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Eardibles! As part of Mike Tyson's Mike's Bites line, they're now available in NYC

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 28, 2024
Under Mike Tyson's 'Mike Bites' brand, he's selling ear-shaped weed edibles, with fans now able to buy the gummies in New York City. The sweets are sold in a variety of flavors and promise a 'finale line of hemp products.' The edibles refer to Robert Taylor's career as one of the world's best heavyweight boxers with names like Black Eye Berry and Sour Apple Punch, a nodulation to the Iron Mike's notorious 1997 showdown with Evander Holyfield, in which Tyson was disqualified for chewing off a portion of his opponent's ear.

Mike Tyson is planning an event in Times Square to market his 'Mike Bites' weed gummies (which are shaped like a chewed ear) ahead of boxing return versus king Jake Paul', almost 30 years after the legendary Evander Holyfield 'bite fight'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 27, 2024
Mike Tyson is now giving fans the opportunity to biting Evander Holyfield's ear while still getting a good kick out of it. The 57-year-old boxer is planning a blitz for his 'Mike Bites' weed gummies, which he is selling through his Tyson 2.0 brand. These ear-shaped weed gummies have already been sold in many weed stores around New York state.

After Igor Severino was disqualified for BITING Andre Lima, Jon Jones' only professional loss, Wes Sims stamping on Frank Mir and Petr Yan's unlawful knee injury on Aljamain Sterling

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
In one of the most bizarre disqualifications of all time, a UFC fighter was disqualified for biting his opponent and leaving teeth marks in his opponent's bicep. During the match at UFC Vegas 89, Igor Severino and Andre Lima were locked in a confrontation recalling Mike Tyson's 'bite fight' with Evander Holyfield inside a boxing ring in 1997. After the two were separated, Lima pulled up his arm to reveal a horrific bite mark on his left bicep and was awarded the fight.

Andre Lima is left TATTOO of bite marks by UFC Vegas 89 foe Igor Severino, a Brazilian footballer, as Dana White praises the 'awesome' move and promises the Brazilian a £40,000 bonus

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 24, 2024
Andre Lima won an extraordinary match over Igor Severino by getting a tattoo where he had allegedly been biting. On Saturday night, the two flyweights clashed at UFC Vegas 89, but the match was cut short after Lima protested referee Chris Tognoni. Severino and Lima were trapped against the cage in an incident that brought back memories of Mike Tyson's 'bite war' against Evander Holyfield in 1997, before the Lima started screaming and signaling to the official.

With a brutal attack in loss to Andre Lima, the UFC fighter is disqualified for biting his opponent and leaving teeth marks on his arm

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 24, 2024
According to reports, Igor Severino was suspended after being disqualified for biting Andre Lima and leaving teeth marks in his opponent's bicep. On Saturday night, the two flyweights clashed at UFC Vegas 89, but the match was cut short after Lima complained to referee Chris Tognoni. Severino and Lima were trapped against the cage in an incident that brought memories of Mike Tyson's "bite war" against Evander Holyfield in 1997 before Lima began yelling and signaling to the official.

In a resurfaced video from 2020 as he prepares to meet Mike Tyson, Jake Paul says, he is 'I'm confident but not stupid'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 7, 2024
TMZ released the old video from 2020, which was two fights into Paul's boxing career after the announcement. When asked whether Tyson or Evander Holyfield could be battling in a fair, the influencer-turned-boxer refused right away, but immediately dismissed the proposal. I'm confident, but not stupid,' Paul told TMZ then, "I'm confident, but not stupid." 'I would not go into the ring with them.' Nah, no chance.' Paul will finally meet Iron Mike inside the squared circle four years later.

How FSB agents in Russia first arrested ballerina Karelina for swearing before rifling through her phone to find she had donated $51 to a Ukrainian charity raising funds for medical equipment

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2024
According to her boyfriend, US citizen Ksenia Karelina was first arrested in Russia, the country of her birth, in January, and then her cellphone was confiscated by authorities. After Putin's clandestine police, the FSB, found that in February 2022, Karelina, 32, appeared in a Russian court to answer to dubious treason charges, the ballerina donated $51.80 to a Ukrainian charity. Two years later, Karelina, who holds both a Russian and US passport, was arrested by police on petty hooliganism charges outside a movie theater in Yekaterinburg, the same city where Evan Gershkovich was arrested 12 months ago.

Mike Tyson poses for a photo with his great rival Evander Holyfield as he admits 'we've come a long way since the bite fight', 27 years after he was disqualified for chewing his opponent's ear in their heavyweight rematch

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2024
As they posed for a photograph together on Tuesday, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield demonstrated that they had well and truly buried the hatchet. In the 11th round of Holyfield's first fight in Las Vegas in 1996, they overcamed Tyson, but 'Iron Mike' was given the opportunity to fight back a year later at the same venue. Tyson was initially biting Holyfield's ear after being let out by referee Mills Lane, but was later docked two points rather than being kicked out by referee Mills Lane. However, when Tyson chewed his opponent's ear again, he was immediately disqualified, triggering horrific scenes in the ring as both fighters' teams jumped in to get involved.

