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2.1.3. 18+ DID YOU MISS THE TREND? SEE ALL 400 V!D£0 CLIPS, $£X T4P£ OF Equatorial Guinea Baltasar Ebang Engonga.If you stayed up to watch Paul vs Tyson then you may have witnessed Mike Tyson chomping down on something in the ring. Tyson and Paul finally went head-to-head at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, with the fight being streamed on Netflix. The 27-year-old beat the 58-year-old by way of a unanimous decision having gone the distance – after the first two rounds Tyson blew out of steam, which is what you expect to happen when someone nearing 60 takes to the ring. ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ↔️
I say expect but Drake clearly didn’t see it that way having backed Tyson to win – putting $355,000,000 on the result.
So, let’s get into the biting.
Just days before the fight Paul trolled Tyson by wearing a spiky diamond-encrusted ear cover which cost $100,000, yeah that’s a lot for a joke – the YouTuber-turned-boxer even trolled the former two-time world champion during his ring walk.
During the pre-fight conference he joked about his ear cover to the crowd, saying: “I’m not getting my s*** bit off.”
The joke is in reference to the infamous 1997 heavyweight rematch between legendary boxers Evander Holyfield and Tyson.
Jake Paul dons a $100,000 diamond-encrusted ear cover at a press conference before his bout against Mike Tyson (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Jake Paul dons a $100,000 diamond-encrusted ear cover at a press conference before his bout against Mike Tyson (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
This was back in ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’s’ prime – and he was seeking revenge as Holyfield beat him the year before in the 11th-round by TKO.
During the rematch, which is now dubbed ‘The Bite Fight’, Tyson was disqualified just three rounds in at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, after he bit the top of Holyfield’s ear off and spat it out.
‘Iron Mike’ later explained his reasoning for doing so was in response to Holyfield head-butting him, while Holyfield claimed he did it so that he’d be disqualified so he wouldn’t lose by knockout.
If someone bit part of your ear off you’d probably never speak to them again, but Holyfield explained how it only took him ‘five minutes’ to forgive Tyson – who at the time lost his boxing license and was fined $3 million.
Referee Lane Mills steps in as Evander Holyfield reacts after Mike Tyson bit his ear in the third round of their WBA heavyweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, 1997 (JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)
Referee Lane Mills steps in as Evander Holyfield reacts after Mike Tyson bit his ear in the third round of their WBA heavyweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, 1997 (JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)
Now, Tyson has been caught biting in the ring again but fortunately for Paul, and everyone watching, it was his own bocing glove that took a biting.
Asked by a reporter post-fight: “The broadcast team were debating what you were doing with the glove, was it a mouthpiece issue or were you biting on your glove, what was that can you tell us?”
Hilariously, Tyson replied: “I have a habit of biting my gloves when I fight yes.”
The reporter quizzed him: “Why do you do that?”
Again, the former champ in epic style replied: “Erm, I have a biting fixation.”
Yes we know all about that Mike!...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ↔️
