During the first two rounds, the former world champion gave his masses of fans a glimmer of hope, exhibiting his trademark peek-a-boo style and even landing a decent right hand on his rival.
Alas, by the third segment, ‘Iron Mike’ had drastically slowed down, allowing Paul to cruise to a comfortable victory.
While the commentators noticed that the icon’s legs weren’t quite there, they also picked up on what looked like Tyson was constantly chomping down as if he was having an issue with his mouthguard.
However, it turns out, the power puncher wasn’t experiencing any problems, and was instead merely displaying a habit he’s had throughout his career.
In his 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.”
Confused by the statement, the interviewer followed up, asking: “Why?”
He was then taken aback, as the boxer confessed: “I have a biting fixation.”
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