CHARLESTON — A company owned by former boxer and entrepreneur Mike Tyson wants to take advantage of West Virginia’s relatively business-friendly industrial hemp laws to cultivate and extract the oils used in some cannabinoid products.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s company, Tyson Holistic Holdings, LLC., has come to West Virginia hoping to grow cannabidiol hemp.

Mike Tyson, whose career has spanned from world heavyweight champion to actor to pop culture icon, is adding another title: Marijuana kingpin.