Sports Thread #1 For 11/11/09: Tyson And Paparazzi Man Get Into A Scuffle, Both Arrested

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I hope he was provoked in this:

The former heavyweight champion is in trouble with the law - again.

This time it's over a scuffle with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday night, police said.

According to the L.A. Times, police arrested Tyson after an altercation with the unnamed photog at Terminal 7.

Tyson claims the photographer pushed him in an attempt to provoke the boxer, while the paprazzi claims "Iron Mike" struck him in the face and tried to take his film, a source told the Times.

The pair each accused the other of causing the fight, which lead police to ultimately arrest them both, the Times reports.

The photographer got arrested too, and you know how paparazzi are.

And with how Tyson has greatly changed into a serene controlled public figure over the last few years, especially in a year filled with a great up in being in the Hangover movie, and unbelievable tragedy with his daughter dying, I trying believe here that Tyson was provoked here.

But it will be, unless some were there to see it all unfold, a he said-he said story.