Mike Tyson explains why he’s given up sex and marijuana before Jake Paul bout on July 20 – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Mike Tyson says he’s given up more than marijuana while preparing for his fight against Jake Paul.

The former heavyweight champion also said he’s given up sex.

“Two and a half weeks I haven’t smoked,” Tyson said during an interview on The Damon Elliott Show. “And I haven’t had sex for 2½ weeks.”

A video of the undated interview was posted on YouTube on Saturday.

In an videotaped interview with Forbes Life, Tyson said it’d been even longer – “probably for six weeks I haven’t gotten high or had sex.”

Tyson, 57, told Forbes his giving up marijuana and sex is connected with discipline as he prepares to face Paul, 27, in a bout scheduled for July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“I’m living my life disciplined now, so I’m going to have to fight disciplined now,” he said.

Tyson, during a 2018 TV interview, said he’d abstained from sex for about five years, apparently because he believed it would make him a better boxer.

“I’m an idiot, you know,” he told Graham Bensinger during the interview back then. “… I just went by what people told me.”

Tyson’s publicist told USA TODAY Sports the boxer was giving up marijuana to comply with rules in the fight with Paul. Marijuana is on the list of banned substances enforced by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees combat sports in Texas.

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