Mike Tyson  was criticized for biting off part of his opponent Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997. Recently, in a match with Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium, he bit again.

Facing a younger and stronger Jake Paul, Mike Tyson lost after 8 rounds. But besides the result of the match, another detail that many fans noticed was that the legend born in 1966 kept biting his gloves every time he raised his hands to defend. 

This has left audiences and the Netflix production team wondering why. Join Sporting News to find out the reason for Mike Tyson’s somewhat strange actions.

Why did Mike Tyson bite his own glove during the fight with Jake Paul?

Netflix’s team got the answer right after the fight. In an interview with reporter Ariel Helwani, Mike Tyson said simply: “This is my habit when I fight. I’m ‘obsessed’ with biting.”

Before fighting Jake Paul, every time Mike Tyson raised his hand to cover his face, he used his mouth to bite his left glove. The American legend did this right from the first minutes and repeated this action many times throughout the fight.

During the Netflix studio, analyst and former boxer Roy Jones Jr. claimed that Tyson’s glove-biting was very strange and not typical of “Iron” Mike ‘s tactics in the ring. However, commentator Mauro Ranallo believes he has seen Tyson do the same thing in previous fights.