MIKE TYSON tried to bite Kevin McBride’s nipple in his career-ending loss, the Irish heavyweight has claimed.
Tyson’s career came crashing to an end in 2005 as he laboured through the rounds before quitting on his stool after round six.
Kevin McBride claimed Mike Tyson tried to bite him in their fight
But Iron Mike was so frustrated he attempted to break McBride’s arm and bite him – eight years after taking a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear in their infamous 1997 rematch.
McBride told the Daily Mail: “I remember to this day he hit me so hard in the sixth it was like leprechauns playing drums in my head.
“On instinct I said, ‘Is that all you got? You’re in trouble’. That is when he tried things. First he got my left arm in a hold and tried to break it.
“He tried to bite my nipple. Thank God he had his mouthpiece in — otherwise I’d be the Irishman with one nipple.”
A disheartened and lifeless Tyson would then quit at the end of the round as McBride completed a Cinderella story win.
It came after the Irishman used hypnosis – a tactic deployed in Tyson’s early career – and a trip to the cinema to inspire him to victory.
McBride revealed: “They were releasing that film, Cinderella Man, about the fighter no one thought would win.
“I went with Packie three nights before the fight and when we came out he was saying it was a sign. His psychology stuff was massive.”
McBride’s revelations about his famous upset come after Tyson announced plans to make a shock comeback to compete in exhibition bouts for charity.
And with Iron Mike making headlines once again, it allows the last man to defeat him to remember the “dream come true” that unfolded that night in Washington.
McBride said: “Hard to believe it’s been so long.
“It is coming up more often at the moment because every time they say about him making a comeback, they say I was the last guy to beat him. I like that.
“I don’t sit around re-watching the fight but someone put a clip on Facebook recently and I saw it — dream come true, isn’t it?”
Tyson retired in 2005 after losing to McBrideCredit: Getty – Contributor
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