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Tyson the Terrible? Tyson may have punched promoter; Jeweler sues
Posted: Thursday June 22, 2000 07:59 PM
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Mike Tyson is in town to fight Lou Savarese Saturday night, but the former heavyweight champion reportedly already has had a fight -- with promoter Frank Warren. In a front page story Thursday, the Daily Record reported that Tyson beat up Warren and threatened to throw him out a seventh-floor window of his London Hotel suite. The two argued over payment still owed for a diamond bracelet and watch Tyson purchased in London before he went to Manchester, England, where he stopped Julius Francis in the second round Jan. 29. Tyson believes Warren should pay him about $630,000. The newspaper quoted an unnamed witness about the alleged attack. Kevin Francis, the boxing writer for the Daily Star, said Wednesday that he had telephoned the promoter at his London home Tuesday night to check, and that Warren laughed and said, "It's total rubbish." A story in Thursday's Scottish Daily Mail reported that Tyson allegedly broke the 48-year-old Warren's cheekbone, fractured three ribs and threatened to throw him through a window. The newspaper said that representatives of Warren denied the problem. Warren was not at the Hilton Hotel when Tyson arrived from London Wednesday night. Meanwhile, a jeweler is going to court in an effort to force Tyson to pay the $630,000. Lawyers for Graff Diamonds in London's Bond Street confirmed Thursday that managing director Laurence Graff had initiated court proceedings to recover the cost of items which Tyson bought in January. In a statement issued by the law firm of Kerman and Co., Graff said: "Tyson is saying Warren promised to pay for the jewelry, while Warren is denying this and saying Tyson is liable. "All Graff knows is that Tyson has been in possession of the jewelry since January and that Graff has not received a penny of the $630,000 which is due."
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