“It Tastes Horrible”: Mike Tyson Makes a Confession to Wiz Khalifa About Evander Holyfield’s Ear

The rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson is one of the most talked about boxing fights in the sport’s history for all the wrong reasons. Mike Tyson sent shockwaves throughout the boxing world when he did the unthinkable and bit off Holyfield’s ear. This moment made the fight one of the most controversial ones in the sport, resulting in Tyson being stripped of his boxing license.

For anyone curious to know what a human ear tastes like, Tyson recently gave his experience after chewing on Holyfield’s ear. In a recent episode of his podcast Hotboxin’, Tyson gave his guest Wiz Khalifa an insight on the taste of Holyfield’s ear.

Mike Tyson talks about how Evander Holyfield’s ear tasted

The boxing world has always wondered how it would’ve been to be ‘Iron’ Mike at the time he bit off Holyfield’s ear. Mike Tyson sat down with Wiz Khalifa and DJ Whoo Kid and opened up on this incident.

Mike Tyson offered the American rapper his brand’s cannabis eatable named ‘Mike Bites.’ Notably, the product is shaped like bitten ears, symbolizing the controversial incident between Tyson and Holyfield. And the immaculacy of the eatable was a shock for the rapper, and the others told him that it was Holyfield’s ear. He then asked Tyson about his experience. The two had a small conversation about the size of Evander Holyfield’s ears.

Tyson said, “It tastes horrible,” talking about Holyfield’s ears. Khalifa confirmed with Tyson, which ear he was talking about, Holyfiel’s real ear or ‘Mike Bites.’ Despite being the most feared boxers of his time, the two had a fair conversation on this rather odd topic.

Why did Mike Tyson bite Evander Holyfield’s ear?

On June 28th, 1997, Mike Tyson went berserk and bit his opponent’s ear. But, that incident questioned the intention of the former champ and the reason why he did it. The fans at the time believed that it was because Tyson was losing the fight. But, the 56-year-old has cleared the air around one of the most infamous moments in the sport’s history.

In a clip from his podcast episode, Tyson was asked about the reason he bit Holyfield. He responded, “At that moment, Am gonna fucking die. And, it was on.” Tyson thought he went too extreme at the moment to be able to do what he did. He claimed that he would have bit anything off Holyfield’s body.

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