In June, Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand Tyson 2.0 will launch two new products in the Canadian market.
During an interview with Complex Canada, Mike Tyson said “It’s the year of the ear,” referring to the ear-shaped THC groceries called Mike’s Bites. The other product is called TKO, a dried cannabis flower that was grown by Purplefarm Genetics of Ontario.
Tyson said Ric Flair, the legendary American boxer, is also part of his brand. He said he had known Ric for many years.
“My general manager Chad introduced him and he became friends. And Chad is the smartest man on our team, so it was obvious that Ric Flair should be on the team. He’s so legendary. “He’s so modern. I’m talking to everyone, downtown kids. He talks a lot of shit, so we relate to him. And I don’t think anyone deserves more than him,” Tyson said.
Tyson’s relationship with cannabis
“I think cannabis is very essential for that perspective because, for example, and it will sound a little weird when you express that, if you take a bunch of gangbangers and put them in a room and give them some liquor.” each other. Put a lot of gangbangers in the room, give some good grass, they’ll start taking selfies, ”Tyson said.
“With cannabis, I’m very objective and I have a goal to achieve,” he said.
He also recalled that before a fight in Denver, he smoked some weed to calm his nerves and, after that, was fined $ 300,000. “Can you believe this! $ 300,000 for weeds! Weeds! About weeds! I got $ 300,000 because I had some weed that I smoked. I was still fined, “Tyson concluded.