Mike Tyson's New Zealand Visa Canceled

New Zealand canceled an entry visa for former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson on October 3, 2012 after a charity set to benefit from his visit dropped its support.

Tyson, 46, who served three years of a six-year US jail sentence for rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington in an Indianapolis hotel room in 1992, had been due to take part in an event in November, but needed a dispensation under New Zealand immigration laws because of his conviction.