A post of NewyorkTimes of 1997 describe the fact. To read that interesting article follow below link.
Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion, was bleeding profusely from his right eye after a head butt in the second round, and his response was to literally try to rip off Evander Holyfield's ears with his teeth in the third round.
Two points were deducted after the first bite of Holyfield's right ear, and a bloodied Holyfield turned his back on Tyson and howled in pain with 33 seconds left in the round. The referee, Mills Lane -- anointed referee only 24 hours before -- then disqualified Tyson after he bit the other ear in the final 10 seconds of the third round.
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