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The "bite fight" remains one of the most infamous moments in boxing. We look back at the fight between Tyson and Holyfield, 25 years later.
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After the loss, Tyson rebounded with four wins in 12 months to re-establish his standing and set up a match with heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield, but that fight wouldn’t happen for five years.
Holyfield vs. Tyson 2 was booked as the "Sound and the Fury" for May 3, 1997, but Tyson suffered a cut over his left eye in training that postponed the fight until June 28 that year.
Holyfield was one of three fighters Tyson would face on multiple occasions -- Donovan Ruddock and Frank Bruno were the others. Tyson went 2-0 vs. both Bruno and Ruddock but 0-2 against Holyfield.