Green Drops Assault Charges Against Tyson

Boxer Mitchell Green dropped assault charges against heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in New York Thursday.

Green, accompanied by his lawyer, told police: “I’m dropping the charges,” and left, said police Sgt. John Clifford. Green gave no reason for his decision, Clifford said.

Green, a boxer who lost in the ring to Tyson two years ago, had told police that Tyson hit him during a pre-dawn scuffle Tuesday outside a Harlem haberdashery.