# That Incident in Pro Boxing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599 "2008-07-24T11:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/1 "2008-07-24T11:06:49Z")
What was the name of that famous boxer that bit an opponent’s ear? And, whose ear was it? (Van Gogh?). As a professional, he should have known how risky a move that was… :rolleyes: …who knows where that ear has been! 😃 (Was it washed?) ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/2 "2008-07-24T11:20:54Z")
Mike Tyson. The video is [here](http://www.guzer.com/videos/tyson_bite.php) ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/3 "2008-07-24T11:43:34Z")
The bite-ee was Evander Holyfield. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/4 "2008-07-24T11:48:09Z")
Too late. I wanted to say Bite Tyson vs Earvander Holyfield. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/5 "2008-07-24T11:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Too late. I wanted to say Bite Tyson vs Earvander Holyfield. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty funny. Yours? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/6 "2008-07-24T11:55:09Z")
As far as I know. Hang on I’ll google it. Comes up with some chocolate Earvander-Tyson Bites so pointless claiming it. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/7 "2008-07-24T12:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] As far as I know. Hang on I’ll google it. Comes up with some chocolate Earvander-Tyson Bites so pointless claiming it. [/QUOTE] [golf clap] ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/8 "2008-07-24T12:59:12Z")
A champ, a chump, and a chomp. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/9 "2008-07-24T13:40:09Z")
^Only Howard Cosell himself coulda done better than you two. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-incident-in-pro-boxing/457599/10 "2008-07-24T16:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] What was the name of that famous boxer that bit an opponent’s ear? And, whose ear was it? (Van Gogh?). As a professional, he should have known how risky a move that was… :rolleyes: …who knows where that ear has been! 😃 (Was it washed?) [/QUOTE] Risk had nothing to do with it, and wouldn’t have occurred to Tyson at that stage of his decline. The guy was a mental case.