Mike Tyson 2.0? Watch Boxer Recreate That Infamous Ear-Biting Incident During ESPN Fight (Video)
thewrap.comDuring the seventh round of a 10-round match at Madison Square Garden, boxer Edgar Berlanga bit into the shoulder and ear of his opponent, Alexis Angulo, while the two were clinched together.
The bite was immediately noticed by the ESPN commentators, and Angulo protested to the referee; but Berlanga was not disciplined.
Berlanga would go on to win the fight by unanimous decision, keeping him undefeated at 20-0. After the fight, Berlanga said he bit into Angulo as payback for getting hit with illegal elbows. “He was throwing elbows.
I was about to do a Mike Tyson on him,” Berlanga told ESPN. “He kept throwing his elbows, and I didn’t want to get cut.”Bro Berlanga really tried to bite him in the ear like Tyson LMAO pic.twitter.com/zgTKeWXWMoThough Berlanga won the fight, he was excoriated by commentators for using his teeth instead of his fists in the ring; with many agreeing that even without the bite, he did not look impressive in his victory and did not look like a future championship contender. “I thought it was terrible!
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