Tyson visit called off for lack of interest

A planned five-day charity visit to Prague by the former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been called off because of poor ticket sales. The 44-year-old Tyson was due to arrive in Prague today and was to have stayed until Saturday engaging in a number of charity sessions expected to raise money for a Prague children’s hospital. The Swiss promoter of the event said the tickets had turned out to be too expensive for the local market. It would have cost 2,000 euros to train with the former champion and 120,000 euros to have dinner with him.