Boxing match between Mike
Tyson and Evander Holyfield on
June 28, 1997, in which Tyson
bit off a portion of
Holyfield's ear.The fight was
billed as 'Holyfield-Tyson II,
The Sound And The Fury'. The
fight began with Holyfield
dominating the smaller Tyson
but doing no real damage.
Tyson seemed slow in the first
two rounds and l
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Boxing match between Mike
Tyson and Evander Holyfield on
June 28, 1997, in which Tyson
bit off a portion of
Holyfield's ear.The fight was
billed as 'Holyfield-Tyson II,
The Sound And The Fury'. The
fight began with Holyfield
dominating the smaller Tyson
but doing no real damage.
Tyson seemed slow in the first
two rounds and lost both.In
addition, Holyfield was
headbutting Tyson above his
right eye, and by the
beginning of the third round
had swelled the eye to
grotesque proportions. Tyson
complained to Mills Lane about
the butting (which was also a
problem in their first fight,
which Holyfield won by TKO in
the 11th round), but Lane
ruled the butts
unintentional.At one point in
the third round, Tyson and
Holyfield were clenched, with
Tyson holding Holyfield's arms
at his sides. Then, out of
nowhere, Tyson sought out
Holyfield's right ear and bit
it hard, causing Holyfield to
yelp in pain and jump away.
Tyson had actually bit part of
the ear off, and spat it
across the ring shortly
thereafter.Referee Mills Lane
called time and examined
Holyfield. Meanwhile, Tyson
went to his corner and waited.
After seeing the damage Tyson
had caused, he went to
ringside and told Nevada state
athletic commissioner Bruce
Ratner that he was going to
disqualify Tyson immediately.
However, Lane stopped himself
and checked with ringside
doctor Flip Homansky, who
assured him that Holyfield
could continue the fight. With
that bit of information, Lane
deducted two points from Tyson
for the bite, and ordered the
fight to continue.After a few
more seconds, Tyson sought out
Holyfield's left ear and bit
it, though not with as much
force as the other ear. Lane
immediately disqualified
Tyson, who went ballistic in
the ring, fighting off anyone
who tried to control him. He
even went as far as to shove
Holyfield from behind,
touching off a melee that the
police had to be called in to
control.As a result of this
and other behavior, Tyson was
banned from boxing for one
year and fined $3 million for
biting Evander Holyfield on
both ears. It also shocked the
16,000 people at ringside and
the millions watching. Tyson's
excuse was that Holyfield was
headbutting and Tyson was
retaliating. One of Tyson's
former trainers, Teddy Atlas
had actually predicted before
the fight that Tyson would
deliberately get himself
disqualified.

Category Sports

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