Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear and then made more than $3m fine after by taking pictures with fans

Mike Tyson’s bank account may have taken a hit for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997, but he made soon it back and much more in the aftermath.

The self-styled ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ stunned the world by ripping the top of Holyfield’s ear off during their heavyweight title fight in and it was an expensive moment of madness, earning him a $3m fine.

Tyson shocked the world when he bit Holyfield’s ear and he was subsequently fined $3m for the incidentYouTube

It was one of the most shocking moments in the history of the sport and the Nevada Athletic Commission came down hard and revoked his licence as well as hitting him with the maximum fine they could.

And when joined by NBA legend Dennis Rodman on his podcast, Tyson revealed he has no regrets about the incident – and claimed he made even more back.

“I never even think about it,” Tyson said.

Dennis Rodman was a guest on Mike Tyson’s podcast and talked about his colourful life and excellent basketball career

“However, I think about how much money that I made from taking pictures of biting people that it supersedes the $3m that I lost.

“I look at, after three or four years, and think ‘whoa, that’s how much I made?’

“That’s what it makes it funny for me. Yes, I bit his ear but I made that back from taking pictures.

“So I can never beat myself up about it.”

Holyfield and Tyson are now preparing to make comebacks to the ring for a series of exhibitions.

On the infamous incident, Holyfield has previously explained he was planning on biting Tyson’s face before the referee intervened.

“I was getting ready to bite the daylights out of him and I was going to bite his face!” he told Joe Rogan on the UFC commentator’s podcast.

“When you’re from the ghetto, they say that when you have something done to you, you’ve got to do it worse back.”