EVANDER HOLYFIELD VS. MIKE TYSON II
Date / Location: June 28, 1997 / Las Vegas
Result of first fight: Holyfield TKO 11
Result of rematch: Holyfield DQ 3
Background: Holyfield was as much as a 25-1 underdog when, in November 1996, he stopped the still-formidable Tyson in 11 rounds in their first fight. The second fight was highly anticipated. Little did anyone know that they would witness one of the darkest moments in the history of the sport. Holyfield seemed to pick where he left in the first fight when Tyson, later claiming he was retaliating for intentional head butts, gnawed off a chunk of Holyfield’s right ear while they were in a clinch. Holyfield pulled away and leaped in the air in pain. Referee Mills Lane docked Tyson two points. So what does Iron Mike do then? He bites Holyfield’s left ear. Lane DQ’d Tyson at the end of the round. Tyson was fined and suspended. Holyfield eventually forgave him.