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Boxing legend Mike Tyson brought London's Canary Wharf to a standstill this lunchtime when he appeared at a book-signing.
There were chaotic scenes as thousands of office workers and shoppers crammed in to try and get a glimpse of the former world heavyweight champion.
'Iron' Mike, 39, the self-proclaimed 'baddest man on the planet', had to take refuge behind a cordon of security guards as uniformed police watched the scrum.
The American was making his first ever appearance in a UK bookshop to support his close friend, Irish boxer Joe Egan.
Tyson has written a foreword to Egan's biography 'The Toughest White Man On The Planet', which tells how he made a boxing comeback with Tyson's help after his career first ended 12 years ago.
As the crowds demanded a speech and pictures for their cameraphones, Tyson stood on a table and said: "I'm here to support my good friend Joe. Buy the book."
Also at the signing at Books etc were Scottish ex-boxing champ Jim Watt and English fighter Alan Minter
There were chaotic scenes as thousands of office workers and shoppers crammed in to try and get a glimpse of the former world heavyweight champion.
'Iron' Mike, 39, the self-proclaimed 'baddest man on the planet', had to take refuge behind a cordon of security guards as uniformed police watched the scrum.
The American was making his first ever appearance in a UK bookshop to support his close friend, Irish boxer Joe Egan.
Tyson has written a foreword to Egan's biography 'The Toughest White Man On The Planet', which tells how he made a boxing comeback with Tyson's help after his career first ended 12 years ago.
As the crowds demanded a speech and pictures for their cameraphones, Tyson stood on a table and said: "I'm here to support my good friend Joe. Buy the book."
Also at the signing at Books etc were Scottish ex-boxing champ Jim Watt and English fighter Alan Minter
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