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Lewis and Holyfield discuss being bitten by Tyson

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
Ex-champs tell all to Piers Morgan

Heavyweight legends Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis have spoken out on their respective run-ins with one-time ‘Baddest man on the Planet’ Mike Tyson as both were the victims of infamous bites by the boxer-turned Broadway star.

Holyfield, 49, and 46 year-old Lewis, who themselves shared the ring twice in 1999, told interviewer Piers Morgan on his CNN show from the Olympic Park in London of being on the end of the youngest ever world heavyweight champion’s extraordinary antics.

‘The Real Deal’ came off decidedly worse than Lewis as the four-time world heavyweight king lost the top of his ear in the aptly-named ‘Bite fight’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1997.

"He snagged a piece of it, and it kind of went under the gum, and he spit it out," Holyfield told Morgan on the show.

"I was shocked. Out of all the things that could have happened, I never would have thought that would have happened."

Lewis then remembered the shocking incident himself, having watched the drama unfold: "I was horrified. I was like, 'you know we're gladiators, man. We don't bite,” he said.

The London-born fighter then recalled his own chomping experience as the two champions clashed at their post-fight announcement in January 2002.

"It was a press conference in New York, and he came walking over to me. And my security stopped him, he threw a punch at my security, and then I hit him. And then all of a sudden he dove at my legs," explained Lewis.

"I was feeling pain, and I was pushing down on the pain, and I see Mike Tyson looking up at me."

Tyson, 46, who has since cleaned up his act, is currently starring on Broadway with his one-man show ‘The Undisputed Truth’ and is already on board for a third instalment of the hit movie franchise ‘The Hangover’ due for release next year.

Click here to see the full interview with Lewis, Holyfield and Morgan: piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com

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