BOXING Tyson arrested for part in street brawl

The boxer is known for a long list of legal problems.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mike Tyson was released from a Brooklyn police precinct Saturday afternoon, hours after his arrest on assault charges following a brawl with two Pennsylvania men outside a hotel.
The former heavyweight champion, who was charged with assault and disorderly conduct, walked silently past reporters standing outside the 84th Precinct in a driving rain. Fans of the boxer shouted "Mike! Mike!" as he was led out by police
Tyson was released without an arraignment and was due back in court at an unspecified later date, said a spokesman for Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.
How it happened
He was arrested after a 5:30 a.m. fight with two Reading, Pa., men outside a hotel, police said. All three were guests at the hotel.
According to police, Samuel Velez, 31, and Nestor Alvarez, 24, were with a woman outside the hotel when the fight began. One of the men used a metal pole grabbed from the lobby against Tyson, who was treated for minor cuts to his hands.
Velez and Alvarez were charged with disorderly conduct. One of the men and their female companion were treated for minor injuries at Bellevue Hospital, police said. Tyson was not taken to the hospital.
Shelly Finkel, adviser to the 36-year-old Brooklyn-born boxer, did not know any of the details of the confrontation.
"I don't know anything except what I heard this morning," Finkel said. "I'm in the process of trying to find out."
Finkel said he spoke to Tyson on Tuesday, and the boxer said he planned to travel to Phoenix.
One of many legal woes
Tyson, with a long history of legal trouble, was convicted of rape in 1992 and was sentenced to six years in prison. He served three years before being released on parole.
In a Fox television interview last month, Tyson said he was so angry about the conviction he wanted to rape his accuser, former beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington, and her mother.
In 1997, he bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout. Tyson's Nevada boxing license was suspended for a year, and he was fined $3 million. In 1999, he was released from a Maryland jail after serving 3 1/2 months for assaulting the two motorists.
Last year, he threw a punch at Lennox Lewis' bodyguard at a news conference announcing a fight between the two, setting off a brawl between Tyson and Lewis.