Mike Tyson On Taking A Bite Out Of The Cannabis Industry | Forbes
Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion and cannabis mogul (with ear-shaped gummies) tells Forbes how pot changed his life-and the secret weapon that will help him smoke Jake Paul in their fight.
While Iron Mike was prone to being his own hype man as a fighter, he’s not far off with his claims about his budding cannabis company. Tyson 2.0 sells marijuana products-including flower, vapes and edibles made in the shape of Evander Holyfield’s ear, which Tyson notoriously bit during a 1997 match-in 20 states across the U.S., and in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Thailand. The company, through a partnership with PHCANN International in Macedonia, is in the process of launching in Germany’s newly legalized adult-use market as well as the U.K.’s highly restrictive medical marijuana industry.
Tyson 2.0 works off a licensing model, cutting deals with franchisees who grow, manufacture, and sell his branded cannabis products. In 2023, the brand generated $150 million in revenue, Forbes estimates, with about 30% coming from cannabis sales and the rest from accessories, CBD, nicotine vaporizers and other products.
Tyson 2.0’s flower is branded with names drawn from his legendary boxing career, including Dynamite Cookies (his first nickname was Kid Dynamite) and Knockout OG (Tyson won 44 of his 50 boxing career wins by KO). But the company’s flagship product Mike Bites-the edible in the shape of Holyfield’s half-bitten ear-was developed by Tyson’s wife, Kiki.
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I love Mike Tyson’s chill demeanor! Awesome to see iron mike kill it all these years later
The marijuana industry is really misunderstood, it's filled with a bunch of us hard working people that yeah we get stoned but we also do more in a day than some do in a week, the stereotypes of stoners being lazy and unmotivated couldn't be more wrong, great job bringing cannabis into the mainstream market.
@Patrick-el8zs
11 күн бұрын
Well ya your cultivating plants so your a farmer . Farmers are known to be hard workers so ...
@spiritanimal7516
10 күн бұрын
A big misconception is that marijuana is grown solely for recreational purposes, people like me need this plant to help with medical issues
@ratboy4169
10 күн бұрын
how can someone not understand the words, money tree. it will be a billion industry & still no legal in every state.
@thomaskeyton7771
8 күн бұрын
Me too i have seizures and migranes this is about health and freedom of choice i should be able too say no to painkillers and use bud like i do for these painful and inconvenient conditions. Its not a cure all but compared too side effects of meds its pretty tame.
@teamtubbyz6399
8 күн бұрын
Same I have seizures all my life and been using it or my seizures since 18 now 30 helped so much now also working in this area.
So happy for Mike
@patrickaussieMilartry
5 күн бұрын
Amen mate 👍🇦🇺 real good feeling to see a man like this HUMBLE HUMAN BEING GIVEN WHAT HE TRULY DESERVES. HAPPINESS AND SELF RESPECT. HE TRULY IS HUMBLE AND PROUD OF WHOMHE HAS BECOME. A STRONG BOXER AND A VERY STRONG SPIRIT.👍
Love mike💯💯💯 he never stops going forward
Genius idea and super supportive of this 👏🏼🙏🏼
@ZoongoZang
13 күн бұрын
A WOMAN THTS WITH YOU IS WORTH A LOT TO YOU IF YOURE A SMART MAN .....SHE IS A CREDIT TO THE FAMILY INDEED ....GLAD 4 THEM
His previois canabis line was one of the best. They had some trippy strains.
@technodrone313
12 күн бұрын
i tried tko cookies. it wasnt half bad. decently priced for celebrity weed.
Tyson is iconic for this 🔥
@mattgonzalez446
4 күн бұрын
ok plug
As a medical patient myself I've had mike bites they were top quality medicine. Well made. You go mike!!!!!
Forbes: Voice of the 1%.
@trollon-u2124
12 күн бұрын
For a company with avg revenue of 5 Billion dollars, I'd say that 1% pulls some decent weight
@judewarner1536
8 күн бұрын
@trollon-u2124 Yes! The top 1% pulls the same weight as the bottom 60%. What happened to "All men are created equal"? As George Orwell wrote: "Some are more equal than others"... in fact, several billion times more equal.
Amazing! Thank you Forbes
What a beautiful human being. ❤
Ive tried these gummies….EXCELLENT… love em. Very consistent.
title of the video is wicked
Tyson 2.0 has some decent Weed too. I am in Michigan smoking some right now and I just ate 2 Ears lol. The Mike Bites are incredible and the flower isn't the best, but it is potent af and a good deal for the price.
Mike bites!
IRONMIKE❤
You deserve it Mike love ya brotha!
What an amazing man!
Go Mike
Way to go Mike 👍💟
I'll get behind anything Mike puts his name on! id love some toad for my mental health, that is for sure
@joshuagarris2752
9 күн бұрын
I can't even imagine smoking DMT that would be crazy
I want to buy in UK
Do you sell to uk cbd or thc
They are a awesome edible!!! I actually tried them on 4/20!!
Nice one mikey, Your 2.0 vapes are also available in the U.K. (Illegally) Great to see you will be available on UK medical soon
Mike Tyson seems to have had such an amazing evolution as a person.
"The Champion Cannabis Guy: Mike Tyson. - - Holy Ears: Evander Holyfield.".
