Mike Tyson has decided to clarify why he bites his gloves after his bizarre move attracted attention during his Netflix fight with Jake Paul on Friday night.

Tyson, 58, went the distance with 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul, but was easily beaten in his first professional fight in almost 20 years.

And fans thought they spotted a problem for Iron Mike during the fight and thought he had a problem with his mouthpiece.

The boxing icon was seen repeatedly biting his glove while moving towards Paul during each of the fight’s eight rounds.

But Tyson simply clarified: “I have a habit of biting my glove when I fight, yes.” Pressed on the subject by journalist Ariel Helwani, he added: “I have a biting fixation.” Helwani joked: “I heard about it…I don’t want to know more.”

Tyson bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during their fight that shook boxing 27 years ago.

Mike Tyson was seen biting his gloves during his fight with Jake Paul on Friday night

After Holyfield won his first match in 1996 via 11th-round TKO, the two men faced each other again at the MGM Grand the following year. The rematch would be infamously dubbed The Bite Fight after Iron Mike bit Holyfield’s ear, ending the fight with a third-round disqualification.