Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
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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 The strongest iron in history vs the strongest deal in today between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson on June 28, 1997, for the WBA Heavyweight Championship.[1] It achieved notoriety as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history after Tyson bit off a part of Holyfield's ear. Tyson was disqualified from the match and lost his boxing license, though it was later reinstated.
Date | June 28, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBA heavyweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Holyfield wins via 3rd-round disqualification |
The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The referee officiating the fight was Mills Lane, who was brought in as a late replacement when Tyson's camp protested the original selection of Mitch Halpern (who officiated the first fight) as the referee.[2]