Mike Tyson reveals reason for biting his boxing gloves during Jake Paul fight

For the archetypal clip successful 19 years, the erstwhile undisputed satellite heavyweight champion returned to the ringing to combat Jake Paul successful Texas, losing via unanimous determination successful the combat shown worldwide connected Netflix

Mike Tyson joked helium has a "biting fixation" aft repeatedly biting down connected his boxing gloves during his comeback combat against Jake Paul.

On a nighttime where Netflix streams crashed and fans walked retired connected the main lawsuit successful Dallas, Tyson's archetypal nonrecreational combat successful 19 years ended successful defeat. Tyson, 58, had nary reply for the 27-year-old YouTube star, who claimed triumph connected the judges' scorecards 80-72 with 2 judges and 79-73 with the third.

The brace embraced successful the ringing post-fight, with announcer Ariel Helwani asking Tyson - who had been struggling to determination throughout, intelligibly hampered some by property and a genu wounded - astir his display. He queried: "The broadcast squad was debating what you were doing with your gloves, was it a rima portion contented oregon were you conscionable biting connected your glove?"

"I person a wont of biting my gloves erstwhile I fight," Tyson replied earlier adding: "I person a biting fixation."

FIGHT REACTION: Fallout from arguable Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul bout

Tyson insisted helium had been pleased with his display, contempt struggling to support gait with Paul and hardly landing a punch of note.

"I americium happy," helium said. "I knew helium was a bully fighter. I knew helium was prepared. I didn't beryllium thing to anybody, lone to myself. I americium conscionable blessed with what I tin do."

And the antheral formerly known arsenic the 'Baddest antheral connected the planet' paid tribute to Paul, insisting helium was a "very bully fighter".

Paul, speaking connected Netflix aft his triumph, said: "Mike Tyson, it's specified an honour. Let's springiness it up for Mike, the top to ever bash it. We wouldn't beryllium present without him contiguous with him, this antheral is an icon. It's conscionable an honour to beryllium capable to combat him. It was truly pugnacious fight. I expected it to be."

"He was precisely what I thought. One of the top to ever bash it. An icon. I was trying to wounded him a small bit. I was frightened helium was going to wounded me. I did my best."

Sadly, determination was small of Tyson's celebrated powerfulness near to bash that, connected a nighttime wherever fans streamed retired midway done the bout, specified was the one-sided quality of the bout.