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Mike Tyson used sex to keep himself from committing murder

Mike Tyson said earlier this week he 'died' from psychedelic toad venom

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Public Service Announcement to all would-be murderers out there: Instead of slicing and dicing, why don’t you give bumping and grinding a shot? It worked for Mike Tyson. The former (and arguably still) Baddest Man on the Planet thankfully used pre-fight sex to keep himself from committing in-ring murder.

"Mike would say, ‘If I do not get laid, I will kill this guy right now,’" Tyson chauffeur Rudy Gonzalez told The Sun.

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 05: Former Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson attends the official weigh-in between Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant on November 5, 2021 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 05: Former Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson attends the official weigh-in between Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant on November 5, 2021 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images)

Years before he "died" by way of psychedelic toad venom, Tyson feared he’d kill his opponents if he didn’t first engage in some locker room banging.

"One of the greatest secrets with Mike was that he needed to have sex in the dressing room before fights," said Gonzalez.

Tyson’s chauffeur-turned-pimp, Gonzalez, took it upon himself to line up pre-fight coeds before Tyson went sparring in the ring.

"He had to get laid to disengage some of the strength he had," added Gonzalez. "So I had girls tucked away in bathrooms and changing rooms."

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif.

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

In finding the ring-side side pieces, Gonzalez did the world a service. Tyson stayed on this side of the law, and his opponents lived to see another day.

"Mike would say, ‘If I do not get laid, I will kill this guy right now.’ Sometimes he’d go in with [the women] for a minute, bang the s–t out of them, snap his neck and say: ‘OK, this guy is going to live tonight,’ " Gonzalez told The Sun.

Had Tyson not "emptied his gun" before stepping between the ropes, Gonzalez feels as though Iron Mike’s man-made firearms would’ve clipped his opponents.

Mike Tyson exits the ring after receiving a split draw against Roy Jones Jr. during Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. presented by Triller at Staples Center on November 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Mike Tyson exits the ring after receiving a split draw against Roy Jones Jr. during Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. presented by Triller at Staples Center on November 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Triller)

"It is no exaggeration to say Mike was like a train hitting these guys," said Gonzalez. "Having sex was his way of disengaging that power and loosening up a bit."

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Some may use sex as a weapon, but Tyson instead used it as a lifesaver.