Evander Holyfield saw replays of Luis Suarez of Uruguay biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during their recent World Cup match and probably felt pain in his ear. It was 17 years ago on Saturday when Holyfield was bitten by Mike Tyson during the third round of the infamous rematch for the world heavyweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Holyfield thought it was a desperate move when Tyson bit him on June 28, 1997, and says Suarez likely bit Chiellini out of similar desperation and frustration.
"I felt, it was a situation where people get frustrated and they go back to what they got by with in the past," Holyfield said this week. "When I found out [Suarez] had bitten two other people and they didn't really do anything that made a difference, he probably felt he didn't really have to change. But by this being a world-wide situation it brought a lot of attention."
Tyson was suspended for one year after biting off a chunk the size of a thumbnail from Holyfield's left ear. FIFA announced on Monday Suarez has been banned for nine international matches and from all soccer activity for four months. Holyfield wasn't among those ready to ban Suarez for life. He understands the mentality having grown up biting his big brothers during his childhood. "As a kid, my brother would get me in a head lock and if I said, 'I give' and they wouldn't let me go, I'd bite the daylights out of them," he said.
Holyfield, whose last fight was a 10th-round TKO win over Brian Nelson in 2011, said he officially will announce his retirement when he is inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Aug. 9. Mentally, he retired long ago, saying at age 51, he enjoys getting paid for "talking" these days instead of taking punches.
Holyfield was in Manhattan on Thursday to announce his partnership with Dynasty Boxing headed by Dino Duva and the sons of referee Mills Lane, Terry and Tommy Lane. Holyfield will be a special advisor to Chinese heavyweight Zhang Zhilei, who will make his professional debut on Aug. 8 in Fallon, Nev. Zhilei earned a silver medal at the London Games and has been training in Nutley, N.J. since last March.
"I will learn a lot from Evander both mentally and physically," Zhilei said. "I'm very excited. This is my first fight. I'm putting everything into it."
Holyfield said his role with Zhilei will be mainly as an advisor and confidant. He has no plans to be a trainer or promoter.
He agreed to get involved with Dynasty Boxing because of his appreciation for what the Duva family did for him early in his career, taking him from Olympian to the light heavyweight championship, cruiserweight championship and eventually heavyweight championship. He fired Lou Duva as his trainer after his first loss to Riddick Bowe in 1992.
He calls that a mistake he regrets. Holyfield said he split with Duva after hearing the trainer tell someone that Holyfield lost the Bowe fight because "he let the success get to head."
Holyfield was offended and wanted to prove he could regain the title without the guidance of Duva, and co-trainer George Benton. He won the rematch with Emanuel Steward in his corner, but would lose the title again before regaining it two other times along with a minor belt, making him a five-time champion.
"I came back and beat [Bowe] in the second fight, but I never had nobody better than Lou Duva in my corner," Holyfield said. "Ever since I left Lou Duva, all the referees, everybody bothered me. I didn't know how important it was to have somebody argue for you."
That's why he wants to be there for Zhilei.
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