Tyson loses out in court case

New York - A New York jury yesterday awarded boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in the civil lawsuit he filed against former world boxing…

New York - A New York jury yesterday awarded boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in the civil lawsuit he filed against former world boxing champion Mike Tyson over a street brawl nine years ago. The award to Green was for pain and suffering. The six-person supreme court jury agreed unanimously that Green had provoked Tyson and was not entitled to any punitive damages in the $25 million lawsuit for alleged assault and battery.

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