Jake Paul comfortably defeated boxing legend, Mike Tyson earlier this month.

‘The Problem Child’ added the name of Tyson to his boxing record when he defeated ‘Iron Mike’ on points at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

In a drab affair people noticed that Tyson appeared to bite his gloves which concerned Tony Bellew who believed he was in pain during the bout.

Others thought his mouthpiece was the problem and In the post-fight interview, he was asked: “Was it a mouthpiece issue, or were you just biting on your glove?”

Tyson replied: “I have a habit of biting my glove… I have a biting fixation.

Tyson’s former trainer Teddy Atlas gives his verdict on the biting.

“There’s a lot of questions out there about the thumb biting,” Atlas said.

“Mike Tyson biting his thumb through the glove. First of all, that’s something that he did in his amateur days, he did in his pro days, and now, of course, he did it again.

“For people that follow Mike Tyson, his career, they’ve seen it before. People were saying, ‘Tyson’s smart, he’s witty. He knows what to say and the importance of having that image.’

“That’s why he got all the money. It wasn’t about what he had left at 58. It was about what he maybe might have and the image. The scary guy. The guy who’s gonna eat your children, the guy who’s the baddest man on the planet.

“When people asked Tyson about the biting, he knew what to say. Again, keep that image, keep that myth. It’s important in these kinds of realms that they believe that he’s still the bogeyman.

“’Why did you bite, Mike?’ ‘I’ve got a biting ‘fixation’. In other words, so I didn’t bite his ear. Just saying that is brilliant promotion for his brand for people to stay with that image. ‘Oh my God, he bit his thumb so he wouldn’t bite his ear off’.

“But it’s not that. He’s done it before. It’s more like a pacifier. Look, everyone gets nervous, doubtful, scared. Even Mike Tyson. It was more of a thing like a pacifier when a kid’s unsure. You bite down on something. Why? To suppress those feelings, suppress the doubt, the nervousness, the uneasiness, the insecurities. That’s what it is.”

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