The biggest nightmare in Mike Tyson's legendary career

The biggest nightmare in Mike Tyson's legendary career

Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are two of the biggest names in boxing. You've probably all read about the incident where Tyson bit off his opponent's ear. This is Evander during their second fight in the professional ring in 1997. In search of new world titles, the two formed one of the greatest rivalries in boxing history after two memorable fights.

Until the month of November 1996, Mike Tyson was almost perfect. For 46 matches in the professional ring, Zheleznia has 45 victories. His only defeat came 6 years earlier to Buster Douglas when Tyson was knocked out in the 10th round. In most of the remaining 45 games, Mike is emphatic. Regular knockouts in the first round and a total of 12 world title fights won. "The Baddest Man on the Planet" is at the peak of fame and awaits the upcoming match with Evander Holyfield as champion. Challenger has more shaky stats. 31 wins and 3 losses doesn't sound bad at all, but all the losses have come in the last 7 games and Holyfield looks shaky. A harmful quality when the opponent is Mike Tyson.

Their 1996 clash in Las Vegas marked a period after which Mike would never be the same. In the first match, the situation in the ring goes to a full 12 rounds. But 37 seconds before the end of the 11th, Tyson is on the floor, and the referee is counting the knockout. The Iron Man lost his world title and Evander Holyfield won it again after 1993.

Less than a year later, it's time for a rematch. Back in Las Vegas and back for the WBA world title. The match begins and everyone expects a spectacle. They get it in the third round, but with an unthinkable ending. Tyson was disqualified for biting his opponent, who lost part of his ear.

This series of consecutive defeats turned out to be a turning point in Mike Tyson's career. For understandable reasons, he was absent from the professional ring for almost 2 years. By the end of his career, the Ironman was well below his usual level. He played 10 more games but won only half. A standard far below his usual. He was also involved in another scandal in 2000. Then he initially defeated Andrew Golota, but then he admitted to using cannabis before the match and the victory was officially taken away from him. A few years earlier, his fight with Orlin Norris ended without a winner after his opponent was injured by an illegal punch from Tyson. In other matches, the legendary American conceded defeats to Lennox Lewis, Danny Williams and Kevin McBride.

After such a series of wavering results, Mike makes the most logical decision. After 58 matches in the professional ring, he ends his career. His stats probably would have been much better and his career longer had it not been for Evander Holyfield. In 1996 and 1997, Tyson lost two matches to his compatriot, and after them he looked like a different person in the ring. Thus, Holyfield becomes his nightmare, which turns out to be reality.

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