Boxing: The day Mike Tyson died and came back to life

While Mike Tyson first made his reputation in the boxing ring, the former fighter has transcended himself into a household name in his retirement.

Tyson has lived an interesting life, to say the least. The boxer has revealed another fascinating tale from his life, wherein he managed to come back from the dead after consuming a psychotropic drug, more commonly know as toad poison.

Speaking to the New York Post, Tyson revealed how that experience made him realise how fleeting life can be and that everyone has an expiration date.

"I died during my first trip," Tyson told the New York Post.

"On these trips I have seen that death is beautiful. Life and death must be beautiful, but death has a very bad reputation.

"The toad has taught me that I will not be here forever. There is an expiration date."

The boxer also went onto to describe how he was consuming other drugs such as cocaine, and he wanted to experiment with toad poison in order to find answers.

"I was consuming heavy drugs like cocaine so I said to myself 'why not'," Tyson continued.

"This is another dimension because before trying the toad I was a disaster."

What is toad poison?

Toad poison is a hallucinogenic compound extracted from the Bufus Alvarius toad - more commonly known in the United States as the Colorado River toad, which is found in Northern Mexico and southwestern US states.

The substance is used to induce an altered state of consciousness.

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