Sentence:  Tyson took the hint and stood up in his brash white suit. He waved lamely and accepted questions from a group of people which the New York Daily News ridiculed as 'sycophants and psycho fans'. It made a change from the usual <WSD>bear-baiting</WSD>  boxing-press jamborees in Vegas. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A bloodthirsty free for all.