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Mike Tyson made news outside the ring in 1998, since he wasn't allowed inside. After biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's right ear in their June 1997 title fight, Tyson's license was revoked by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a minimum of one year. After applying for his reinstatement into the sport in New Jersey in July, Tyson became emotionally unraveled and blurted out an obscenity to his attorney during his license hearing; but before a decision was reached in August by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board, the boxer and his advisors withdrew their application and instead decided to seek reinstatement in Nevada. Agreeing to submit to a battery of psychiatric tests -- the results of which were released to the public -- Tyson finally appeared before a panel in Las Vegas, where Magic Johnson and Muhammad Ali also showed their support on his behalf, and regained his license on Oct. 19. In early December, Tyson pled no contest to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an August traffic accident in Maryland. The judge in that case decided to wait until Feb. 5 to hand down his sentence, so a decision in Indiana on whether Tyson had violated parole restrictions from a 1992 rape conviction will not come until after Tyson's return to the ring, a fight with Francois Botha scheduled for Jan. 16.
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