Mike Tyson On Taking A Bite Out Of The Cannabis Industry | Forbes

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  • čas přidán 25. 04. 2024
  • 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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Komentáře • 122

  • @julianr1330
    @julianr1330 Před 17 dny +54

    I love Mike Tyson’s chill demeanor! Awesome to see iron mike kill it all these years later

  • @michaelhartman851
    @michaelhartman851 Před 17 dny +65

    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
      @Patrick-el8zs Před 16 dny +3

      Well ya your cultivating plants so your a farmer . Farmers are known to be hard workers so ...

    • @spiritanimal7516
      @spiritanimal7516 Před 15 dny +6

      A big misconception is that marijuana is grown solely for recreational purposes, people like me need this plant to help with medical issues

    • @ratboy4169
      @ratboy4169 Před 15 dny +1

      how can someone not understand the words, money tree. it will be a billion industry & still no legal in every state.

    • @thomaskeyton7771
      @thomaskeyton7771 Před 13 dny +3

      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
      @teamtubbyz6399 Před 12 dny

      ​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.

  • @chrisekigbo7748
    @chrisekigbo7748 Před 17 dny +22

    So happy for Mike

    • @patrickaussieMilartry
      @patrickaussieMilartry Před 10 dny

      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.👍

  • @BitBeastCarter
    @BitBeastCarter Před 18 dny +20

    Genius idea and super supportive of this 👏🏼🙏🏼

    • @ZoongoZang
      @ZoongoZang Před 18 dny +1

      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

  • @judewarner1536
    @judewarner1536 Před 17 dny +12

    Forbes: Voice of the 1%.

    • @trollon-u2124
      @trollon-u2124 Před 17 dny +3

      For a company with avg revenue of 5 Billion dollars, I'd say that 1% pulls some decent weight

    • @judewarner1536
      @judewarner1536 Před 12 dny

      @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.

  • @gogogo1064
    @gogogo1064 Před 18 dny +13

    His previois canabis line was one of the best. They had some trippy strains.

    • @technodrone313
      @technodrone313 Před 17 dny +6

      i tried tko cookies. it wasnt half bad. decently priced for celebrity weed.

  • @bustownbc2787
    @bustownbc2787 Před 17 dny +4

    Love mike💯💯💯 he never stops going forward

  • @weedmapsofficial
    @weedmapsofficial Před 14 dny +3

    Tyson is iconic for this 🔥

  • @aronstoneboovip
    @aronstoneboovip Před 4 dny

    "I cant even spell cannabis. why am I the face of it, why is the universe choose me" lmao Mike u legend, no one is better in that position than u

  • @garethbeaton8414
    @garethbeaton8414 Před 17 dny +1

    Do you sell to uk cbd or thc

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas Před 17 dny +18

    I'll get behind anything Mike puts his name on! id love some toad for my mental health, that is for sure

  • @zn12914
    @zn12914 Před 17 dny +3

    title of the video is wicked

  • @justtwobrotherspokemon

    As a medical patient myself I've had mike bites they were top quality medicine. Well made. You go mike!!!!!

  • @DeHyntonGaming
    @DeHyntonGaming Před 17 dny +4

    I want to buy in UK

  • @Flowlimit
    @Flowlimit Před 16 dny

    What a beautiful human being. ❤

  • @ike9
    @ike9 Před 17 dny +5

    Mike bites!

  • @jwsledge
    @jwsledge Před 15 dny

    Ive tried these gummies….EXCELLENT… love em. Very consistent.

  • @breeze2dopemusic
    @breeze2dopemusic Před 6 dny

    Amazing! Thank you Forbes

  • @ChemicalXII
    @ChemicalXII Před 17 dny +1

    "The Champion Cannabis Guy: Mike Tyson. - - Holy Ears: Evander Holyfield.".

  • @wrussell7273
    @wrussell7273 Před 16 dny

    Go Mike

  • @JWick-iq6lp
    @JWick-iq6lp Před 16 dny

    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.

  • @MarioGlebbeek
    @MarioGlebbeek Před 16 dny

    Way to go Mike 👍💟

  • @TomDBombed
    @TomDBombed Před 15 dny

    What an amazing man!

  • @selftalkwithsal4229
    @selftalkwithsal4229 Před 17 dny +10

    Da king of Cannibus
    #miketyson

  • @MaseratiShawty1
    @MaseratiShawty1 Před 17 dny

    I wonder if theirs any of his products in the Bay Area.

