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Mike Tyson says DMT Toad told him to make 2020 boxing comeback

Mike Tyson is truly one of the most fascinating and enigmatic fighters in combat sports history.

If he’s not tending to his pigeons or beating up grown men in the boxing ring, “Iron Mike” is drawing spiritual insights from DMT-laced toad venom — 5-MeO-DMT, to be precise. A super-potent psychedelic that inspired Tyson to make his 2020 boxing comeback against former multiple-time champion Roy Jones Jr.

Tyson revealed during a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) that the toad told instructed him to lose weight and fight again.

“I did this toad, this DMT stuff and I lost the weight.