Mike Tyson wanted to kill Evander Holyfield in infamous ear bite boxing match MIKE Tyson has lifted the lid on the fight that sealed his place in boxing infamy, saying he wanted to "kill" his ear-biting victim Evander Holyfield. This extract is from Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography by Mike Tyson. Holyfield and I were originally supposed to fight for the second time on May 3, 1997, but I got head-butted in training and the fight was postponed to June twenty-eighth. I was the challenger, so I had to enter the ring first. On my walk in we played a song by Tupac. People think that I would use gangster rap to solidify my image, but that wasn't the case. I was just listening to good music going in. The fight started and I was feeling pretty good. I was confident, my body felt good, my movement was fluid. I was pretty elusive, moving around, not throwing anything big, just boxing. Then Holyfield butted me again. It was obvious to anyone watching that Holyfield's tactic was to wait for me to throw a punch and then burrow in with his head. So the head butts were no accidents, they were a strategy. Referee Mills Lane stops the WBA heavyweight title fight at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas 28/06/97 between champion Evander Holyfield (R) and Mike Tyson, after Tyson bit Holyfield's ear. It got worse in the second round. I started winging some punches at Holyfield and he dove in again and, boom! A big gash opened up over my eye. I immediately turned to Mills Lane. He butted me! Lane didn't even say anything, but he ruled it an accident. Now Holyfield started looking at the cut on top of my eye. He was charging at me with his head. He was taller than me, so what was his head doing underneath my head? I was getting frustrated. When the third round began, I was furious. I was so anxious to start fighting that I left the corner without my mouthpiece, but Richie called me back and put it in. We started the round and I hit Holyfield with a couple of hard punches. The crowd started going crazy. They could feel that the fight had really shifted. And that's when he butted me again. Challenger Mike Tyson (L) bites the ear of WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in third round of title fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas 28/06/1997, resulting in his disqualification. I started feeling weary, like I was blacking out a little, but my anger and adrenaline jolted me back. I just wanted to kill him. Anybody watching could see that the head butts were so overt. I was furious, I was an undisciplined soldier and I lost my composure. So I bit him in the ear. People think that I spit my mouthpiece out to bite him, but I didn't. From that point on, I don't remember too much because I was so enraged. When I looked at the tape, I must have spit the piece of his earlobe on the canvas because I was pointing to it. It was, like, "Yeah, you take that." They actually found that piece after the fight and tried to sew it back on but it didn't take. Holyfield leapt up in the air in pain and then he turned to go to his corner, but I followed him and pushed him from behind. I wanted to kick him right in his groin, but I just pushed him. It was a street fight now. Referee Mills Lane (L) steps in as Evander Holyfield (R) 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, Nevada 28/06/2007. The doctor took a look at him and allowed him to continue and then Mills Lane took two points away from me, but in my mind, it didn't matter. They were all against me anyway. So the fight resumed and he butted me again. And the ref, of course, did nothing. So we clinched and I bit him again on the other ear, but we kept on fighting till the end of the round. Then all hell broke loose. Holyfield's corner complained to Mills Lane that I had bitten him again and Lane stopped the fight. I was too enraged to even hear the ring announcer say, "Referee Mills Lane has disqualified Mike Tyson for biting Evander Holyfield on both of his ears." Holyfield was in his corner. He didn't want any part of this shit, but I was still trying to get a hand on him. I wanted to destroy everything and everybody in his corner. People were pulling me and blocking me and he was standing in his corner, huddled up. Everyone was protecting him. He looked frightened. I was still trying to get at him. I had fifty people on me and I was still fighting the cops. Oh lord! They should have tased me. I vote for being tased that night. Evander Holyfield reacts after his ear was bitten by Tyson in third round of their WBA Heavyweight match 28/06/97 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Somehow they got me out of the ring. On the way back to the dressing room, someone tossed a full bottle of water at me and someone else gave me the finger. I climbed over the railing and tried to get at them, but my cornermen pulled me back. Then more people were throwing their sodas and beers on us. Anthony Pitts's $2500 tailor-made suit was ruined. Mills Lane was interviewed in the ring and he claimed that all the butting Holyfield had done was accidental. Holyfield was interviewed and he praised Mills Lane. I was still going crazy in the dressing room. I had my gloves on and I was punching the walls. [Trainer] John Horne went out to talk to Jim Gray, the Showtime announcer. All I know is that Mike got a cut over his eye three inches long and Evander got a little nip on his ear that don't mean nothing. He jumped around like a little bitch. The head-butting was going on so long. Come on, one head butt may be accidental, fifteen is not," John said. I barely remember being interviewed after the fight. My face was a grotesque mask, all cut up and swollen. I looked like a monster. Then I stormed off. We drove straight to my house where all the women were waiting. Referee Mills Lane checks the ear of WBA heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield after it was bitten by Mike Tyson. There were angry protestors outside my gates. People were blowing their horns and screaming, "Fixed fight!" and "Move out of the neighbourhood!" and someone even threw a fish head onto my property. They kept it up until some of my security guys shot some BBs in their direction. After a while, I smoked some weed and drank some liquor and went to sleep. Back at the MGM Grand, people were fighting one another in the casino, being sent to the hospital. Gaming tables were knocked over and people were grabbing the chips. They had to close it down. And then they looked at the surveillance videos and tracked down and arrested the people who stole the chips. It was mayhem. An edited extract from Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography by Mike Tyson. Published November 13, 2013 by HarperCollins Australia RRP: $29.99. Buy Undisputed Truth - My Autobiography by Mike Tyson for $24.95 including delivery. BUY YOUR COPY ONLINE HERE, call 1300 306 107 or post a cheque to Book Offers: P.O Box 14730 Melbourne Vic 8001. A close up of Evander Holyfield's ear after it was bitten by Mike Tyson in their heavyweight world championship fight. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson hugs fellow former champion Evander Holyfield during a promotional event for Holyfield's Real Deal barbecue sauce in Chicago this year.