'Integrity' vow as Tyson waits; Boxing Licence panel say say money won't inf luence verdict.Byline: MARK STANIFORTH ONE of the five men charged with deciding whether Mike Tyson Noun 1. Mike Tyson - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) Michael Gerald Tyson, Tyson deserves a licence to fight in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. insists that protecting the integrity of boxing remains the Nevada State Athletic Commission's primary concern. The commission was meeting last night to discuss whether the former world heavyweight champion should be granted an annual permit which would enable him to fight Lennox Lewis on April 6. John Bailey, a Las Vegas attorney, has denied suggestions that the ailing state of the Las Vegas economy in the wake of September 11 will influence him or his colleagues to give the green light to a fight which will generate hundreds of millions of dollars. Bailey said: "We're there to regulate and protect the integrity of boxing. We will ask questions about what has happened in the last two or three years since he had a licence and try to get a sense of what he's been doing." Exactly what Tyson has been doing makes for painful reading. In the ring he has bitten Evander Holyfield, tried to break Frans Botha's arm, hit Orlin Norris after the first-round bell, failed a drugs test after a bout with Andrew Golota and knocked over referee John Coyle having refused to stop hitting Lou Savarese. Outside it he has been accused of sexual assault, entered into divorce proceedings with his wife Monica Turner, gone to Cuba and thrown Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. baubles at photographers, threatened to eat Lennox Lewis' non-existent children, brawled before a New York press New York Press is a free alternative weekly in New York City. It is the main competitor to the Village Voice. conference and hurled obscenities at the watching Press. Tyson has been ordered to appear in person before the panel for what would normally be the simple task of renewing a licence application. Bailey claims every aspect of Tyson's tumultuous life can be brought up during the hearing. He said: "Everything is pretty much fair game, although I feel that we as a commission cannot draw any inferences from the rape allegations because of his presumption of innocence A principle that requires the government to prove the guilt of a criminal defendant and relieves the defendant of any burden to prove his or her innocence. The presumption of innocence, an ancient tenet of Criminal Law, is actually a misnomer. According to the U.S. until proven guilty." Before last week's brawl, the NSAC NSAC Nova Scotia Agricultural College NSAC Nevada State Athletic Commission NSAC Nuclear Science Advisory Committee NSAC National Student Advertising Competition NSAC National Spiritualist Association of Churches NSAC National Security Advice Centre were expected to hand Tyson his licence by a majority of 4-1. This time it could be closer, but the outcome remains grotesquely inevitable. CAPTION(S): PERSONAL HEARING: Tyson pictured after last week's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of brawl |
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