DragonKing Dark: The night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear
My 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues on DragonKing Dark.
In 1997, one of the most bizarre moments in boxing, sports and pop culture took place when during the second Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield fight, Tyson viciously bit the ear of Holyfield not once, but twice.
Tyson earned himself a disqualification and tons of negative publicity.
This strange incident was a real black ear, err….eye, for boxing and stands as one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.
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Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.