What Did Mike Tyson Do To Evander Holyfield. It achieved notoriety as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history after tyson bit off part of holyfield s ear. Tyson was visibly upset by the incident and later said it was the reason for the way he responded.
It achieved notoriety as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history after tyson bit off part of holyfield s ear. Mike tyson ii billed as the sound and the fury and afterwards infamously referred to as the bite fight or the bite of 97 was a professional boxing match contested on june 28 1997 for the wba heavyweight championship. The bout was tyson s first defense of the wba title that he had won from bruce seldon on september 7 of that year.
Tyson was disqualified in their second fight on june 28 1997 for repeatedly.
With just under a minute remaining holyfield clinched tyson to minimize the attack. The fight was promoted by don king productions and carried on pay per. They fought one another in a rematch in 1997 with holyfield winning via dq. In the third round tyson came out the aggressor.
