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At least Haye didn't bite anyone's ear off - Tyson

ESPN staff
April 11, 2012
David Haye and Dereck Chisora brawled at the press conference following Chisora's loss to Vitali Klitschko © Getty Images
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Mike Tyson claims he took boxing into a darker place than David Haye and Dereck Chisora did when they brawled at a press conference in February.

Tyson's career was marked by a serious of controversies, including a three-year jail term and the night he bit off a chunk off Evander Holyfield's ear.

Haye and Chisora also brought scorn to boxing following their clash; Chisora has subsequently been stripped of his licence by the British Boxing Board of Control.

But Tyson insists he did worse, and feels that heavyweight boxing is, generally, in decent shape. "The Klitschkos are doing great," Tyson told the Mirror. "They are beating everyone. It's not their fault that there is not enough competition.

"What David Haye did in Munich when he had that brawl with Dereck Chisora, that was not good. That was the kind of stupid stuff I once did - I thought that when I was watching it. No-one did as much as me to bring boxing low.

"Haye and Chisora would have to go some to beat what I did. At least Haye didn't bite anyone's ear off. They've got to do a bit more to get down to the level I was at."

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