SAY WHAT?; TYSON MAY HAVE `MESSED UP' WITH TIRADE BEFORE COMMISSION.Byline: Michael Katz and Dave Goldiner New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. Iron Mike Tyson sobbed, cursed and slammed his famous fist as he begged to get back his New Jersey boxing license. The ex-heavyweight champ - once feared as the ``baddest man on the planet'' - pleaded with the New Jersey Athletic Commission in Trenton to forgive him for chomping on Evander Holyfield's ears during a championship bout last year. Nettled net·tle n. 1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact. 2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants. by three hours of verbal sparring about the ear-biting and his troubled past, Tyson exploded in rage and banged his fist on a table. ``You know what I mean, man? Why do I got to go through this (expletive) all the time?'' Tyson exploded at his attorney, Anthony Fusco. Minutes after the outburst, a crestfallen crest·fall·en adj. Dispirited and depressed; dejected. crest  fall Tyson told pals he might have bungled bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. his best chance for a ring reprise. ``I messed up, I messed up,'' the Brooklyn-born brawler moaned as he sat on a table, legs dangling over the edge, according to a source. The three-member commission panel has 45 days to decide whether to allow Tyson back in the ring in New Jersey. His boxing license was revoked after the June 1997 championship bout in which he dug into Holyfield's ears, sending a chunk of skin and cartilage flying across the ring at the MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand in Las Vegas. Yesterday's hearing was supposed to be a rubber stamp for one of boxing's biggest draws to get back in the ring - and rake in big bucks in the Garden State. It kicked off with a parade of sympathetic witnesses hand-picked to show Tyson as a changed man. His wife, surrogate mom and Muslim spiritual adviser testified that he had put his hair-trigger temper under wraps for good. Two ex-boxers, Bobby Czyz and Chuck Wepner, said they could understand the biting in the heat of action. Tyson, one of boxing's hardest punchers, had problems controlling his emotions during questioning. First, he loudly complained that the air conditioning was too cold. Then he became antsy ant·sy adj. ant·si·er, ant·si·est Slang 1. Restless or impatient; fidgety: The long wait made the children antsy. 2. when asked about his conviction for raping a beauty contestant in Indiana. ``I served my time,'' he snapped, his voice shifting up to its famed falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice, produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. . The session got uglier when Tyson was questioned about the bite heard round the boxing world. ``I went berserk ber·serk adj. 1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows. 2. , I was in a rage,'' he said. ``Little by little, I was blacking out.'' OVERHEARD ``If I hit (an opponent) and his eye fell out of his head, I would eat it before he got it back. That's the kind of mentality you have to have.'' - Former boxer Bobby Czyz on talking about how fighters lose control of themselves sometimes in the ring. ``Mike Tyson has been a victim far more often than he has been a perpetrator A term commonly used by law enforcement officers to designate a person who actually commits a crime. .'' - Former D'Amato protege Tom Patti. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos, Box PHOTO (1--3--Color) Mike Tyson ranted before the New Jersey Athletic Commission and was comforted by his lawyer, Anthony Fusco. Mike Derer/Associated Press BOX: OVERHEARD (see text) |
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