Mike Tyson Defends Luis Suarez In Biting Controversy..

Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has leapt to the defence of Luis Suarez following the Uruguay striker's bite on Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup.

He also  infamously once bit an opponent, Evander Holyfield during a title fight. He  empathised with the Liverpool striker, Suarez was handed a four-month worldwide ban by Fifa after biting the defender during Uruguay's Group D clash with Italy a fortnight ago.

"Suarez's bite? I understand it. It was a blackout moment which can happen at times," Tyson replied during a Q&A on social networking service Reddit.

"It was just one moment in which the competition can make the blood in your veins boil and it overpowers your rationality.

"Sometimes you become something that you are not."