Furious Tyson 'wanted to kill' Holyfield

[ThatOne]

Mike Tyson has revealed he "wanted to kill" Evander Holyfield during their 1997 bout after a head-butt from his opponent left him "furious".
Tyson was disqualified for biting a chunk out of Holyfield's ear during the infamous world title fight in Las Vegas, claiming he was acting in retaliation to head-butting from his fellow American.
In his autobiography Undisputed Truth, which is being serialised in Sydney's Daily Telegraph, Tyson admits he lost his composure in the ring as he was hell bent on getting revenge.
"I just wanted to kill him," Tyson wrote. "Anybody watching could see that the head butts were so overt. I was furious, I was an undisciplined soldier and I lost my composure. So I bit him in the ear.
"People were pulling me and blocking me and [Holyfield] was standing in his corner, huddled up ... I was still trying to get at him [after being disqualified]. I had 50 people on me and I was still fighting the cops."
Tyson also divulged the public outcry in response to his actions against Holyfield, stating the fallout continued at the MGM Grand long after the fight had been ended.
"Someone even threw a fish head onto my property." Tyson said. "They kept it up until some of my security guys shot some BBs in their direction.
"After a while, I smoked some weed and drank some liquor and went to sleep. Back at the MGM Grand, people were fighting one another in the casino, being sent to the hospital."

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[man]

i watched it again. i did not see any intentional
head butting by evander, but i only saw a bullied
bully.

[raylawpc]

He didn't kill him; instead, he chose to merely maim him . . .

[ThatOne]

i watched it again. i did not see any intentional
head butting by evander, but i only saw a bullied
bully.

1) Part of it was Holy's style
2) I never got the intentional head butt thing. You can hurt your own head in the butting.
3) Maybe we need to look at Tyson as he was; as a great but not invincible fighter who was susceptible to fighters with certain styles.

[BoxBuzz]

Hmm If it is the top of your head vs your opponents face.....in that case there is an advantage to the "noseless and eyeless" portion of the noggin.

[gilgamesh]

Hmm If it is the top of your head vs your opponents face.....in that case there is an advantage to the "noseless and eyeless" portion of the noggin.

Definitely

I have all the respect in the world for Evander Holyfield, but I do definitely feel he was a fighter who mastered the "accidental headbutt" and used it repeatedly.

[p4p1]

Hmm If it is the top of your head vs your opponents face.....in that case there is an advantage to the "noseless and eyeless" portion of the noggin.

Definitely

I have all the respect in the world for Evander Holyfield, but I do definitely feel he was a fighter who mastered the "accidental headbutt" and used it repeatedly.

Never a truer word spoken, it always surprised me that he never seemed to get caught for it even though everyone knew about it.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Evander absolutely used his head in fights. Oddly, the biggest butt in the first fight was initiated by Tyson.

[raylawpc]

Evander absolutely used his head in fights. Oddly, the biggest butt in the first fight was initiated by Tyson.

Tyson was always a bigger butt than most of his opponents, but in this case one assumes you mean "head butt."

[BoxBuzz]

Head Butt? Is that like the "Chief Butt in charge"?