Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson
- Episode aired Jun 28, 1997
- TV-14
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Steve Albert: [40 seconds left in round 3. Tyson bits Holyfield] What happened here?
Ferdie Pacheco: He got bit, I think
Steve Albert: Evander Holyfield, look out he's pushed right here above us Mike Tyson.
Ferdie Pacheco: He got bit in the ear
Steve Albert: [Albert outraged over Tyson's bite] Oh my goodness he's got a bloody right ear, Holyfield bit by a dirty Mike Tyson!
Bobby Czyz: I can't believe what I am see.
Ferdie Pacheco: [Referring to infamous Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II: Fan-Man incident] Well first we have a parachute dropped, now we have a heavyweight biter.
Steve Albert: Mike biting Holyfield in the right ear. What an reaction.
Bobby Czyz: Where did he get that on tape?
Ferdie Pacheco: But he's turned, that hurts like hell, but a certainly had a big bite and that's a dangerous bite.
Steve Albert: Oh disgusting tactics here by Mike Tyson. We understand 1 point has been deducted from Tyson for that vicious exhibition.
Ferdie Pacheco: And they could disqualify him with that taking a point that's for sure, oh here comes the
[Nevada State Athletic Commission]
Ferdie Pacheco: commissioner
[Marc Ratner]
Ferdie Pacheco: now, they gotta figure it out. He bit his ear and he's out.
[Pacheco echoes while Mills Lane tells Marc Ratner]
Bobby Czyz: Well this is the doctor and the Commissioner.
Mills Lane: He disqualified!
[Lane tells Ratner]
Mills Lane: He bit his ear! He's out! Disqualified, he bit his ear, I can see the bite! Well let me ask the doc,
[Flip Homansky]
Mills Lane: he bit his ear, can you go on?
[Homansky responds, Lane tells Holyfield]
Mills Lane: Gonna be 2 point deduction, the fight will go on. 2 point.
Steve Albert: Telling Marc Ratner, head of the Commission. Mills Lane is ready to stop the fight for Holyfield, overruled by Flip Homansky, the doctor said.
Bobby Czyz: Mills Lane, take charge, kind of guy, he's a judge. He take no-nonsense
Mills Lane: He, bullshit gonna cost him 2 points, 2 points, 2 points off here, he bit his ear, 2 points off. 2.
Steve Albert: Can you believe it.
Ferdie Pacheco: This is getting stranger and stranger, were getting strangest things for this.
Steve Albert: We go back to change of referees.
Bobby Czyz: I wonder how this would have played in Mitch Halpern's eyes
Ferdie Pacheco: That's a thought, Bobby, he got a big tough judge here.
Steve Albert: Major controversy here in Round 3! A very angry Evander Holyfield now, a left hook.
Bobby Czyz: You know it's funny, Mike has having his best
[Tyson bites Holyfield again, causing risk of disqualification]
Ferdie Pacheco: He bit him again!
Steve Albert: He bit him again! Mike Tyson has bitten Evander Holyfield for the 2nd time and it is all out war.
Ferdie Pacheco: I saw that one, that was right clear, it's a miracle he didn't get bit back.
Bobby Czyz: I'll tell you that, this is unbelievable.
[both fighters end round 3]
Ferdie Pacheco: Let's take 2 looks at that bite, now here's the bite, keep your eye on Mike, Mike as just see look at you, you can see it, you can see it, there it is!
Bobby Czyz: I can't believe what I am seeing fellas.
Ferdie Pacheco: Bobby, Bobby
Bobby Czyz: They're going in real slow motion, Mike gets in the headlock and look at this he just reaches in and bites him.
Steve Albert: It's, it's over! It's over! During that replay.
Mills Lane: That's it! He's gone!
Steve Albert: Mills Lane signaling that it's over I think they've just about had enough, Tyson showing desparation and biting Holyfield 2-times. Look out now, more fighting in the ring after the end of the fight, Tyson is trying to get at Holyfield again, I believe. It is complete bedlam in Tyson is getting swipes at anybody in front of him.
Ferdie Pacheco: [Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrived] The police are coming in by the squad and there's still fighting here.
Steve Albert: It's a fiasco in the ring. People are jumping above us, trying hold Tyson back.
Bobby Czyz: This is the most unbelievable spectacle I have ever seen, the 1st one is amazing feat, the 2nd one is disastrous.
Ferdie Pacheco: It's just impossible to conceive.
Steve Albert: Tyson's bodyguard fighting with the security, the crowd in stunned disbelief here.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland: Part 2 (1997)