What caused Tyson to bite Holyfields ear?

He had starved himself to get in fighting shape and he needed a lil snack.

 

I must say, she is quite a doll!

Tyson, while it is true he was getting fouled a bit, was a dirty fighter himself so karma & all that. I think that ring was the last place Tyson wanted to be and had to find a way out, just like Duran in the 2nd Leonard fight.

 

He was hungry and needed a quick, satisfying snack

 

I don't think any of us could ever be really sure, but this is what I always thought. Nicely put, John.

 

I have heard he used a canine heat inducer known as cheque drops before this fight, a steroid used by boxers and powerlifters to induce a flow state of aggression. It has a very short half life and is mostly known for focus alteration rather than a long term PED. It is very difficult to maintain an even keel on this drug and many people have lost their marbles using it.

 

"Food for thought," lol. NICE!!!

 

Ya Mike was never a shrinking violet when it came to the darker arts either.

 

He was smart to try and give Tyson a second chance, the fight was too big to stop after one bite.

 

Do your homework, in general mike is not considered a dirty fighter, just an aggressive one who would get dirty if that's what the opponent "deserved".

 

Does does this make Tyson a cannibal???

 

It wasn't a bite but Sweet Nothings, as Brenda Lee would sing. Ha Ha

 

You mean the guy who Lennox Lewis said showed him a bunch of ways to cheat and get away with it?

The guy who tried to break arms in the first round?

He’s as dirty as they come. Go watch the two Ruddock fights and you’ll run out of fingers on the warnings — hitting after the bell, low blows, elbows, head butts, etc — and you might run out of toes before it’s over.

Not to mention he committed the most egregious foul in our lifetimes in boxing by biting someone’s ear off.

Mike was a dirty fighter. To say he wasn’t is intellectually dishonest.

 

Man your right, all those first round knockouts were not due to his ability to punch, no, they were due to his ability to cheat. You are foolish to continue this line of questions, as most boxing greats and commentators disagree with you.

 

It was premeditated, he came out of the corner with no mouth piece in that round

 

Obviously, so we're Holyfields headbutts in the prior rounds.