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Mike Tyson Reveals That He’s Made Nearly $30 Million Off Holyfield Biting Incident

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Mike Tyson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Tyson is in Dubai to announce the start of his worldwide boxing gym franchise. Tyson said Thursday that a city like Dubai can show people the best of the Middle East, its people and Islam. Tyson praised the sheikhdom as "a party place, a place you have a good time at. This is like New York, man!" He said that contradicts some negative perceptions of the Mideast. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

The ear bite heard round the world.

Mike Tyson speaks on the infamous moment in the most recent episode of the Checc’n ~ In Podcast with Big U featuring heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. During the show, Mike delves into his entry into the cannabis space and his popular line of ear-shaped weed gummies, “Mike Bites,” which were designed to resemble Evander Holyfield’s ear. In discussing the viral success of the product Tyson estimates that in the 25 years since “the bite” he’s profited close to $30M off the infamous moment that shook the boxing world.

I’m selling them [Mike Bites] everywhere and I’m getting so much money…I made so much money – I got fined 3 million for that and, I might have made 30 million since that happened. From that bite…You know how important that was for people!”

Watch Mike try to explain below:

On June 28, 1997, one of the more bizarre moments in boxing history took place when Mike Tyson bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of their much-anticipated rematch. Tyson was disqualified from the bout and lost his boxing license. He was later reinstated. Tyson was fined $3 million, which was about 10% of the amount of money he made that night.

This was the last Mike Tyson fight promoted by Don King.

Sometimes it pays to be a little crazy.

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