Boxer who channelled inner-Mike Tyson and bit his opponent fined and banned for 6 months

Edgar Berlanga tried to recreate Mike Tyson’s infamous biting incident on Evander Holyfield recently as he took on Alexis Angulo.

The fight continued with Berlanga keeping his undefeated streak alive by outpointing Angulo, however, in the seventh round, it looked like the Colombian bit his opponent, with him later admitting he did bite his opponent.

During the fight, the bite wasn’t picked up on despite Angulo clearly referencing it, but he didn’t complain too much and carried on with the fight.

He has been punished since though, the New York State Athletic Commission will be punishing the boxer, fining him a staggering $10,000 and banning him from boxing for six months.

He did try to pass blame onto his opponent in the post-fight interview, claiming: “He kept throwing elbows and you know, head-butted me and stuff. So, I was telling him like, ‘Yo, chill!’ You know, like I didn’t wanna get cut or anything.

“But I don’t know – I just got aggressive in there, Mike Tyson style. I got a little carried away.”

It’s not the first time we’ve seen this. Everyone knows the story of Mike Tyson in 1997 when he bit Holyfield’s ear and taking a chunk out of it.

The incident is so famous that it’s led to Tyson using it to carry on making money after retiring, he has released a snack called ‘Mike’s bites’ which are ear shaped in homage to the infamous moment.

After the incident, Berlanga issued a statement on social media, apologising for both his actions and his comments. The statement read: “I want to apologise for my actions and what I said yesterday about the Mike Tyson bite. I was in the moment and I got a little ahead of myself.

“It doesn’t take away from the embarrassment that I have caused upon myself, my team, [Top Rank], and