15 Years After The Whole Ear-Biting Thing, Mike Tyson And Evander Holyfield Love Each Other

by Matt Rudnitsky | 1:11 pm, June 29th, 2012

Yesterday was the 15-year anniversary of Mike Tyson biting a chunk out of each of Evander Holyfield’s ears in their heavily-anticipated, $100 million boxing match. Tyson, who seems to be slightly less crazy and now has his own one-man Broadway show, remembered. And according to Twitter, all is forgiven and the two are buddy-buddy.

@MikeTyson @WBCBoxing as I recall u bit both of my ears….other 1 wasn’t marinated n my RealDealBBQ sauce. LOL! It’s all good bro!

— Evander Holyfield (@holyfield) June 29, 2012

Good for them; I’m not sure I’d get over it so easily. And nice self-promotion by Holyfield; I’m really curious as to how good this “Real Deal BBQ” sauce is. Is Real Deal really the real deal? I mean, his joke doesn’t really make sense, but it still got me thinking. Could make for a good marketing slogan too: “Real Deal BBQ… so good, it’ll even makes your ear taste good!” They could have commercials of people enjoying disgusting, inedible things slathered with his BBQ sauce. BBQ headphones, delicious! BBQ nails, exquisite! BBQ barbed wire, a new delicacy!

Also, if these two guys can make up, there’s hope for everyone. What’s next? Israel and Palestine? North and South Korea? Sonics fans and Oklahoma City?

And be sure to watch the Fight Night Round 4 reenactment of the ear incident: