Did you buy into the idea that Tyson bit Holyfield's ear......

[KananKrus]

I don't buy that Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear because it was an easy way out of a beating he knew he couldn't get out of... I don't buy that hogwash!

If memory serves right, what was remarkable was how inefficient a referee in the caliber of a Judge, Mills Lane, if I remember correctly, have missed those blatantly and inexplicably repetitive head butting on 'Iron' Mike.

It was weird; most Tyson fans felt that there was a disparity in the level of officiating that was on display that night. Inexplicably too, the violations went on all night and only put to a halt once Tyson took it upon himself and taken steps to deliver the very first vicious thought that entered his mind... probably rationalized it as such as an act of self preservation towards someone administering a foul laden beating on him WITH THE BLESSING FROM THE REFEREE!
Several attempts were actually made by Mike to bring the arbitrator's attention to the infractions, but to no avail. Clearly, the chomping of Holyfield's ear was a frustration move on the part of Mike Tyson. I remember in his loss the first time to Evander, he likewise attributed it later to the successive and unopposed head butting that he experienced. So by this, clearly in his mind, he would not have allowed the same infraction to cost him a victory. Kind of a fool me once... but not fool me twice kind of a scenario.

I don't buy into that HOGWASH one bit!