Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, billed as "The Sound and the Fury" and afterwards infamously referred to as "The Bite Fight", was a professional boxing match contested on June 28, 1997 for the WBA Heavyweight Championship. It achieved notoriety as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history, after Tyson bit off part of Holyfield's ear. Tyson was disqualified from the match and lost his boxing license, though it was later reinstated. The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The referee officiating the fight was
Mike Tyson to his rape conviction. Tyson is played by Michael Jai White. Published in 2007, author Joe Layden's book "The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever", chronicled the lives of Tyson and Douglas before and after their heavyweight championship fight. In 2008, the documentary "Tyson" premiered at the annual Cannes Film Festival in France. He is the titular character in "Mike Tyson Mysteries", which started airing on October 27, 2014 on Adult Swim. In the show, Tyson voices a fictionalized version of himself. In 2016, Tyson starred in the documentary