Turki Alalshikh has leaked a little of information about the postponement of Tyson Fury's tense heavyweight title match against Oleksandr Usyk

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 4, 2024
Turki Alalshikh has leaked a mystery about Tyson Fury's tense title match with Oleksandr Usyk. Fury and Usyk were due to clash with Saudi Arabia on February 17 for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in March 1999. On Friday, the Gypsy King suffered a severe cut over his right eye while sparring, causing the match to be postponed.

The undisputed heavyweight title battle between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will be shown live on TNT Sports PPV, DAZN PPV, and Sky Sports PPV in the United Kingdom, with the UK price set at $69.99

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2024
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk's fight for the contested heavyweight title will be shown live on TNT Sports PPV, DAZN PPV, and Sky Sports PPV in the United Kingdom, with fans able to buy the fight online by all three major boxing networks. On February 17, the Gypsy King and Usyk will face in Saudi Arabia to unify the opposition for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in March 1999.

Oleksandr Usyk has said he would not be able to defeat Tyson Fury's mind games like his previous opponents, and he will reveal specifically how he will defeat the Gypsy King in Saudi Arabia's tense title clash

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2024
Oleksandr Usyk is confident he will not only defeat Tyson Fury but also stop him from his fight in Saudi Arabia next month, but that the Gypsy King's mind games before the fight will not work. Usyk, who will face the Gypsy King in February 17 to unify the division for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in March 1999, says he has a 'game plan' for defeating Fury. The Ukrainian boxer has made it clear that he would not manipulate Fury, implying that the Gypsy King's former opponents had already lost the war before entering the ring.

Oleksandr Usyk retaliates in a leaked face-off interview, with the Ukrainian revealing the true meaning behind his outfit before being branded a 'p***'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2024
During a special face-to-face interview ahead of next month's tense clash, Oleksandr Usyk retaliated at his pay. On February 17, Usyk will meet with Fury in Saudi Arabia for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in March 1999. The pair sat down with TNT to host a face-to-face interview, which was supposed to air closer to the war. However, clips have been leaked online.

In a Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury's blockbuster war against Oleksandr Usyk and the forthcoming 'Day of Reckoning' features boxing legends, including Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis in a star-studded picture

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 20, 2023
After breaking the mega battle between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, the guy in the middle of the deal has underlined his burgeoning clout in the field of boxing after posing with a number of the sport's legends. Turki Alalshikh has taken to X, the social media platform that has long been known as Twitter, to show that he marches in the elitist of circles when it comes to boxing, with a portrait featuring over 30 of the sport's most popular names. Alalshikh, the Saudi General Entertainment Authority's chairman, has released a portrait of himself alongside a group of the world's most recognisable fighters, including Mike Tyson, Manny Paqcuiao, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya, Frank Bruno, Prince Naseem Hamed and Amir Khan.

Tyson Fury admits he's been boozing and 'eating s***' since beating Ngannou... as he strikes out at Eddie Hearn and claims he'd 'not worry' about the Usyk showdown

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 16, 2023
Exclusive INTERVIEW WITH TYSON FURY: The first undisputed heavyweight championship match of the four-belt period has been announced for February 17. But Tyson Fury's bout is just another fight. The Gypsy King would go frome-to-toe with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on February 17, unifying the titles for the first time after Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in November 1999, but he may not care less.' Fury wrote exclusively to Mail Sport about the undisputed title war: "Just the same old s***." Boxing, boxing, and boxing are all common tasks. That's it.

As he expands his company ventures with a New York launch, Mike Tyson is trying out DOZENS of different types of cannabis items, having already launched a gummy modelled on Evander Holyfield's ear!

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 18, 2023
Tyson 2.0, the $400 million company founded by Mike Tyson and Chad Bronstein, is scheduled to land in New York later this year. Tyson and Bronstein founded Tyson 2.0 in October 2021 and moved to the United States and international markets within the first year of their existence. Mail Sport has announced that Tyson 2.0 will be available in New York after being a hit in over 100,000 shops around 40 states and 17 countries.

How realistic is Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk?Frank Warren believes a heavyweight undisputed bout is on the cards for early 2024 but significant hurdles remain

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2023
Lennox Lewis triumphed over Evander Holyfield in the highly awaited rematch to capture the American's WBA and IBF heavyweight titles on November 13 1999. Lewis was the first heavyweight since Riddick Bowe seven years ago to reign uncontested as the disputed champion's reign. Despite saying he'd avenge the only one he lost following that night in Paradise, Nevada, Lewis' tenure as the nation's top ranked champion would be short lived, with his WBA title stripped just months later for failing to face the association's top ranked contender.

