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BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 01: (CHINA OUT) American former professional boxer Mike Tyson attends premiere of film “Ip Man 3” directed by Wilson Yip on March 1, 2016 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 01: (CHINA OUT) American former professional boxer Mike Tyson attends premiere of film “Ip Man 3” directed by Wilson Yip on March 1, 2016 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)
In 1997, Mike Tyson faced Evander Holyfield for the second time inside the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. A year earlier, in their first meet, Holyfield defeated Tyson with a TKO victory in round number 11. This was Tyson’s chance to avenge himself and he was going to make this an unforgettable night. Disappointingly, Tyson lost via DQ, but what he did to provoke a disqualification remains an indelible moment even after fifteen years.
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Tyson had bitten Holyfield, not once but twice. Recently, Oscars nominated actress Rosie Perez appeared on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and took her chance to live through her moment of on-screen biting with the ‘Baddest Man on Earth.’
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In this episode, Rosie Perez sat down with Mike Tyson & CEO of Tyson 2.0 Adam Wilk. The trio talked about various topics, including growing up in the hood and contemporary boxing. While they shared laughs and intriguing stories, at one point, Perez briefly broke down a scene from her 2008 movie, Pineapple Express.
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“What about the a**?”: Rosie Perez talks about James Franco biting her in a hilarious scene
Released in 2008, Pineapple Express was a stoner comedy film that starred James Franco, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen as the lead roles. It had a bunch of ridiculous scenes. However, the one that everyone talked about the most was the fight between James Franco and Rosie Perez.
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In the brutal scene, most of which was Franco’s idea, Perez was bitten by Franco. As Mike Tyson watched the scene for the first time, the following is what Rosie Perez revealed on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson:
“That was James Franco’s idea. The fight scene. He wanted to bite me on my breast. And I said no. He goes, what about the a**?”
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At this, when Wilks asked if Franco had actually bitten Perez on her bottom, she replied in affirmative.
“Like Moses parting the sea” Perez on meeting Mike Tyson after his DQ loss to Holyfield
On the show, Wilks offered Perez Mike Bites gummies modeled on the infamous incident of Tyson’s career in pro boxing. Looking at the packets, Perez recalled meeting ‘Iron’ after his second loss to Evander Holyfield in MGM, Las Vegas.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – MARCH 06: Mike Tyson performs his one man show “Undisputed Truth” in the Music Box at the Borgata on March 6, 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
“You walked into the Cheetahs, and everybody was so in awe and terrified of you at the same time. It was like Moses parting the red sea. Everybody just moved the f*** out of your way.”
That is one way to describe Tyson’s aura in his fighting days. Well, what do you think about the Perez and Tyson encounter?
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