if tyson did not bite evander holyfeilds ear, how would the 2nd fight have ended?

Holyfield stops him again, probably sooner than the first fight. Holyfield started better than in the first fight and nothing in either fight suggests that Tyson could beat him at that point in his career.

 

Evander would have won Mike just wasnt willing to dig down and get into it

 

evander had mikeys number....my mate is a good boxer and huge ttson fan, even reckons tyson would beat ali etc..etc....but even he admits holy just had mikeys number...always did, always will...2nd fight ends same way as the first without the biting....tyson has some success but starts to accept the loss and is slowly beaten down before being stopped....

 

OK, lets reverse, throw Holy in the slammer for four with no boxing training whatsosever , have him fight a handful of rounds against handpicked mediocre opposition and then have him face a slightly declining but nevertheless ACTIVE Tyson.

Your argument would stop right there, ACTIVE, no fighter no matter how naturally gifted or talented will regain the same form (especially timing) after years of layoff with no practise due to incarceration. Fact. One would be lucky to get 60 % back.

So, your statement of always will, has , would etc does not hold a lot of water due the aforementioned circumstances.

 

good point, but I think Holyfield is actually a bad style matchup for mike. I dunno who would win prime for prime ,but I probably wouldnt' bet against tyson.

Anyway, back on topic - the answer to this question is really none of the above, because had tyson not bitten holyfield, the fight would've ended in some other type of disqualification, because mike was pissed off. He would of done something else. Holyfield had been headbutting him for 2 fights straight , resulting in a cut for the second time in a row. That's gotta make someone a little angry. I don't think I'd bite anyone for it, but seriously, the facts are what they are.

 

i truly believe holyfield would have beaten a prime tyson.....im not knocking mikey boy, im a huge fan, but i just think holy's attributes, huge heart, great chin, workrate, desire, ability to brawl when he has to, constant pressure, is a stylisitic nightmare for tyson....ie, he has his number......but again, its one of those who wins, ali or benn grim type queastions..it never happened so we will never know.....