The truth behind Tyson v Holyfield

By Neal J. Riley, Globe Correspondent

A Hingham man has been sentenced to two years in prison -- 60 days to serve and the balance suspended -- after he admitted in Norfolk Superior Court today to biting off parts of another man's ears during a fight, authorities said.

Andrew J. MacDonald, 20, pleaded guilty to two counts of mayhem after he was accused of biting off a portion of another man's upper right ear and lower left earlobe and spitting them onto the pavement outside of a McDonald's in Weymouth in Nov. 2009, according to a statement from Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey.

Morrissey said the combatants had called each other names in several angry Facebook messages prior to the incident. A friend of the victim collected the bitten ear pieces and transported the victim to a local hospital, Morrissey said.

I almost didn't post this until I got to the last paragraph. Like yeah this dude bit some other dude's ear off. Kinda gross, kinda weird. He is going to do some jail time, insert Tyson joke, blah, blah, blah. Probably not worth my time. Then I got confused. This shit started with some trash talk on the Book? What gives? Then I figured it out. You can't message bro. I've spewed some serious heat on wall posts and taken some back just as bad, because the wall is for teasing hate. You bring that shit to the private message you up the stakes, and if you're not careful you get your ear bitten off.