VARIOUS: DISGRACED BOXER MIKE TYSON BANNED FROM BOXING AND FINED

Record ID: 993821

  • Title: VARIOUS: DISGRACED BOXER MIKE TYSON BANNED FROM BOXING AND FINED
  • Date: 9th July 1997
  • Summary: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; UNITED STATES (JULY 9, 1997) (POOL) 1. WIDE SHOT OF HEARING ROOM 2. NEVADA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION CHAIRMAN DR. ELIAS GHANEM INTRODUCING THE CASE AGAINST BOXER MIKE TYSON 3. NEVADA DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL GORDON FINK SAYING THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN SPORTS AND CHAOS AND WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK STEPPED OVER THAT LINE (ENGLISH) 4. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ELIAS GHANEM SAYING IN HIS VIEW THE MOST SEVERE PENALTY SHOULD BE IMPOSED, AND THAT IS A 3 MILLION U.S. DOLLAR FINE AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE (ENGLISH) 5. COMMISSION VOTES ON SUSPENSION MOTION. (FILE) (RTV) 6. STILL PHOTO OF BOXER EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S EAR. (JULY 9, 1997) (POOL) 7. MARC RATNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEVADA ATHLETIC COMMISSION, "I THINK BOXING NEEDS TO SHOW INTEGRITY. AS I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THE COMMISSION WILL BE FIRM" (ENGLISH) CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 9,1997) (RTV) 8. EVANDER HOLYFIELD BOARDING PLANE IN SOUTH AFRICA, SAYING "NO COMMENT" 9. HOLYFIELD LOOKING OUT OF PLANE WINDOW NEW YORK, NEW YORK; UNITED STATES (JULY 9,1997) (NBC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/MEXICO/CNN) 10. WIDE SHOT OF MIKE TYSON'S BOYHOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD IN BROOKLYN 11. MAN SAYING "I THINK THE DECISION WAS FAIR. I THINK WITHIN A YEAR THEY SHOULD RESTORE HIM BECAUSE BOXING NEEDS MIKE TYSON." (ENGLISH) 12. WOMAN SAYING: "HE'S STILL A HERO TO ME. HE APOLOGIZED. HE KNOWS HE DID WRONG. WHY KEEP HASSLING WITH IT?" (ENGLISH) LAS VEGAS, UNITED STATES (FILE) (RTV) 10. STILL PHOTO OF TYSON AND HOLYFIELD AT THE MOMENT THE FIGHT WAS STOPPED. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES/ CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
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