Mike Tyson & Evander Holyfield To Reunite on Oprah Oct. 16

by Jon Azpiri | October 15, 2009 at 05:24 pm

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Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is making another visit to Oprah Winfrey this week. Just days after Tyson appeared on Oprah to discuss the death of his daughter Exodus, Tyson will return to the Harpo Studios to be reunited with former rival Evander Holyfield.

For those who don't recall, Tyson famously bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a 1997 title fight. The Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield reunion on Oprah will mark the first time that the two fighters have spoken to each other about infamous incident.

Tyson talked about the Evander Holyfield ear incident during his Oprah appearance earlier in the week. Said Tyson: "I was angry that he was butting my head. "He kept butting me and he cut my head the first fight with head butts and he did it again. I was just enraged. It doesn't make no excuse for what happened but I was just enraged and I wanted to inflict so much pain on him."

Tyson was disqualified and suspended after the Holyfield fight, keeping him out of the ring for almost two years. He quit the fight game altogether in 2005.