Mike Tyson might have misplaced, however not less than he saved his humorousness.
After his unanimous choice loss to Jake Paul on Friday evening, Tyson was requested by ring reporter Ariel Helwani about his behavior of biting his boxing glove, which caught the attention of many watching the extremely anticipated Netflix battle.
“I have a habit of biting my glove, yes,” he stated. “I have a biting fixation.”
The post-fight jab drew some uncomfortable chuckles, because it was a transparent reference to his 1997 bout rematch with Evander Holyfield, which resulted in weird vogue as Tyson bit off part of Holyfield’s ear.
Tyson was disqualified and misplaced his boxing license for 15 months over the incident.
It’s a historical past Paul was very conscious off, coming to Wednesday’s pre-fight information convention sporting a $200,000 diamond-encased ear cowl.
“I’m not getting my s–t bitten off Friday night,” Paul stated. “I got my diamond-spiked ear covers.”
It turned out the 27-year-old didn’t want a lot in the way in which of safety through the battle, which drew boos from the AT&T Stadium crowd because the combatants spent the ultimate few rounds of their tilt dancing round each other with little motion.
Paul might as an alternative must lend them to his brother Logan, who drew an unofficial problem from Tyson after the battle.
“F–k, I’ll kill you Mike,” Logan informed him.
