{"id":29281,"date":"2013-05-29T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29281"},"modified":"2013-05-29T17:14:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:44:28","slug":"mike-tyson-boxing-news-the-bite-fight-tyson-holyfield-and-the-night-that-changed-boxing-forever-by-george-willis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29281","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson BOXING NEWS: The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night that Changed Boxing Forever by George Willis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29281 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29283\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"tysonbook\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tysonbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Months following the first brutal showdown between Holyfield and Tyson \u2013 the two are back at the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Evander \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d Holyfield had been an underdog in that first fight with the odds against him 25:1. \u201cIron\u201d Mike Tyson, the defending WBA heavyweight champion, had planned to capture a huge purse and move on to more riches. Instead, Holyfield demolished Tyson. No one could have predicted what happened in the rematch.<\/p>\n<p>An intimate look at the infamous disqualification of the \u201cBaddest Man on the Planet,\u201d The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night that Changed Boxing Forever (Triumph Books, June 2013) by George Willis, with a foreword by Mike Tyson, examines the sensational events surrounding the legendary clash. More than 100 interviews\u2014including with the famed fighters themselves\u2014offer a behind-the-scenes look at the bout\u2019s past and present. The Bite Fight is the untold story of one of the most shocking moments in the history of boxing, covering:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Willis includes anecdotes that give fans insights into these two men\u2019s personalities and mental states throughout their careers, on the night of the fight and in the years to follow \u2022<br \/>\n\u2022 Biographies of the two fighters, who had similar upbringings and were trained by personalities as intense as their own. \u2022<br \/>\n\u2022 Tyson and Holyfield\u2019s bids for Olympic Gold in the 1984 Games where the two met at training camp and sparred for the first time.\u2022<br \/>\n\u2022 Accounts from matches leading up to the historic fight, including Holyfield vs. Bowe and Tyson vs. Spinks.\u2022<br \/>\n\u2022 A detailed account of fight night, the near riot in the MGM Grand casino, what happened to Holyfield\u2019s chewed off ear and his own biting history.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the bout\u2019s 16-year anniversary in June 2013, Tyson and Holyfield are forever linked by the memorable fight. Generations recognize the bout as a landmark moment in both pop culture and sports history. The Bite Fight is a must-read look behind the scenes for all diehard boxing and sports fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author:George Willis is an award-winning sports columnist for the New York Post and a former journalist with the New York Times, Newsday, and the Commercial Appeal in Memphis. A native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, he lives in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newzbreaker.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19486\" title=\"NEWZBREAKER-BANNER\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NEWZBREAKER-BANNER.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Months following the first brutal showdown between Holyfield and Tyson \u2013 the two are back at the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Evander \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d Holyfield had been an underdog in that first fight with the odds against him 25:1. \u201cIron\u201d Mike Tyson, the defending WBA heavyweight champion, had planned to capture a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[97,105,2334,503,532],"class_list":["post-29281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-book","tag-boxing","tag-holyfield","tag-mike-tyson","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29281"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}