Evander Holyfield ate several virtual jabs Friday after his appearance during the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul boxing event at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Holyfield was brought on as part of a panel alongside fellow heavyweight boxing legend Lennox Lewis and host Kate Scott. Netflix, the fight’s official broadcaster, struggled with audio issues throughout the early portion of the event.
Scott tried to ask Holyfield a question related to Tyson infamously biting off part of Holyfield’s ear in 1997. However, due to the audio issues, Evander could not hear a word.
Kate Scott, Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield played an entertaining game of telephone.
(H/T @C0MB4TT)pic.twitter.com/2o1AZbRQMz
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 16, 2024
The jokes practically wrote themselves. Several fans on X connected the dots and made a handful (earful?) of ear jokes.
Evander Holyfield can’t hear because of the ear piece and I’m just having flashbacks pic.twitter.com/z875ozKK9W
— Croaky Caiman 🐊🇺🇸 (@InstaGator2024) November 16, 2024
Holyfield not being able to hear during the interviews and nobody making a joke about his ear being bitten off is a massive fumble for Netflix
— ivan (@ivangbm) November 16, 2024
Evander Holyfield can’t hear because Mike Tyson bit his ear 🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Austin (@MrMiyagi76) November 16, 2024
Evander Holyfield #PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/WCYezgfcMS
— DWeatherPsychic (@AtmokinesisDee) November 16, 2024
Others made fun of Holyfield for looking completely spaced out whenever he was on screen. It’s not completely his fault given that his earpiece didn’t work.
Evander Holyfield right now pic.twitter.com/oYIL0r3blZ
— Mark (@MarkHavens_) November 16, 2024
Evander Holyfield is on another planet rn
— Josh Palazzo (@InsideTheSea93) November 16, 2024
evander holyfield just made more money staring off into the distance for five minutes than i have in my entire adult life
— Jack Picone 🐀 (@jackienobrakes) November 16, 2024
Even Holyfield’s accessory choices weren’t spared. A few joked that Holyfield wore shades due to the event being held in the Dallas Cowboys’ home stadium, which has been dealing with a sunlight issue of late.
Evander Holyfield saw CeeDee get blinded by the sun and came prepared pic.twitter.com/m2X8D4TiMO
— Jake Ciely (@allinkid) November 16, 2024
Holyfield won both of his fights against Tyson back in the ’90s and will forever be regarded as a heavyweight boxing legend. But he may not be completely cut out for a career in broadcasting.
