When we meet, we smile and let go of grudges.

June 29, 1997. The World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight boxing championship battle is held in Las Vegas, USA. The challenger is boxing champion Tyson, and his opponent is another boxing champion Holyfield. During the game, Tyson, who was eager to win, was angered by Holyfield's repeated hugging and headbutting, and bit Holyfield's ear twice. As a result, Tyson was revoked by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and fined US$3 million, while Holyfield won the 7th fight.

Since this "bite of the century", Tyson has been driven off the altar. Not only did he continue to lose to inferior boxers in competitions, but the $400 million in net worth he had accumulated with his fists gradually disappeared, replaced by tens of millions of dollars in debt.

Although Tyson regretted many things he had done in his life. He also apologized to Holyfield, but behind the scenes he still insisted that the "ear biting incident" was correct, believing that it was just a warning measure taken to retaliate against Holyfield's actions during the game.

Holyfield, on the other hand, is much more tolerant. He has said many times in public: "He did bite off a small piece of my ear, but it was not as serious as the media publicized, and I have forgiven Tyson a long time ago. I have been with him since we were children. Training. It can be said that we have watched each other grow up and experienced successes and failures together. He is a very good boxer." Not long ago, Holyfield was watching Tyson on a TV station. During an exclusive interview with the TV show, I learned that it was the "ear-biting incident" 12 years ago that made Tyson break. Eventually leading to debt. Holyfield's eyes were moist, and he immediately contacted Ms. Oprah Winfrey, the famous host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", hoping that she could connect him to meet Tyson.

This is exactly what Oprah Winfrey hopes to do. She happily agreed to Holyfield’s request and immediately contacted Tyson. She was very satisfied with the answer she received. .

On October 16, 2009, in Oprah’s recording studio in Chicago, in front of a large live audience, the 43-year-old Tyson had just walked up when he suddenly saw Holyfield also coming from the stage. While walking towards him with a smile, Tyson was stunned for a moment, then stood up and waved to Holyfield with a smile. The two then embraced warmly. Exchange greetings.

Tyson held Holyfield's hand affectionately and seemed to be in a state of ups and downs: "This is the first time the two of us have had the opportunity to meet after that incident, and you took the initiative to create this opportunity. "I want to tell you that it's been a great pleasure getting to know you. I also want the world to know that you are a very tolerant person," and jokingly asked Holyfield if he would miss his ears. That little piece missing.

Holyfield still smiled and touched his ear and said to Qin Sen: "A little bit, it's not bad. This is also the best memorial to our friendship." He smiled again. : "I have bitten people many times. That was when I was a child. I bit someone to get rid of my brothers' headlock skills. All the brothers in the family were bitten by me."

Tyson After hearing this, he laughed loudly, and then said frankly to Holyfield: "Although I apologized to you back then, it was not from the heart at all. Although it has been 12 years, I still want to sincerely apologize to you today. Say sorry! Your tolerance is indeed commendable."

When host Oprah Winfrey asked Holyfield: "Can you tell everyone why you thought of coming to the TV station to reconcile with Tyson. ”

Holifield said: “I hope that the two of us appearing on this show together can tell young people who have problems with each other that nothing is off limits. Forgiven. Look, we are standing together again, and so can you." As soon as Holyfield finished speaking, Tyson took the lead in applauding, and the audience's applause echoed throughout the hall. . Seeing the enthusiasm between the two, the audience sighed with emotion: "This historic meeting made everyone almost forget that the two had an unpleasant experience 12 years ago. This was simply unimaginable in the past." ”

At the end of the program, Oprah Winfrey concluded: “I would like to end this interview with a famous Chinese saying: Hatred is a strange kind of friendship, a friendship that always disappears when we meet. A person who tolerates others will be as calm as water and win more respect. The historic meeting between the two boxing champions is the best example.

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