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Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, billed as The Sound and the Fury and afterwards infamously referred to as The Bite Fight, was a professional boxing match contested between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson on June 28, 1997, for the WBA Heavyweight Championship. [1]
It wasn’t long before Tyson bit Holyfield on the ear a second time and the fight was halted for good. Was Tyson biting Holyfield payback for the headbutts? The Fact: As reported on ESPN, after ...
However, a controversial ending to the fight, which Tyson won by technical knockout, led to an immediate rematch and further delayed the showdown between Tyson and Holyfield. After Tyson won decisively, a fight was signed for November 18, 1991. An injury and Tyson's subsequent conviction for rape in 1992 indefinitely shelved the fight, as Tyson ...
The second Tyson-Holyfield fight would become one of the most infamous moments in American sports history. Tyson bit Holyfield's ear in the third round and was disqualified.
Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997 (Sky Sports/PA handout) ... “Boxing has changed tremendously, and I’m changing it more so by doing this fight,” says ...
Referee Mills Lane deducted two points from Tyson and the fight resumed. However, after the match resumed, Tyson bit him again, resulting in his disqualification, and Holyfield won the match. The first bite was severe enough to remove a piece of Holyfield's right ear, which was found on the ring floor after the fight. [99]
Tyson might just have a tendency to put soft, fleshy, ear-like substances in his mouth and bite down. As he said after the fight, sometimes fighters get caught up in the moment and aren't thinking ...
That was the Mike Tyson who bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear and spit it on the canvas, who intentionally headbutt his last opponent, Kevin McBride, and who registered 44 knockouts ...