  • @JayBeachTV
    @JayBeachTV Před 15 dny

    You deserve it Mike love ya brotha!

  • @JaSon-wc4pn
    @JaSon-wc4pn Před 17 dny +7

    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

  • @paulg3012
    @paulg3012 Před 17 dny +1

    Seeds selling one per package? Come on people.

  • @schwastypantz8795
    @schwastypantz8795 Před 17 dny +2

    Great colab with royal queen seeds

  • @dougwilkinson1303
    @dougwilkinson1303 Před 12 dny

    In Maryland

  • @JacobThomas6654-eh8yr

    The fact tt it's shaped like an ear knowing Mike Tyson's full history is hilarious to me

  • @mandelleli
    @mandelleli Před 17 dny

    IRONMIKE❤

  • @viperphoenix...
    @viperphoenix... Před 17 dny +1

    I'm buying some

  • @robwood8201
    @robwood8201 Před 13 dny

    They are a awesome edible!!! I actually tried them on 4/20!!

  • @buckallyall8481
    @buckallyall8481 Před 16 dny

    Ric Flair's Woooooo OG🤣🤣

  • @madreselva7
    @madreselva7 Před 16 dny

    Iron Mike sir 💚 when I go in I always ask could I please have 2 ears and thank you. 🎉✌️👂🤤💚🥰

  • @justinreedflynn
    @justinreedflynn Před 12 dny

    Mike Tyson seems to have had such an amazing evolution as a person.

  • @timmcdonald958
    @timmcdonald958 Před 17 dny +2

    3:30 bro sweating like crazy

  • @Johnninham-ur1dr
    @Johnninham-ur1dr Před 15 dny

    'Bongon with Mike Tyson!'

  • @Kingtrollface259
    @Kingtrollface259 Před 17 dny

    Mike is a genius

  • @jaybae5850
    @jaybae5850 Před 16 dny

    Tyson thc vapes hits alright. Decent 👍

  • @RawShogun
    @RawShogun Před 9 dny

    Elevated just got the license for the Tyson brand in NM, the ears are pretty good, they look like little ears!

  • @peteypablo2081
    @peteypablo2081 Před 17 dny

    How do I get some Mike Bites???!!? I'm in Canada

  • @mikescott7408
    @mikescott7408 Před 11 dny +1

    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

  • @franko8572
    @franko8572 Před 17 dny

    I thought it was gonna say “a bite out of Holyfield’s ear” in the title.

  • @ronaldedwards507
    @ronaldedwards507 Před 17 dny

    The fact that’s it’s ears is crazy also smart

  • @GenGenChilling
    @GenGenChilling Před 16 dny

    Bring it back to Maryland. Please 🫶🏽❤️

  • @garethbeaton8414
    @garethbeaton8414 Před 17 dny +1

    Tko kig of the ring and king of the bong

  • @dougwilkinson1303
    @dougwilkinson1303 Před 12 dny

    I would like to see Tyson

  • @GinaBurlingham
    @GinaBurlingham Před 14 dny +1

    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.!!

  • @moneyball8287
    @moneyball8287 Před 14 dny

    Mike can bite my ear anytime😂😂😂

  • @DrizzyDrake3000
    @DrizzyDrake3000 Před 11 dny

    Awwww Mike like the interviewer a lot

  • @TORKERTYLER
    @TORKERTYLER Před 9 dny

    As a Canadian you will regret legalizing drugs

  • @bryanspilner7370
    @bryanspilner7370 Před 3 dny

    TYSON FOR PRESIDENT

  • @mydefenseisimpregnable

    Is the ear bites vegetarien/vegan?

  • @ShaunC-s.c.
    @ShaunC-s.c. Před 15 dny +1

    His cannabis failed testing recently

  • @TheOnly1JLDN
    @TheOnly1JLDN Před 17 dny

    Did mike really say
    Get out of ear

  • @stevierico5934
    @stevierico5934 Před 11 dny

    The love of money!

  • @DikDastardly
    @DikDastardly Před 16 dny

    anyone from NYC in the 80s 90s and early 00's knows BROWNSVILLE AINT NO FUCKN JOKE

  • @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman

    Just awesome we are at a point in society where we praise people for cheating...

