Mike Tyson makes a scene — as a Good Samaritan in L.V. and animated TV star in L.A.

By John Katsilometes

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 | 2:04 p.m.

Maybe you have been tracking The Kats Report Bureau over the past, what, four days or so?

We have worn out the map, losing all track of time, and also valet slips, as we crisscross VegasVille and even take the circus on the road. Tuesday was El Lay, as Herb Caen used to call Los Angeles. At the moment, I am probably airborne, along with a Delta jet, heading to New York.

The Los Angeles visit was a hopscotch to Warner Bros. Studios to catch up with Mike Tyson and talk of his upcoming animated series on Adult Swim, “Mike Tyson Mysteries,” which debuts at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 27. In the series, Tyson plays a mystery-solving sleuth aided by the Ghost of Marquess and his adopted Korean daughter, among others.

One of the voices is that of Norm Macdonald, who plays a pigeon inhabited by a beer-quaffing man. It’s kind of a “Scooby-Doo” theme but for grown-ups — and, no, I am not kidding about this show.

Read more about the show in my column in The Sunday, and also later in this column.

The New York trip is to attend a Significant Event in Times Square, where time never stops, related to Rock in Rio, the music festival taking over the Strip in May. I’ll report back about that, as it is bad form to fritter away such a primo news event.

Meantime, I’ll enjoy the scope of Las Vegas, where newsmakers and events related to our city are announced on either coast.

On Sept. 16, Tyson came to the assistance of a motorcyclist who was injured on I-15 after being cut off by a taxicab. And, no, this was no cartoon.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Chesley was on the ground when Tyson seemingly appeared from nowhere just after the accident, which took place about 9:30 p.m. Tyson yelled for onlookers to keep their space as Chesley, whose injuries were reported to be broken bones and torn ligaments, was prone on the asphalt.

Tyson said he was first on the scene, a passenger in a car driven by a friend, and saw a cab cross into the motorcyclist’s lane and swipe the rider off the road. Tyson shouted for the car to turn around, and they called paramedics and waited for paramedics to arrive.

“I was very happy to be helpful to Ryan,” Tyson said a day after the accident. “I am certain that if it wasn’t me, the next driver would have stopped and done exactly the same as I did.”

In an interview session after the first press screening of “Mike Tyson Mysteries” in a Warner Bros. Studio theater, Tyson talked of the state of boxing.

His disposition regarding the sports can be accurately described as “acutely frustrated,” especially because the sport has not managed to put together consistently great fights — especially, he says, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao.

Tyson says the heavyweight division, which he dominated a generation ago, is lacking a true homegrown superstar.

“Boxing needs a great American heavyweight who is knocking out guys,” says Tyson, speaking from his own experience in becoming famous for knocking out guys. He then refers to undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., who is 32-0, all knockouts.

“There’s this guy, Wilder, who is knocking out everybody, and he’s looking good doing it. But how will he look when he is getting hit by a guy who can punch, too? That’s what it will come down to. Anyone can knock out someone. Let’s see what he can do when he gets hit.”

Tyson operates his own boxing promotion company, Iron Mike Productions, which is staging a fight card in Dallas on Friday night. He says he is not concerned over competition in combat sports from UFC or any other mixed martial arts organization.

“I think it’s cool. Boxing has been around for, what, 300 to 400 years? Everyone should have a chance to compete.”

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