2005-12-15 - Mike Tyson at the end of the Sultan Ibragimov vs Lance Whitaker fight

Source: kommersant, Associated Press
29 May 2007

The legendary heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson will walk Russia’s Sultan Ibragimov to the ring during his WBO belt battle with Shannon Briggs of the United States and might even be the cornerman, according to several Russian media reports. As an old friend of Ibragimov, Tyson tries not to miss matches of the Russian. The bout is slated for June 2, Atlantic City of New Jersey.

Update 30 May 2007:

Mike Tyson has applied to work the corner of heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov during his WBO title fight against Shannon Briggs on Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J.

PHOENIX -- Mike Tyson's lawyer said the former heavyweight champion was given permission by a judge Thursday to travel outside of Arizona and California while his charges are pending.

Tyson had only been allowed to leave Arizona for addiction treatment in California.

Attorney David Chesnoff said Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens has allowed Tyson to travel outside those states if he gives three days' notice and gets approval from county prosecutors.

Tyson didn't attend Thursday's hearing. Another Tyson lawyer, Thomas Marlowe, appeared instead. Another court hearing is scheduled for July 9, and trial is set for Aug. 20.

However, Chesnoff said he's not sure if the judge would allow Tyson to leave the United States. ''The agreement doesn't say anything about leaving the country,'' he said.

Director James Toback is in the ring with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on a feature documentary.

Toback will prepare "Tyson" using more than 30 hours of recently completed interviews with the ex-champ. The director said his subject pulls no punches in chronicling every aspect of his rise and fall.

Damon Bingham, Harlan Werner, Tyson and Toback are producing. The film will be finished in the fall, and ICM will sell worldwide rights.

Toback told Daily Variety that he's been fascinated by Tyson since they first met in 1985, just as the fighter was about to win his first title at 19 (he became world champion at 20). He put Tyson in his movies "Black and White" and "When Will I Be Loved," and they stayed in touch.

After the boxer emerged clean and sober following a recent rehab stint, Tyson and Toback decided it was time to tell his story in detail.

"The point is not to polish his image or make a cinematic apology, but rather to get a firsthand look at a very complex and epic story," Toback said.

Boxer Mike Tyson has sold his Paradise Valley house for $2.339 million just two years after he paid $2.1 million for the mountainside enclave.

The 7,788-square-foot property was built in 1988. It sits on the west side of Mummy Mountain behind a private gate at the end of a cul de sac. The main house has five bedrooms, a game room and a library. There's also a guest house and a four-car garage.

“It's very well built and sits on a gorgeous lot,'' said Kris LaCroix of the Equitable Real Estate Co. She had the listing and also noted that it was “a pleasure'' working with Tyson on the sale.

The property initially listed for $2.45 million, LaCroix said. It was on the market for more than 110 days, according to the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service. The MLS average market time for single-family homes in March was 92.59 days, though agents that specialize in top end houses say those properties typically take longer to sell since the buyer pool is smaller and more picky.

Ariz. (AP) - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared in court Thursday and learned he will go on trial Aug. 20.

Tyson was fresh out of a California rehabilitation facility and said very little during the five-minute proceeding.

"Yes, ma'am" were his only words, after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens asked if he agreed to the trial date, which was pushed back 30 days at his lawyers' request.

Tyson did not speak outside the courtroom, where reporters peppered him with questions and followed him to a Cadillac Escalade.

"We're very pleased with Mike's progress in treatment," said Richard Schonfeld, one of Tyson's lawyers. "He's 72 days sober. We're proud of him."

Mike Tyson, left, speaks with one of his attorneys Thomas Connelly, right, after leaving a courthouse in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday, April 12, 2007. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared in court Thursday and was given an Aug. 20 trial date. (AP Photo/Cheryl Evans, Pool)