Mike Tyson is starting the New Year with green on his mind, he’s leading the charge on a cannabis resort that aims to produce high quality strains of THC and CBD.

The former boxer and some business partners have broken ground on a 40-acre ranch in the state that they envision as a destination for growers and consumers of newly legal weed.

A company owned by former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to partner with a West Virginia greenhouse to grow and extract cannabis for use in its products.

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.