Brad O
06-01-2007, 06:30 AM
Tyson won't work in Ibragimov's corner on Saturday
By BARRY WILNER, AP Sports Writer
May 31, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mike Tyson does not have permission from Arizona authorities to travel to Atlantic City, N.J., and work the corner of heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov during his WBO title fight against Shannon Briggs on Saturday night.
Tyson must get approval from a judge to travel outside of Arizona while drug charges against him are pending. Maricopa County officials never approved the former heavyweight champion's trip to the fight. However, Tyson is being allowed to attend his daughter's high school graduation in Washington on Friday.
Tyson sent an incomplete application to work as a second in Ibragimov's corner to the New Jersey Athletic Control Board on Tuesday.
"I contacted Maricopa County on assurance he was going to be completing the application," Nicholas Lembo, counsel for the NJACB, said Thursday. "I was told he was not given permission by the county prosecutor to travel for this event."
Tyson has been an unofficial adviser to Ibragimov in the past and attended Ibragimov's Dec. 15, 2005, knockout of Lance Whitaker.
"Sultan gets confidence when he sees him," said Mario Costa, one of Ibragimov's trainers. "Before the Whitaker fight, in the dressing room, Mike was showing Sultan what to do and Sultan was excited he would do that."
Last Thursday, Tyson was allowed to leave Arizona for addiction treatment in California. He faces charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs following an arrest in Scottsdale last year.
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.
By BARRY WILNER, AP Sports Writer
May 31, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mike Tyson does not have permission from Arizona authorities to travel to Atlantic City, N.J., and work the corner of heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov during his WBO title fight against Shannon Briggs on Saturday night.
Tyson must get approval from a judge to travel outside of Arizona while drug charges against him are pending. Maricopa County officials never approved the former heavyweight champion's trip to the fight. However, Tyson is being allowed to attend his daughter's high school graduation in Washington on Friday.
Tyson sent an incomplete application to work as a second in Ibragimov's corner to the New Jersey Athletic Control Board on Tuesday.
"I contacted Maricopa County on assurance he was going to be completing the application," Nicholas Lembo, counsel for the NJACB, said Thursday. "I was told he was not given permission by the county prosecutor to travel for this event."
Tyson has been an unofficial adviser to Ibragimov in the past and attended Ibragimov's Dec. 15, 2005, knockout of Lance Whitaker.
"Sultan gets confidence when he sees him," said Mario Costa, one of Ibragimov's trainers. "Before the Whitaker fight, in the dressing room, Mike was showing Sultan what to do and Sultan was excited he would do that."
Last Thursday, Tyson was allowed to leave Arizona for addiction treatment in California. He faces charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs following an arrest in Scottsdale last year.
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.