It appears that ol Iron Mike had another scrape outside of the ring yesterday. Altercations outside the ring are nothing new for Mike Tyson. This time it was with a photographer that Mike claims was being aggressive towards his wife and 10 month old child. For that matter, altercations involving photographers is nothing new as well.
I didn't see anything in the news articles describing exactly what the photographer did that amounted to being aggressive towards Tyson's family. If this was truely the case, then Tyson's actions might be legally justified. In South Carolina its called, "Defense of Others." Although this is not as common as Self Defense, it is nevertheless asserted by South Carolina criminal defense attorneys. There are other defenses that attorney's assert in Assault and Battery and Criminal Domestic Violence, Murder, and other violent crimes.
The photographer, Tony Echeverria, also said that he was hit by Tyson four times. News reports stated that Echeverria sustained a cut on his forehead. Dispite having retired from the ring and not appearing to be in the best shape of his life, I would imagine that he could still inflict some extreamley serious damage to the average man. If he did hit the photographer four times, then I'd be surprised that a minor cut on his forehead was the extent of his injuries. He should feel lucky that he walked away with both ears.
