GLASGOW, Scotland -- British boxing officials will investigate Mike Tyson's 38-second victory over Lou Savarese and taunting remarks he made afterward against heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

The British Boxing Board of Control announced the inquiry Monday, and the referee in the bout said he believed Tyson would face some action for continuing to hit Savarese after the fight was stopped.

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"I am quite sure there will be some sanction or other, but that is up to the board when my report, and other reports, go in," said referee John Coyle, who was knocked down as Tyson went after Savarese in a corner after the fight ended.

Simon Block, the board's secretary, said his group intends to review the Saturday night bout and a post-fight interview in which Tyson said of Lewis: "I want your heart. I want to eat your children."

"We want to have a look at all the reports surrounding what happened, before, during and after the fight, including that of the referee and the other officials," Block said. "I do not want to prejudice the case but we would expect everyone we contact to help us with our inquiry and ensure the findings are correct."

Tyson floored Savarese with a left hook to the side of the head only 12 seconds into the fight. The 6-foot-5 Savarese, who will be 35 on July 14, got up at a count of five and was hit by four or five more punches.

Coyle stepped between the two fighters and stopped the bout.

But Tyson went around the referee and hit Savarese twice. He also hit Coyle, who fell as he was elbowed aside but quickly got up and pushed Tyson away as cornermen charged into the ring.

"I didn't take a full shot. I think if I had I would still be in hospital," the referee said. "He was trying to get at Savarese from behind me after I had stopped the contest in his favor.

"Why that should be, I don't know, but who can figure this guy out? The fight was already over."

It was unclear what actions the British board could take against Tyson. The board has final say over all boxing issues in Britain, including licensing bouts.

Coyle said that he was unable to disqualify Tyson for continuing to fight because the bout was officially finished.

"After Savarese had gone down and taken the count, I waved the fight on to give him another chance and he stopped a volley of good shots which terminated with a good left hook to the head," Coyle said in an interview with BBC Radio 5.

"His hands dropped so he had no defense, I shouted 'Stop boxing,' jumped in and at that point the fight was over. Whatever happens after that ... you don't disqualify after a fight finishes.

"Tyson just wanted to keep fighting after he'd won the fight. It was quite strange, it was the first time I have ever had it."

Savarese said he feels Tyson benefited from his reputation.

"As a fighter, we have rules and you're supposed to follow them. What's good for one fighter should be for the other fighter," Savarese told KRIV-TV in Houston on Monday. "The ref's judgment was jaded because he got hit by Mike Tyson. Tyson punched him. If that was anybody else besides Tyson, the fight would have been disqualified and the other guy would have been declared the winner absolutely, but Tyson has a lot of leeway they give him.

"You don't ever question the referee, but this time you have to because his judgment was jaded when he got hit."

It was Tyson's third-quickest victory and seventh in less than one minute. He knocked out Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds in 1986 and he beat Robert Colay in 37 seconds in 1985.

"I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever," Tyson said. "I am Sonny Liston and Jack Dempsey. There is no one who can match me."

A match with Lewis is Tyson's goal, and his harshest words were saved for the British champion.

Tyson said when he does fight Lewis, "I will rip out his heart and feed it to him."

But Tyson also said before leaving the ring, "I am not ready for Lennox Lewis. Of course, he wants me right now. I am not ready yet. I need more training. I am rusty."