Pada pertandingan mereka 1997, pertandingan kedua antara kedua petinju itu, Tyson, kini berusia 41 tahun, menggigit Holyfield, sekarang 45 tahun, dua kali sehingga telinganya lepas.
In their 1997 fight, the second between the two boxers, Tyson, now 41, bit Holyfield, now 45, twice and ripped off a chunk of his ear, which he spat onto the canvas.