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What happened to the ear piece? 25 years since the famous match between Tyson and Holyfield (Video)

2022-06-29 14:39:33Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What happened to the ear piece? 25 years since the famous match between Tyson
Tyson and Holyfield

This June 28 marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most unusual and iconic moments in the history of boxing and sports in general, the bite of Mike Tyson on the ear of Evander Holyfield in their return match.

Tyson lost to Buster Douglas on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. In 1992 he went to jail on charges of rape by Desiree Washington, in 1995 he was released and in 1996 he suffered his second loss in professional boxing. Evander Holyfield threw KO in the 11th round on Nov. 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The return match was agreed for June 28, 1997, the scenario would be the same, but this time the anger and thirst for revenge that Mike Tyson had dominated.

As in the first fight, Holyfield dominated the match, he was better than a "tired" Tyson, Mike did not last long and in an unusual event in the history of boxing and sports, he bit the opponent's ear.

In one stroke, "Iron Mike" withdrew all his despair and bit a part of Holyfield's ear, which in disbelief complained to Judge Mills Lane, who checked it out and decided to disqualify Mike Tyson to the public surprise. who did not know what was happening. Only when the arena screen appeared in slow motion when Tyson bit Holyfield did fans understand the whole situation.

Tyson was killed for life, suspended and not to face again until 1999. Holyfield held the full title of World Boxing Association but lost part of his ear. the match went down in history as the "Bite War".

Undoubtedly this event will be remembered throughout the history of boxing, a chapter that no one will forget in the career of Mike Tyson, for which he is still criticized today.

But the question is, what happened to Holyfield's ear piece? According to some media reports, former boxer and his then physical trainer Tim Hallmark said she was lost in the ambulance in which Evander was being transported by MGM to the hospital.


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