Mike Tyson took “Hotboxin'” to another level.
During a recent episode of his “Hotboxin'” podcast — that features powerful conversations with stars in a “studio full of smoke” — Tyson was seemingly too high speak with guest Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The episode has gone viral due to Tyson barely speaking during the 1-hour, 19-minute conversation. Luckily, co-host Henry Cejudo helped fill the time with the former UFC champion — often asking Tyson his thoughts on various topics to prompt him to speak.
When the episode aired, Twitter critics pointed out Tyson’s “stoned” demeanor. Some fans expressed disappointment in Tyson for “wasting” an interview with a fighter of Nurmagomedov’s caliber.
“Mike Tyson came to the Khabib podcast way too high. Ruined it for me, guy was barely awake,” one person tweeted. Another added that Tyson “wasted the Khabib interview. I know the podcast is called Hotboxin but what’s the point of the podcast if you’re too high to talk.”
Despite the mixed reviews, other fans poked fun at Tyson being “too high” to talk, and praised the legendary boxer.
Tyson hasn’t shied away from his love for marijuana.
The 53-year-old joined the marijuana industry in 2018, and owns a 40-acre cannabis ranch in California that manufactures marijuana, along with a number of other weed products. He also has his own school, Tyson Cultivation School, where farmers are taught how to grow and develop strains of cannabis.
In November, “Iron Mike” said he smoked marijuana before his eight-round exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr. — his first fight in 15 years. He has, though, maintained weed does not impact his performance in the ring.
“Absolutely yes… Listen, I can’t stop smoking,” the former heavyweight champion of the world told reporters at Staples Center after the fight. “I smoked during fights. I just have to smoke, I’m sorry. I’m a smoker. … I smoke everyday. I never stopped smoking.
“It’s just who I am,’’ Tyson continued. “It has no effect on me from a negative standpoint. It’s just what I do and how I am and how I’m going to die. There’s no explanation. There’s no beginning, there’s no end.”