Ryan Chesley was knocked down and Mike Tyson helped him get back up. 
 
 As if getting into a serious motorcycle accident wasn’t scary enough, suddenly the former heavyweight champion of the world was approaching him, but Mike was there to help. 
 
 While traveling onto the on-ramp on I-15 North off Flamingo Road in Las Vegas Tuesday night, Chesley was involved in a nasty motorcycle crash after a cab cut him off from the left lane, his attorney Stephen Stubbs told the Daily News. 
 
 The victim was sent flying off his bike and suffered several injuries including a paralyzed big toe, broken ankle and torn muscles and ligaments, Stubbs said. Chesley will also need surgery, he said. 
 
 But when he was lying on the roadway, he looked up and saw Mike Tyson with three friends offering their help. The group blocked off traffic, and “Iron Mike” sat with Chesley and spoke with him in a soft voice to keep him from going into shock, Stubbs said. 
 
 “He looked up and saw Mike Tyson,” Stubbs said. “He was saying ‘don’t worry, don’t worry,’ people are coming.’” 
 
 Ryan Chesley sent this fruit basket to Mike Tyson for helping Chesley get back up after a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas. (Courtesy of Stephen Stubbs) 
 
 Chesley does not know how long they were there, but he thought he might be hallucinating, his attorney said. He grabbed his camera with his uninjured hand and took a picture, he said. 
 
 “He didn’t know what was happening,” Stubbs said. “(Mike) just stood by him and talked to him. When he was done with the good deed, he just took off.” 
 
 Tyson is known for his bizarre behavior — including biting off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997 — but he appears to have acted quickly and responsibly in this instance. 
 
 Chesley was so grateful for Mike’s help, he reached out to his representatives to send a thank-you note and fruit basket. 
 
 "It has to be the most reassuring thing in the world to have Mike Tyson telling people not to touch me," Chesley wrote. 
 
 Grateful motorcyclist Ryan Chesley also sent this thank-you letter, along with a fruit basket, to Mike Tyson after the former boxer came to his aid after the accident. (Handout) 
 
 “”He wanted to say thank you,” Stubbs said. “We asked if we could send chocolates but his rep said ‘no, he’s a health nut.’ We sent him a fruit basket because he is into antioxidants.” 
 
 A representative for the eccentric boxer who grew up in Brooklyn confirmed the note and fruit basket were sent over. Tyson was not available Monday for a statement, the representative said. 
 
 “Iron Mike” has recently been performing a one-man show about his life, and the 48-year-old continues to make headlines. 
 
 He recently used vulgar language in front of a TV news reporter during a live interview in Canada. The journalist had asked Mike about his rape conviction in 1992. 
 
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 Mike Tyson -- Comes to Rescue of Motorcycle Crash Victim 
 
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 When you need a calm, soothing voice to get you through a traumatic event, you don't think of... but that's exactly what happened to a motorcycle crash victim.Ryan Chesley tells TMZ ... he was on his way to Las Vegas this week when a cab cut him off on the freeway ... sending him flying off his chopper.Chesley says Tyson saw the whole thing ... slammed on his brakes and stopped traffic. Chesley says Tyson -- mindful the victim might be in shock -- kept him calm until paramedics arrived.Chesley -- who has broken bones, muscles, ligaments, nerve damage and needs shoulder surgery -- tells TMZ he's sending Tyson a thank you note and a fruit basket.Mike Tyson ... he can hurt you bad, and help you good. ||||| LAS VEGAS (AP) — Retired boxer Mike Tyson may be famous for his aggressiveness, but he showed his compassionate side last week when he came to the rescue of an injured motorcyclist who had crashed on a Las Vegas interstate. 
 
 This Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 photo released by Steve Lott, Executive Assistant to Mike Tyson, shows a letter sent to the former boxer by Ryan Chesley, an injured motorcycle crash victim, after Tyson came... (Associated Press) 
 
 This Sept. 16, 2014 photo released by attorney Stephen Stubbs, shows Mike Tyson as photographed by injured motorcycle crash victim, Ryan Chesley, in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Stubbs said his... (Associated Press) 
 
 This Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014 photo released by Steve Lott, Executive Assistant to Mike Tyson, shows a gift fruit basket sent to former boxer Mike Tyson, by injured motorcycle crash victim, Ryan Chesley,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Attorney Stephen Stubbs said his client, 29-year-old Ryan Chesley, was on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when a taxi cut him off and he went down. 
 
 Stubbs said Chesley was lying on the ground when he looked up and recognized Tyson, who was yelling at people not to touch Chesley. 
 
 "He thought he was hallucinating," Stubbs said. "He thought he was in some other world." 
 
 Chesley, who had broken bones and torn ligaments, could still use his right hand and snapped a cellphone picture of the heavyweight boxer. As soon as paramedics arrived, Tyson "just left, like some kind of superhero," Stubbs said. 
 
 Mike Tyson's assistant, Steve Lott, said the fighter received a fruit basket a handwritten thank-you note from Chesley on Friday. 
 
 "Thank you so much for looking over me after my accident," said the note, which Lott provided to The Associated Press. "It has to be the most reassuring thing in the world to have Mike Tyson telling people not to touch me." 
 
 Half the fruit in the basket had been consumed by Monday, Lott said, and the pistachios were a particularly popular item. 
 
 Chesley will need surgery but has since been released from the hospital, Stubbs said.
– A Las Vegas man injured in a motorcycle crash last week had to take a photo to make sure he wasn't hallucinating the person who came to his aid: Mike Tyson. Ryan Chesley tells TMZ that after a taxi cut him off on a freeway, sending him flying off his motorcycle, the boxer and three friends blocked off traffic, ordered bystanders not to touch him, and sat with him until paramedics arrived. The boxer spoke to the injured man softly to keep him from going into shock, Chesley's lawyer says, and when paramedics arrived, he "just left, like some kind of superhero." Chesley, who suffered injuries including broken bones, torn ligaments, and nerve damage, sent the boxer a note and a fruit basket to thank him, reports the AP. "It has to be the most reassuring thing in the world to have Mike Tyson telling people not to touch me," he wrote. "We asked if we could send chocolates, but his rep said no, he's a health nut," Chesley's lawyer tells the New York Daily News. "We sent him a fruit basket because he is into antioxidants." A rep for the boxer—who was last in the news for using vulgar language during an interview in Toronto earlier this month—confirmed that the thank-you note and basket had been received, and says Tyson especially enjoyed the pistachios.