Tyson Fury gives his opinion about Mike Tyson punching plane passenger

Tyson Fury has given his opinion on the video of Mike Tyson punching a fellow passenger on a plane.

Speaking to Piers Morgan, Fury believes the unidentified man was asking for trouble after watching the footage of 55-year-old Tyson obtained by TMZ.

Police were dispatched following the incident, which occurred before the plane set off from San Francisco to Florida, and two individuals were temporarily detained.

One person was treated for non-life threatening injuries at San Francisco International Airport.

Tyson’s representatives told TMZ: “Unfortunately, Mr. Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat.”

Everyone on a plane ✈️ has a plan until Mike Tyson punches them in the face. pic.twitter.com/JWIfaXaCnQ

You can watch footage of the incident here:

I couldn’t imagine watching this and not being on Mike Tyson’s side. pic.twitter.com/YyNNqOrMol

Fury, who insists he will retire from boxing after defeating Dillian Whyte to retain his WBC heavyweight title at Wembley Stadium last weekend, was asked what he made of the recent Tyson incident.

“Well, you know, Mike Tyson’s a real OG,” Fury told Piers Morgan Uncensored. “You can’t mess with Mike, you just don’t know what he’s going to do.

“All the fun police will be on Mike to get him cancelled, but how can you go around prodding a lion with a stick? How long can you prod a guy for before he does something about it? 

“Mike’s Mike. Mike doesn’t get the name ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ for nothing, so he’s not the guy you want to prod with a stick on a plane until you get chinned – and that’s exactly what happened to the guy. And then he wants to cry about it!

“If he’s man enough to