Mike Tyson Tells Logan Paul He’s Using Psychedelics While Training: ‘It Takes Me to Heaven’

Mar. 15, 2025

Mike Tyson.Photo:Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty

Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty

As his boxing match withJake Paulnears closer,Mike Tysonrecently opened up about his training methods — which include the use of psychedelic mushrooms.

During a recent appearance on Logan Paul’s podcastImpaulsive,the boxing icon said that taking psychedelic mushrooms is “beautiful” experience while fight training. “I have to take them when I train. I always train with my mushrooms,” Tyson said.

Mike Tyson.Joe Scarnici/Getty

Joe Scarnici/Getty

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This isn’t his first experience with psychedelics. Back in November 2021, Tyson told theNew York Postthat after he tried smoking the venom from a Sonoran Desert Toad, he had a life-changing experience. “I ‘died’ during my first trip,” Tyson told theoutletat the time.

“In my trips I’ve seen that death is beautiful,” he added. “Life and death both have to be beautiful, but death has a bad rep. The toad has taught me that I’m not going to be here forever. There’s an expiration date.”

“I did it as a dare,” Tyson told thePostwhile attending Wonderland, a conference for psychedelics, microdosing and medicine, in Miami, Florida. “I was doing heavy drugs like cocaine, so why not? It’s another dimension. Before I did the toad, I was a wreck.”

“The toughest opponent I ever faced was myself. I had low self-esteem. People with big egos often have low self-esteem,” he added. “We use our ego to subsidize that. The toad strips the ego.”

source: people.com