The Bite Fight One of the craziest sporting events to have ever occurred was what some might call insane, scary, frightening, and shocking. This event that has triggered so many sports fans has made them question the ethics of this sport and of the people involved in it. This iconic moment in sports history shall forever be known as the bite fight. The bite fight was a boxing match in 1997 against Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. Wayne Martin, was one of the people to have been able to say that he witnessed this crazy event take place and happen in front of him. Now, granted, he did not attend the boxing match, but he did however watch it on television, and was watching when, Mike Tyson did the unthinkable. It was the day of
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His work friend lived in an apartment at the time in Baxter Crossing, Chesterfield, so it took him a while to get there, and find his room. Once he found it, he knocked on the door and Ron welcomed into his home that smelled of beer and ham and beans. Ron had talked about earlier in the day how he was planning on brewing his own beer for the game, as well as cooking up a batch of his homemade ham and beans recipe. When Wayne walked into his living room, he was surprised to have seen a small t.v. He remembered wondering why his friend invited him over to watch with him if his t.v. was so small. He thought it was out of place, since this match was a really big match and the t.v. was so small. While Ron was making the ham and beans, and brewing the beer, Wayne was flipping through the channels trying to find the one for the boxing match. Before the match started, he remembered just hanging out with Ron, talking about work and not seeming to care too much about who was betting on who to win. However, he was rooting for Evander Holyfield, because he admires his drive to never give up, Ron, on the other hand, was rooting for Mike Tyson, because of his powerful fights. Holyfield is a good guy, and he values his family, God, and his job. He is known for always pushing through whatever fight he is in, and he …show more content…
Wayne remembered Ron telling him to stay quiet during the match and in general, since he lives in an apartment complex and the people beneath him like to complain a lot. Once the match began, it had been a steady, back and forth type of match until the middle of the fight. There was no significant lead from one person over the other. Evander Holyfield had gotten a few good hits on Mike Tyson, including one hit that was claimed to have been an accident which caused a nasty cut in the brow of mike tyson. But nothing too seriously out of the normal or exciting had happened yet. Many people at this moment, including Wayne, were anticipating what Mike Tyson’s next move would be, considering, he is a crazy, fighting-machine. Wayne was cautiously waiting and preparing for a huge blow that was going to hit Evander Holyfield as a result of Mike Tyson’s rage from the previous blows he had received from Evander
His work friend lived in an apartment at the time in Baxter Crossing, Chesterfield, so it took him a while to get there, and find his room. Once he found it, he knocked on the door and Ron welcomed into his home that smelled of beer and ham and beans. Ron had talked about earlier in the day how he was planning on brewing his own beer for the game, as well as cooking up a batch of his homemade ham and beans recipe. When Wayne walked into his living room, he was surprised to have seen a small t.v. He remembered wondering why his friend invited him over to watch with him if his t.v. was so small. He thought it was out of place, since this match was a really big match and the t.v. was so small. While Ron was making the ham and beans, and brewing the beer, Wayne was flipping through the channels trying to find the one for the boxing match. Before the match started, he remembered just hanging out with Ron, talking about work and not seeming to care too much about who was betting on who to win. However, he was rooting for Evander Holyfield, because he admires his drive to never give up, Ron, on the other hand, was rooting for Mike Tyson, because of his powerful fights. Holyfield is a good guy, and he values his family, God, and his job. He is known for always pushing through whatever fight he is in, and he …show more content…
Wayne remembered Ron telling him to stay quiet during the match and in general, since he lives in an apartment complex and the people beneath him like to complain a lot. Once the match began, it had been a steady, back and forth type of match until the middle of the fight. There was no significant lead from one person over the other. Evander Holyfield had gotten a few good hits on Mike Tyson, including one hit that was claimed to have been an accident which caused a nasty cut in the brow of mike tyson. But nothing too seriously out of the normal or exciting had happened yet. Many people at this moment, including Wayne, were anticipating what Mike Tyson’s next move would be, considering, he is a crazy, fighting-machine. Wayne was cautiously waiting and preparing for a huge blow that was going to hit Evander Holyfield as a result of Mike Tyson’s rage from the previous blows he had received from Evander