How come Holyfield was such a nice guy after getting his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson

[ACHlLLES]

I never got that, he stay civilized even after getting his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson. Does it show Holyfields true character as a person? And Idk, that is the fight that made my lose alot of my love for Tyson personally.

[cuzfozzy]

becoz he mad - lol

[warp1432]

Well Evander admitted to biting an oponnnet in the amateurs, so maybe he understood.

Or that "god helped him through the pain" Whatever Evander likes to spew on about

[mrpain81]

I can think of $33 million reasons.

[ACHlLLES]

Well Evander admitted to biting an oponnnet in the amateurs, so maybe he understood.

Was that on purpose though or unintentionally? I can see a boxer opening their mouth to gasp for air and at the wrong time their opponent comes in and they close their mouth by accident. But what Tyson did was so intentional it wasn't even funny atleast to the person getting his eye bitten off.

[KostyaTszyu44]

holyfield is a pretty nice guy, i think he felt sorry for mike

[Thwf]

I never got that, he stay civilized even after getting his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson. Does it show Holyfields true character as a person? And Idk, that is the fight that made my lose alot of my love for Tyson personally.

Holyfield was always a nice guy, he is a born-again christian, praisin God after every win, on tv. He just didn`t preach as often after his ears got bitten, maybe silently troubled after financial problems.

[warp1432]

Was that on purpose though or unintentionally? I can see a boxer opening their mouth to gasp for air and at the wrong time their opponent comes in and they close their mouth by accident. But what Tyson did was so intentional it wasn't even funny atleast to the person getting his eye bitten off.

Pretty sure it was intentional. I read it in The Ring's "The Bite Fight 10 years later" article

[miamijohn]

I never got that, he stay civilized even after getting his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson. Does it show Holyfields true character as a person? And Idk, that is the fight that made my lose alot of my love for Tyson personally.

because Jesus is in him with the Holy Spirit...or something like that.

[Hagler★]

because he knew he was bitten for a reason. If he had been bitten and was totally innocent, he would have been going nuts but because he knew he had been butting Tyson like a mad scotsman he realised there is no point going crazy, take the pious highroad and be cool