Tyson sentenced for punching 62-year-old

An audible groan swept the packed courtroom as Johnson imposed a sentence of two years imprisonment on each count, with all but one suspended. He also ordered Tyson to serve two years of probation after his release, pay all fines and charges, and provide 200 hours of community service.

Defence attorneys warned that Tyson’s career may be headed for catastrophe, saying his boxing license could be revoked by Nevada State Athletic Commission and he could be sent back to prison for four years if the Maryland sentence was found to violate hisparole for a 1992 rape conviction.

The Nevada Commission “has a number of options open to it, ranging from doing nothing to revoking his license,” Curt Hendricks, spokesman for the Nevada attorney general, said. Officials in Indiana had no immediate comment.

Tyson pleaded no contest in December to two counts of second-degree assault stemming from a minor three-car collision in nearby Gaithersburg. The boxer allegedly jumped from the car and attacked the two other drivers, punching a 62-year-old man in the jaw and kicking another, 50-year-old man in the groin.