Tony Echevarria told police that Tyson struck him once. The photographer fell to the ground and was treated for a cut to his forehead at a hospital, AP says.

Tyson’s spokeswoman Tammy Brook told the AP the boxer was traveling with his wife and 10-month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzo.
“Mike acted in self defense as a father protecting his child,” she said.
Time, legal proceedings and possibly surveillance tape will eventually sort this all out, but with the initial details, a few things come to mind for me.
Any 50-year-old photographer who would initiate an attack on the former heavyweight boxing champ of the world has to have a death wish.
After a few decades in the spotlight, hasn’t Tyson got a better plan for dealing with paparazzi than serving up a reported punch out?
Hello? Bodyguards? I’m sure Tyson can afford a few bucks to have a security person meet him at places where he knows he may be hassled and keep Tyson from feeling he has to deal with this stuff personally.
I wish Easton's own former champ Larry Holmes could give Tyson a bit of mentoring on how to live a more calm, family centered life.

Mike Tyson doesn't want to know how his little "angel" died.

The former heavyweight champ said "my first instinct was a lot of rage" after his 4-year-old daughter Exodus was killed in a freak accident.

"If I know, then there might be a blame for it," Tyson said Monday in an emotional interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "If somebody's to blame for it, there will be a problem."

Tyson said he's tried to not dwell on the bizarre circumstances of Exodus' death last May and is focusing on making sure the rest of his brood is happy.

"I was so happy that I had the tools in life, you know, to not go in that direction," he told the talk show queen.

"Because I've been that direction. I know where that's gonna lead me. I know I'm not gonna win."

Exodus was strangled after her neck was caught in the cord of a treadmill in the exercise room of her mother's house in Phoenix. Her 7-year-old brother Miguel found her hanging from the power cable.

The 911 tapes revealed the girl's frantic mother, Sol Xochitl, told the emergency dispatcher, "My baby! She's choked!"

Xochitl also tried to revive the doomed child until the paramedics arrived and took over.

Phoenix police called the incident a "tragic accident."

Iron Mike, who married girlfriend Lakiha (Kiki) Spicer two weeks after the tragedy, said he doesn't blame anybody or harbor any anger against anyone about the death of Exodus. He called his family "my biggest asset."

The Brooklyn-born ex-boxer said his children are "the only thing that matters to me now."

Tyson, who at age 20 became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, has spent a lifetime trying to learn to keep his terrible temper in check.

Mike Tyson doesn't want to know how his little "angel" died.

The former heavyweight champ said "my first instinct was a lot of rage" after his 4-year-old daughter Exodus was killed in a freak accident.

"If I know, then there might be a blame for it," Tyson said Monday in an emotional interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "If somebody's to blame for it, there will be a problem."

Tyson said he's tried to not dwell on the bizarre circumstances of Exodus' death last May and is focusing on making sure the rest of his brood is happy.

"I was so happy that I had the tools in life, you know, to not go in that direction," he told the talk show queen.

"Because I've been that direction. I know where that's gonna lead me. I know I'm not gonna win."

Exodus was strangled after her neck was caught in the cord of a treadmill in the exercise room of her mother's house in Phoenix. Her 7-year-old brother Miguel found her hanging from the power cable.

The 911 tapes revealed the girl's frantic mother, Sol Xochitl, told the emergency dispatcher, "My baby! She's choked!"

Xochitl also tried to revive the doomed child until the paramedics arrived and took over.

Phoenix police called the incident a "tragic accident."

Iron Mike, who married girlfriend Lakiha (Kiki) Spicer two weeks after the tragedy, said he doesn't blame anybody or harbor any anger against anyone about the death of Exodus. He called his family "my biggest asset."

The Brooklyn-born ex-boxer said his children are "the only thing that matters to me now."

Tyson, who at age 20 became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, has spent a lifetime trying to learn to keep his terrible temper in check.