Mike Tyson got into quite the scuffle at LAX yesterday. Actually, considering that it’s Mike Tyson, it really wasn’t much of a scuffle at all. No ears were bitten, by all accounts. Lame joke, gotta make it though. Anyway a paparazzo got way too close to Tyson and his family, and Tyson punched him. Though no articles mention it, one would think he gave some warnings first. An L.A.P.D. spokesperson said the paparazzo was taken to the hospital for a cut to his head – you should see the getup the guy is sporting as a result. Any chance he’s aiming for an expensive lawsuit? He’s really working the sad puppy dog face.

Both the pap – Tony Echevarria – and Tyson placed each other under citizen’s arrest. That must have been dramatic and confusing. They’re both being charged in the incident.

Mike Tyson and a photographer made citizen’s arrests of one another after getting into a scuffle Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport, police say.

At 4:30 p.m., the former boxing champ, 43, was passing through LAX from Europe en route to Las Vegas when a celebrity photographer began taking his picture at the United Airlines terminal, Sgt. Jim Holcomb tells PEOPLE.

“The two men got into a scuffle, and it’s alleged that Tyson hit the photographer once in the face with one hand, causing him to fall to the ground,” Holcomb says. “The photographer sustained a laceration to the forehead, and was taken to a local hospital.”

Officers arrived on the scene and detained Tyson, who was booked at a nearby LAPD station and held on $20,000 bail, according to police records. Documents also show that Tyson was released at 8:24 p.m.

Tyson was reportedly traveling with his wife and 10-month-old baby. The incident was first reported by Radaronline.com.

“Mr. Tyson did absolutely nothing wrong, he was the victim in this case,” his attorney, Richard Schonfeld tells PEOPLE. “We look forward to vindicating him and pursuing his rights.”

[From People]

CBS reports that Echevarria will be booked as well, once he’s discharged from the hospital. Generally speaking, I always side with celebrities when it comes to the paparazzi. Those guys are unstoppable, and there’s absolutely no boundary they won’t cross to get what they want. And if you dare try to stop them or have the nerve to defend yourself or your family, they’ll sue you for as much money as they can possibly get. It’s disgusting. And frankly, no one’s in a great mood getting off a plane. And Tyson’s flight was from Europe to L.A. – that’s a lot of hours in the air. Most of us would have punched someone when we got off the plane. I generally do.

Gut instinct tells me all the charges will be dropped, though TMZ points out that because Tyson used to be a boxer, his fist could be considered a deadly weapon and the charges could actually include that. But I’m guessing this all goes nowhere. Except civil court, of course.

Here’s Mike being taken into custody at L.A.X. Images thanks to INF Photo.