MIKE TYSON has revealed he was on magic mushrooms during his fight with Roy Jones Jr.
The former heavyweight champion of the world, 56, fought Jones Jr in an eight-round exhibition bout in November 2020.
Iron Mike showed off his immense power during the fight in California, which went the distance and was declared a draw.
But now the Baddest Man on the Planet has revealed he "couldn't feel the punches" – because he was on shrooms DURING the fight.
Tyson has recently championed the use of herbal remedies and owns a 420-acre cannabis farm in Southern California.
He joined Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor on podcast 'The Pivot' this week to talk about his life – and revealed he was under the influence of mushrooms during the Jones Jr showdown.
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Iron Mike said: "We don’t use [mushrooms] to run away. It helps me train, it helps me box better.
"When I’m fighting, I really don’t feel the punches. It’s really just like some magical s***.
"You saw me just fight [against Roy Jones Jr]. I was on shrooms.
“I wouldn’t fight without them, are you crazy? And some weed.
"I wish I did this s*** in my career, I’m so f****** mad I didn’t know about this s***".
Tyson has admitted "doing shrooms" with YouTuber Jake Paul in the past after the YouTuber called out the heavyweight legend for a money-spinning fight.
'I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER FIGHTER'
And he knocked back four of them during a 2020 podcast with Jake's brother Logan.
Tyson was spotted earlier this year grappling with a huge bag of cannabis on his Cali farm, which brings in around $500k every month.
He sent social media into meltdown after he was snapped holding the industrial-sized bag of marijuana as he launched a new strain – Tyson 2.0.
Iron Mike is a known advocate of weed, with the former world champion previously declaring he smokes £33,000 of the drug every month.
He told Revolt how he wished he had been able to smoke during his fight days.
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Mike said: "I should have been smoking while I was fighting.
"I would have been such a better fighter. There was one time where I did fight with cannabis and I broke the guy's back.
"I busted his spleen, broke his eye socket. I just did a number. And I was high.
"There may be some children in [the audience] and I don't advise you to get high while participating in sports."
Tyson recently claimed he'd convinced Lennox Lewis to face him in an exhibition fight – despite the pair having a combined age of 111.
Tyson told TMZ as he left a restaurant in Los Angeles on June 21: “I’m gonna fight Lennox Lewis.”
The only other details that he provided was stating that the bout will take place in “September” this year.
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