Great colab with royal queen seeds
Ric Flair's Woooooo OG🤣🤣
Mike is a genius
In Maryland
I wonder if theirs any of his products in the Bay Area.
The fact tt it's shaped like an ear knowing Mike Tyson's full history is hilarious to me
Seeds selling one per package? Come on people.
Iron Mike sir 💚 when I go in I always ask could I please have 2 ears and thank you. 🎉✌️👂🤤💚🥰
Bring it back to Maryland. Please 🫶🏽❤️
The fact that’s it’s ears is crazy also smart
Da king of Cannibus #miketyson
@thething5425
12 күн бұрын
Spelt it wrong mate
@selftalkwithsal4229
12 күн бұрын
@thething5425 nothing gets by you
@thething5425
11 күн бұрын
@@selftalkwithsal4229 😂
'Bongon with Mike Tyson!'
I'm buying some
Awwww Mike like the interviewer a lot
Outstanding boxer,outstanding gentleman 👊🏼Tyson 2.0 Amsterdam is top draw 👌🏻
I would like to see Tyson
Elevated just got the license for the Tyson brand in NM, the ears are pretty good, they look like little ears!
Tyson thc vapes hits alright. Decent 👍
I thought it was gonna say “a bite out of Holyfield’s ear” in the title.
3:30 bro sweating like crazy
@MaseratiShawty1
12 күн бұрын
Geeked af
Tko kig of the ring and king of the bong
How do I get some Mike Bites???!!? I'm in Canada
Mike can bite my ear anytime😂😂😂
That earbite gummy was created 2 or 3 years ago and pulled off the market.. Either mike tried to launch back then and now trying it again with better people i dont know. I
The love of money!
It is unwise to promote criminal behavior. .. and attempt to make such behaviors a novelty. Biting a person's ear off is a CRIMINAL and reprehensible act.!! ... Holyfield should sue because it is HIS ear they are selling.!!
As a Canadian you will regret legalizing drugs
anyone from NYC in the 80s 90s and early 00's knows BROWNSVILLE AINT NO FUCKN JOKE
Love Mike and his brand of weed
Did mike really say Get out of ear
I took 3 grams of Golden Teacher’s mushrooms and I quit drinking. Let me remind you, I was drinking 2TWO2 PINTS of liquor a day for at least 6-8 months maybe. I quit cold Turkey. These things are truly conscious connection to your higher self. Some sort of god. Believe me. I’m the kid of a civilization who’s alienated themselves.
Is the ear bites vegetarien/vegan?
Tyson u go bruh, u r a legendary God
yeah see weed is amazing good thing that alot of people take for granted
Haha class biten ears 😂😂😂
Just awesome we are at a point in society where we praise people for cheating...
Myke should make the fight just one punch to knock Jake Paul's career out of his soul
Would love to grow your seeds UK 😏 comes 😅
@AaronTheGreat________
7 күн бұрын
It’s coming on uk med bro soon
Use your toes that’s me
I need some I am 21
6 weeks. He’s going to kill Paul 😂
Atta boy Mike.
His cannabis failed testing recently
Those are all my ideas
Never understood how people who come from places that did nothing but keep them down and make life unbearable would say they are proud to come from there. Even though they spent their life getting away from it and doing their best to never go back. Easy to admire from a far i guess.
My wife said why don't you use the ear , I said get out of "ear" 😂
Selling single seed packs LOL
Meanwhile his weed got recalled for fungus. 🙄💀
Free the weed
Woow you grow up like that and never did it ones het in way of boxing grat man
From cannibal to cannabis :)
I say what a load of bs.
Holyfield should sue him that’s not mikes ear.
I love weed.
YO SPONSER MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Future can’t smoke🥺🥺🥺
Leave it to Forbes to have a headline like this lol you clickbait clowns 😂
does anyone else fart?
@jameshart5736
12 күн бұрын
😊😅
Worst wax of any form I've ever came across unfortunately
This is in poor taste.
Your not the champion weed guy haven’t even grown yo own…… just bought a company to do everything for you lol 😂 big difference bruh
@fighterforlife5284
12 күн бұрын
True but he still gettin the money. Everything is about money now. Get it while u can
@TheCiaMKultra
12 күн бұрын
@@fighterforlife5284Agreed ! Strike when the irons hot ! Tyson is capitalizing on the market. By being a spokesperson for his self branded company. Seems like he has teamed up with a level headed Cannabis headhunter looking at the horizon of the industry . Being able to expand the product line into Cafe style blazing lounges with infused menu crosses markets from dispensary to Being baked at the bakery 😂 Some great ideas as the Feds finally de- schedule it .
@MaseratiShawty1
12 күн бұрын
I get you but money buys you that. It’s like paying a handyman instead of doing it yourself. He’s changing lives so that’s respectable
@jaybae5850
11 күн бұрын
These celebrity types do have a part to play on the cannabis industry, no doubt. Nothing wrong with that.
The champ of the world 💯
SUCH A PLEASANT MAN , AND HES GOING TO DESTROY HOMEBOY IN THIS FIGHT COMING UP ...
FUTURE DOESNT DESERVE THE SPOT... BUT FREEBAND TESTS DOES
If Mike's smile dont naturally make you smile..you need medical attention
And we Cary his product. And from 3 blocks from each other 11233. WilliamJane @miketyson