Mike Tyson's Series Of Dark Events To Bite The Ears Of His Fists

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JAKARTA - June 28, 23 years ago, or 1997, heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson did something that could threaten his career. Tyson bit into the ear of his opponent, Evander Holyfield in the third round of the heavyweight rematch. The incident is a series of events that fill the dark period of Tyson's life.

After the attack, Tyson was disqualified from the match. He was also suspended from boxing matches for some time. Prior to that incident, Tyson had often been in trouble even from the early peak of his career.

Citing Histrory, Tyson's career took off after becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986 by defeating Trevor Berbick. At that time, he was 19 years old.

After 3 years at the peak of his career, Tyson began to take controversial actions. Erratic behavior. From being accused of committing acts of domestic violence against his wife Robin Givens, firing and suing his manager to breaking his hand. He also fired coach Kevin Rooney and replaced him with famous promoter Don King.

Tyson, who was considered invincible, began to lose focus on boxing and for the first time the heavyweight title was won by James "Buster" Douglas in 1990. After that defeat, problems came and went.

In 1991, Tyson stumbled on a case of allegedly raping Desiree Washington, a contestant from a beauty event in Indianapolis. He was sentenced to 3 years and 1 month in prison.

After prison

After being released Tyson regained his heavyweight belt title. Then he planned a fight with Evander Holyfield, the former heavyweight champion, who had a clean lifestyle, contrasting with Tyson's lifestyle.

Holyfield is considered the best opponent for him, after the number one opponent Lennox Lewis was rejected by Tyson. Holyfield actually retired in 1994, but the lure of a large fee, he finally agreed to fight with Tyson.

The match was held on November 9, 1996. Unexpectedly, Holyfield managed to beat the champion in the 11th round. The world of boxing was suddenly in an uproar at that time.

Today's 1997, Holyfield is back in the ring for a rematch with Tyson. He came stronger than his first match.

In the first half of the rematch match, Holyfield managed to hit Tyson's body with a meaningful blow. While Tyson failed several times to launch his attacks.

At the end of the round the crowd got even more boisterous, but this time Holyfield's name was sounding loud around the ring. Holyfield was even more above the clouds when he managed to land a blow on Tyson's head and injure his right eye.

In the third round, Tyson began to lose his temper. He spat out his mouth guard, bit Holyfield's right ear and then spat out. Even though Holyfield was injured, the match continued after being stopped for a moment.

However, Tyson bit back at Holyfield's other ear. In the last 10 seconds of the third round match, Tyson was then disqualified.

After that event, Tyson's life deteriorated. The climax was when he declared his bankruptcy because much of his money was spent taking care of his pets and funding his arrest case for possession of cocaine.