‘Mike Bites’ come 25 years after the boxer’s infamous bite-fight
Boxer Mike Tyson has launched a new range of cannabis edibles shaped like ears – a nod to the now-infamous moment where he bit off a chunk of fellow-fighter Evander Holyfield’s ear during a championship bout.
There are many moments that have made Mike Tyson famous. The moment he became the youngest heavyweight champion in history (aged 20), the less inspiring moment he got a huge face tattoo and of course, the moment he bit a chunk of someone’s ear off.
It was back in 1997 that the incident took place. Tyson was fighting Holyfield in a heavyweight rematch, and decided to bite his rival’s ear in the third round – not once, but twice. Unsurprisingly, this led to Tyson getting disqualified – taking himself and a chunk of Holyfield’s ear out of the game, along with a whopping $3m fine. Not ideal.
Now, almost 25 years later, Tyson is hungry again. This time, for edibles.
Holy ears! They’re finally here! Go get your Mike Bites now 👂😤 pic.twitter.com/BCbXcdYcra
— TYSON 2.0 (@itstyson20) March 15, 2022
Yes, Tyson’s cannabis brand, Tyson 2.0, has just launched a new range of edibles in the shape of ears.
The sweets, called ‘Mike Bites’, come in a sugary red colour, with a chunk missing from the top of the cartilage in the same spot where Tyson took a piece out of Holyfield’s ear.
These ears actually taste good!
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) March 15, 2022
Throwing even more shade, the bitey boxer took to Twitter to claim that “these ears actually taste good!”. He really has taken ‘munchies’ to a whole new level…
Despite Tyson’s clear digs at Holyfield, it seems the pair have put their differences aside since ‘The Bite Fight’.
In a 2019 episode of the podcast ‘Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson’, Holyfield said he “forgave” Tyson. It was here where Tyson first pitched an ear-shaped candy to him.
Tyson said: “You might be in business because we’re going to make some ‘holy ears’. Edible ears that got a bit taken out of them. Holy ears.”
Former co-host Eben Britton joked about taking a mold of Holyfield’s ear.
“Well, I could do that,” he replied.
Related links:
- Mike Tyson breaks silence on reports of £36m Jake Paul fight ‘agreement’
- Mike Tyson reveals amount of money it would take for him to fight one of the Paul brothers
- Paul brothers made more PPV sales than any other boxer in 2021
