He was once fined for biting off an opponent’s ear. Today, Mike Tyson is making money from it

And there was a problem.PHOTO: Profimedia.cz

Mike Tyson was once fined nearly $3 million for biting the ear of his opponent, Evander Holyfield, during a fight. But in the end, he found a great way to get the lost money back.

This was a rematch in 1997, a year after Holyfield beat Tyson in 11 rounds. The former heavyweight champion was banned from boxing for fifteen months and fined several million. But in retirement, the two boxers reconciled and became friends. And Tyson now sells gummy bears in the shape of Holyfield’s bitten ear as part of his cannabis empire.

Tyson revealed that his wife Lakiha Spicer came up with the idea to shape the candy like Holyfield’s bitten ear. “My wife is crazy, but she’s brilliant. She’s the one who said, ‘Why don’t you use that ear?'” he told Forbes magazine. “I was a bit bitter because my ear got me into a lot of trouble.

The 57-year-old Tyson then joked how he and the 61-year-old Holyfield are still cashing in on their “fight bite” after nearly three decades. “You know what’s funny? I lost $3 million when I bit Holyfield’s ear,” Tyson continued. “Me and Holyfield are the only people still making money from a fight 30 years ago.

Tyson is currently training for his controversial comeback fight against 27-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul on July 20 in Texas. The match caused an uproar due to the thirty-year age difference, as Tyson will be 58 years old at the time of the match and nearly 20 years removed from his last professional fight.

However, he tries to turn back time as part of his training and shows off his devastating punches in videos on the Internet. But Tyson also makes sacrifices behind the scenes, and these include giving up sex and smoking weed.

“I haven’t curled up or had sex for six weeks,” he said, according to The Sun. “Discipline. You know, you do what you love and you do what you hate, but you act like you love it. You know, I hate that I can’t smoke, but I act like I love it. I hate that I can’t sleep with my wife , but I act like I love it.”