Mike Tyson was spotted smiling in Miami, Florida on Thursday, just hours after he was caught on camera punching another passenger on a flight out of San Francisco Wednesday night.
On Thursday evening, wrestling champion Ric Flair posted a photo of Tyson at LIV, a nightclub in Miami.
“We’re Live At LIV In Miami! WOOOOO!” Flair wrote on Twitter.
Tyson was supposed to give a speech at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference Afterparty around 8 p.m. at LIV, according to TMZ. The 55-year-old former professional boxer was initially scheduled to talk at the weed industry event at 12:05 p.m., but he had to cancel “due to a flight change,” the outlet reported.
Earlier in the day, Tyson was spotted cheerfully greeting fans as he arrived at his hotel in Miami, Florida.
On Thursday, TMZ released a video in which Tyson is seen punching a male airline passenger seated a row behind him at San Francisco International Airport. The report said the man kept pestering Tyson after he told him to “chill.”
According to San Francisco Police Department, two people believed to be involved were detained and one person was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The police department also added that the person being treated “provided minimal details of the incident and refused to cooperate further with the police investigation.”
However, a witness on the plane told TMZ that Tyson was initially friendly with fans asking for photographs, but one man kept talking in Tyson’s ear, which appeared to irritate the former heavyweight champ before punches flew.
A spokesperson for Tyson confirmed to the outlet that in addition to taunting the boxer, the man also threw a water bottle at him before the violent incident. However, according to Chicago-based attorney Andrew Stoltmann, Tyson could face serious consequences.
“Historically trained fighters, mixed martial artists, are usually held by both police and judges to a higher standard in large part because it goes to intent,” he told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
