Why does Mike Tyson bite his gloves? Explaining reason for unique tick during fight

Mike Tyson and biting go hand-in-hand. The heavyweight champion is known for his incident against Evander Holyfield in 1997, when he bite off part of the ear of his opponent. 

However, biting was once again the name of the game for Tyson on Friday night, as the 58-year-old showed off a unique tick of nibbling on his globe while he was shielding himself from Paul. 

Tyson did it early and often, as it continued for the remainder of the fight. It had the Netflix team in the booth asking the same question as many at home — is there a reason for why Tyson bites his glove?

Here are the supposed reason behind the biting.

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Why does Mike Tyson bite his gloves?

One of the first things that stood out during the Paul vs. Tyson fight was the heavyweight's reoccuring decision to bite his glove. As he was shielding his face, his mouth could be seen closing the thumb on his left hand. 

On the Netflix broadcast, analyst Roy Jones Jr. was adamant that the glove biting was weird and not something normally associated with Tyson's tactics in the ring. However, play-by-play announcer Mauro Ranallo was convinced that he had seen the legendary boxer do the same thing in prior fights. 

Analyst Rosie Perez offered the smart solution of asking Amir Tyson, who was a reporter on the Netflix broadcast. He was the one with the microphone giving an interview to his father when Tyson flashed the camera in the locker room.