  • @jraddd367
    @jraddd367 Před 9 dny

    Love Mike and his brand of weed

  • @ns4gang96
    @ns4gang96 Před 11 dny

    yeah see weed is amazing good thing that alot of people take for granted

  • @Gypsyukgrow
    @Gypsyukgrow Před 16 dny

    Would love to grow your seeds UK 😏 comes 😅

  • @8THCity420
    @8THCity420 Před 12 dny

    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.

  • @Alexandersuperman420
    @Alexandersuperman420 Před 7 dny

    I need some I am 21

  • @ldougle2018
    @ldougle2018 Před 16 dny

    Outstanding boxer,outstanding gentleman 👊🏼Tyson 2.0 Amsterdam is top draw 👌🏻

  • @richardsanchez8358
    @richardsanchez8358 Před 17 dny

    Use your toes that’s me

  • @Jake-ny3wt
    @Jake-ny3wt Před 17 dny

    6 weeks. He’s going to kill Paul 😂

  • @Gjjarv
    @Gjjarv Před 17 dny

    Haha class biten ears 😂😂😂

  • @richardsanchez8358
    @richardsanchez8358 Před 17 dny

    Those are all my ideas

  • @JXero
    @JXero Před 9 dny

    Meanwhile his weed got recalled for fungus. 🙄💀

  • @quirijn3865
    @quirijn3865 Před 16 dny

    Myke should make the fight just one punch to knock Jake Paul's career out of his soul

  • @garethbeaton8414
    @garethbeaton8414 Před 17 dny

    Woow you grow up like that and never did it ones het in way of boxing grat man

  • @joeydiaz5037
    @joeydiaz5037 Před 12 dny

    Selling single seed packs LOL

  • @SJD93
    @SJD93 Před 11 dny +1

    Free the weed

  • @Falconryful
    @Falconryful Před 17 dny

    I say what a load of bs.

  • @claudegervais7103
    @claudegervais7103 Před 14 dny

    From cannibal to cannabis :)

  • @simcitybigworldmedia
    @simcitybigworldmedia Před 16 dny

    My wife said why don't you use the ear , I said get out of "ear" 😂

  • @sergiobowers6930
    @sergiobowers6930 Před 16 dny

    Atta boy Mike.

  • @bikerbrandon1
    @bikerbrandon1 Před 16 dny

    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.

  • @Herculano420
    @Herculano420 Před 14 dny

    I love weed.

  • @Jake-ny3wt
    @Jake-ny3wt Před 17 dny

    Future can’t smoke🥺🥺🥺

  • @dreamulator
    @dreamulator Před 14 dny

    YO SPONSER MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @NotLikeLee
    @NotLikeLee Před 16 dny

    Holyfield should sue him that’s not mikes ear.

  • @nickb.7272
    @nickb.7272 Před 16 dny

    Worst wax of any form I've ever came across unfortunately

  • @Luciid
    @Luciid Před 17 dny +3

    does anyone else fart?

  • @zz-.-
    @zz-.- Před 15 dny

    Leave it to Forbes to have a headline like this lol you clickbait clowns 😂

  • @user-tp5ls5dd7e
    @user-tp5ls5dd7e Před 12 dny

    This is in poor taste.

  • @dwhitelee7803
    @dwhitelee7803 Před 7 dny

    Tyson u go bruh, u r a legendary God

  • @NovaOfficial_Tv
    @NovaOfficial_Tv Před 17 dny

    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
      @fighterforlife5284 Před 17 dny +2

      True but he still gettin the money. Everything is about money now. Get it while u can

    • @TheCiaMKultra
      @TheCiaMKultra Před 17 dny

      ​@@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
      @MaseratiShawty1 Před 17 dny +2

      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
      @jaybae5850 Před 16 dny

      These celebrity types do have a part to play on the cannabis industry, no doubt. Nothing wrong with that.

  • @blaneharrison6341
    @blaneharrison6341 Před 12 dny

    The champ of the world 💯

  • @stevenbird8076
    @stevenbird8076 Před 12 dny

    SUCH A PLEASANT MAN , AND HES GOING TO DESTROY HOMEBOY IN THIS FIGHT COMING UP ...

  • @stevenbird8076
    @stevenbird8076 Před 12 dny

    FUTURE DOESNT DESERVE THE SPOT... BUT FREEBAND TESTS DOES

  • @r.o.b5549
    @r.o.b5549 Před 16 dny

    If Mike's smile dont naturally make you smile..you need medical attention

  • @Williamjane69
    @Williamjane69 Před 11 dny

    And we Cary his product. And from 3 blocks from each other 11233. WilliamJane @miketyson