As he tumbles into his huge pool, Rick Ross suffers from a dive FAIL

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 5, 2023
Rick Ross unintentionally made a big splash after suffering an epic diving failure at his palatial pool in Georgia over the weekend. The rapper appears to be preparing for the 'Double Decker Slapper' on his diving board before clumsily tumbling into the pool and drawing groans from partygoers who all saw the fumble. Ross took the whole thing in stride as he replied to the dive failure on social media, despite the fact that it resulted in a knee injury.

As blood is splattered on the camera, boxing fans are left horrified

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 25, 2023
During his world championship match with Fernando Martinez on Saturday night, Filipino super-flyweight contender Jade Bornea's ear 'exploded.' In a truly stomach-churning moment, boxing fans were horrified as a ringside camera was splattered with Bornea's blood. The 28-year-old's right ear began to swell during the war, being hammered repeatedly by Martinez's relentless use of left hooks. In the ninth round, it burst open covering the ring ropes and a nearby camera lens in a sea of claret.

The WBC has announced that 'Anthony Joshua may be regarded as Tyson Fury's most coveted challenger.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 6, 2023
After the Gypsy King failed to reach a unity match with Oleksandr Usyk on two separate occasions, Anthony Joshua could be dubbed as Tyson Fury's key challenger. For the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in March 1999, the Gypsy King, who has been out of action for six months, had been in talks with Usyk over an uncontested title fight that would unify the division. Nevertheless, the fiasco, which was supposed to take place in Saudi Arabia, fell through the cracks. Fury tried to ban AJ, Dempsey McKean, Francis Ngannou, Jai O's Ngannou, Jai Ocasia, and Jon Jones as a result.

Fury vs. Usyk talks are back in action, according to Bob Arum, ahead of a potentially volatile confrontation in Saudi Arabia

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
Despite the Gypsy King's dismissal of messages on social media, Tyson Fury's promoter Bob Arum has confirmed that negotiations are ongoing for an undisputed title match with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia. Despite Fury's team's insistence that talks were ongoing, Fury took to Instagram last month to announce plans for a blockbuster match with Usyk in the Middle East as 'bull****.' However, Arum's latest remarks have boosted fans' hopes that a fight to unify the division will take place for the first time since Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999.

Tyson Fury's upcoming fight, according to Eddie Hearn, will be a surprise match against Andy Ruiz Jr

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 21, 2023
Following the failure of his uncontested clash with Oleksandr Usyk, Eddie Hearn has announced that Tyson Fury's next fight will be against Andy Ruiz Jr on July 22nd. In December's huge Saudi Arabia case, Fury will place his WBC Heavyweight Championship against American Ruiz. When asked about Fury's next challenge, Heard answered, 'Andy Ruiz, July 22nd.' Fury's next match was expected to be a unification clash with Ukrainian champion Usyk, the first time the two sides would be united since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999. The two camps had been twitching about a potential war and had a proposed date for April 29, but the parties were unable to reach an agreement on certain terms.

In Washington Square Park, NYC celebrates the annual 4/20 marijuana festival, with vendors selling weed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 20, 2023
Around the United States, the annual 4/20 celebration of cannabis is in full swing. Gatherings in Washington Square Park in New York City, a popular spot for smokers year round, were packed and fragrant than normal. Vendors opened tables to sell the cannabis flower, pre-rolled joints, and edible THC drugs as reggae music took over. Budding cannabis seedlings were also available, ready to be carried home and eventually raised into flowering plants.

Tyson Fury teases an 'absolutely MONSTROUS' fight and says it will be announced 'imminently'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 20, 2023
Tyson Fury has teased a 'complete monstrous war' that will be revealed'very soon,' with fans eagerly for his next challenge after talks with Oleksandr Usyk collapsed. The Gypsy King seemed to have won in what would be the first undisputed showdown since Lennox Lewis's defiance of Evander Holyfield in 1999, with Usyk even agreeing to a 70-30 split in Fury's favour. But, with neither team able to put pen to paper on the finer details of the deal, including terms regarding the rematch clause, the two sides walked away, leaving Fury's calendar completely open for his next fight.

This summer, Tyson Fury could face Andy Ruiz Jr in the United Kingdom

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 10, 2023
After talks with Oleksandr Usyk over an April 29 bout that collapsed earlier this year, Tyson Fury could meet Andy Ruiz Jr in the United Kingdom this summer. Fury and Usyk were back on fourth for months over a potential match that could unify the division for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999. However, the planned heavyweight unification match on April 29 was postponed due to a lack of agreement on certain terms.