Tyson vs Holyfield II

[boxingbantz]

That last burst of Tyson was more desperation and one last hurrah. It looked excellent and a prime Tyson would have done that from round 1 and stopped Holyfield, particularly those body shots. Holyfield knew that he just had to ride the storm and that Tyson's burst would not last. Still it was good all the same.

If some one head buts you in boxing you do likewise, same with puches below the b elt but never should you bite the ear of an opponent.

Or if someone punches another boxer below the belt, you do it to when you fight them. See Cotto vs Judah who obviously took exception to Judah's 'low blow' against Mayweather.

[Kirkland Laing]

Tyson knew exactly what he was doing. He knew he was going to lose so the best thing he could do in the circumstances in terms of creating enough controversy over the fight to make people want to watch him again was to bite Holyfield. If he'd just lost the fight it'd have serioulsy dented his PPVability and people would have been saying he was finished. Biting Holyfield's ear gave him the opportunity of at least one more massive payday.

[J_Undisputed]

Tyson knew he was going to lose as many of you have already said. He just didn't want to go out on his back. The man was petrified and became the stereotypical cornered animal. Believe it or not, he was always this way on the inside.
The words from Lott and Atlas are revelations of something they always saw and always knew about Mike. The intimidation factor he had in his prime was the result of his skills contributing to his confidence. He had people he trusted around him, he had the skills to take a guy out early and not really get hit. Those were ideal situations for him. The quicker he took a guy out, the quicker he could remove himself from that kind of high pressure situation. Its when he lost his mentor, his friends and the people around him that he he was unable to deal with the pressure because they followed him out of the ring and started to collect.
Biting Holyfield was an attempt at getting that intimidation back or a way of leaving the ring without getting pummeled. Its a win / win situation for Mike. Holyfield gets thrown off his game by anger or fear and Mike stands a chance of winning.... or Mike gets disqualified and leaves the ring with his pride intact.
Doesn't look all that uncommon when you consider the number of fighters that have done these kind of bizarre things. Golota... Judah...Cintron..