The name Mike Tyson might be best associated with boxing, but that won't necessarily be the case for long now that he's announced plans to open up a marijuana holiday resort.

This is no luxury villa at the side of a weed field, either. When we say sorry, we mean resort.

Coming in at an impressive 407 acres, the holiday destination, once built, will contain its own marijuana university (hey, the benefits are becoming increasingly well-known) and host music festivals.

However, this news should come as no surprise to Tyson fans. The 52-year-old setup Tyson Holistic Holdings back in 2016 - a company which retails an array of cannabis-based products, created with holistic intentions.

Just a year later, the idea for Tyson Ranch came into being, but the holiday resort still isn't complete.

In addition to the aforementioned features, the resort will also have its own lazy river.

And while the ranch isn't complete, it did host its first music festival in February, dubbed the Kind Music Festival, which was designed for people to enjoy music, smoke cannabis, and learn about its health benefits.

Tyson's business partner, Rob Hickman described the festival as "the Lollapalooza of cannabis".

In an interview with Cannabis Tech Today, Tyson said: "I thought about how much good I could do by helping people with cannabis. It was a no-brainer."

"I've been fighting for over 20 years, and my body has a lot of wear and tear. I had two surgeries and I used marijuana to calm my nerves, and it would take the pain away... But before, they had me on those opiates, and those opiates had me all screwed up."

Pictured below is what the completed ranch will look like. There will be a hotel and 160 glamping units.

Hickman said: "He's building a holistic center for health and wellness."

"There will be testing in the university. It's going to be about educating people on the healing benefits, how to grow, and how to be in proper business." 

The ranch has already had a well-known visitor too, Piers Morgan. He traveled there to appear on Tyson's podcast. Naturally, this involved the loudmouth presenter indulging in some cannabis.

Hilariously, Morgan wasn't sure what to do with the joint at first. Tyson told him to smoke it, and the former boxer was left in hysterics when Morgan took a draw and said: "When in Rome, right?"

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson has revealed that he smoked weed just before his boxing match against Roy Jones Jr.

Speaking in an interview with Bad Left Hook the 54-year-old former undisputed world heavyweight champion was asked whether or not he had smoked cannabis before the match, and answered emphatically: "absolutely yes."

Tyson previously announced his comeback with this insane training video:

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Tyson continued:

"It's just who I am, it has no effect on me from a negative standpoint. It's just what I do, what I am, and how I'm gonna die. There's no explanation, there's no beginning, there's no end."

When asked whether or not his marijuana usage numbed the pain he experienced while fighting, Tyson added: "No, it just numbs me, it doesn't numb the pain."

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Indeed, Tyson had been open about his weed usage in the past. Speaking with TMZ Sports, the boxer and entrepreneur spoke about his own personal cannabis business Tyson Ranch.

Tyson stated: "Pretty much every day's 4/20, but the actual day 4/20 is something to be remembered. This is the start of a revolution that's been going on for 30 or 40 years."

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Per BBC Sport, Tyson and Jones Jr drew in their match together, and Tyson claimed he was happy with the result, stating:

"This is bigger than championships, we are humanitarians, we are helping people. I'm happy I got this under the belt and I'll continue to go further and do more."

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Meanwhile, former four-weight world champion Jones stated: "I don't do draws but the dude is so strong, man. When he hits you, his head, his punches, his body shots, everything hurts. I'm cool with the draw."

In a recent interview with talkSPORT Tyson's trainer, Muay Thai coach Rafael Cordeiro revealed that, in his opinion, Tyson now has the power and stamina of a 21-year-old, stating:

"As soon as we started training I said 'My Lord'. I didn't know what to expect from a guy who hasn't hit mitts for, I think, almost ten years. So I didn't expect to see what I saw. I saw a guy with the same speed, the same power as a guy who is 21/22-years-old."

Mike Tyson told the New York Post that he "died" the first time he smoked Sonoran Desert toad venom.

The 55-year-old former world heavyweight champion made the revelation at Wonderland, a Miami conference dedicated to psychedelics...

He added that since his 'death' experience, he's gone on to take Sonoran Desert toad venom 53 times and even set up a toad nursery at his South Carolina Ranch.

Known for its psychoactive venom, the Sonoran Desert toad is a Mexican amphibian that spends much of its life living underground. When smoked, the venom produces a short trip comparable to LSD or ayahuasca.

Tyson first smoked "toad" four years ago. He recalled being unhappy and 100 pounds overweight when a friend suggested he try the drug.

"Before I did the toad, I was a wreck," he said. "The toughest opponent I ever faced was myself. I had low self-esteem. People with big egos often have low self-esteem. We use our ego to subsidize that. The toad strips the ego.

"In my trips I’ve seen that death is beautiful," he added. "The toad has taught me that I’m not going to be here forever. There’s an expiration date."

Tyson credits 'tripping toad' with changing his life for the better, saying he lost 100 pounds in three months, started boxing again, and reconnected with his family all thanks to that first dose.

Since then, he's become a regular user of the psychedelic drug and even created a nursery for Sonoran Desert toads at his ranch in Desert Hot Springs, South Carolina.

He's also started advocating across the country to decriminalize psychedelics, and invested in Wesana Health, a biotech company using psilocybin to treat brain injuries.

And it's not just the psychedelics Tyson's championing. The former boxer is also working with marijuana heavyweight Columbia Care to produce an eponymous cannabis line: 'Tyson 2.0'.

He told Yahoo Finance last month that smoking marijuana since retiring has helped him turn his life around, and that he wishes he'd used it throughout his career.

"I should have smoked when I was fighting because it put me in this different state of mind. I'm more relaxed and the more relaxed you are, the better fighter you are at least in my case," Tyson said.

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Mike Tyson has admitted that he was so out of control during the height of his boxing career that there were times when he punched fans simply for asking for his autograph.

The former world champion, 55, infamously had numerous brushes with the law during his turbulent career, including being charged for battery, sexual battery, misdemeanor assault, and assault with a deadly weapon.

What's more, the former boxer is also a registered sex offender and spent three years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of deviate sexual conduct in 1992.

"My life was just miserable, I was out of control," he told Yahoo Finance. "I was fighting with everybody. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd punch them in the face. I was just a mess."

The former fighter, who came out of retirement for an exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr. last November, credits taking up smoking cannabis with helping him turn his life around.

"After I retired, I started smoking," Tyson said. "What a mistake that was - I should have smoked my whole career."

"I should have smoked when I was fighting because it put me in this different state of mind. I'm very relaxed and the more relaxed you are, the better fighter you are, at least in my case," he added.

Ahead of his fight against Jones Jr., Tyson admits he also took psychedelics.

"I think of it as an enhancer," he said. "It makes me better, even in the ring. The punches don't hurt as much, it has a lot to do with my comeback, the psychedelics."

But the former athlete also noted the repercussions he's faced in the past over his use of cannabis.

His 2000 victory over Andrew Golota was changed to no-contest, following a positive test for marijuana. Even so, Tyson seemed to have no regrets over it.

"I broke his cheekbone, his eye socket, his rib — I should have been doing this from the beginning. And I said, 'Wow.' I got fined for that, of course, but it was worth every bit of it," Tyson said.

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Conor McGregor and Mike Tyson are two of the biggest names in combat sports. McGregor is a former UFC lightweight champion and featherweight champion, whose headline match with Khabir Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million pay per view buys, the most in history. Meanwhile, Tyson reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and the undisputed ear-biting-off champion. And if you ask me, he was cruelly snubbed by the Oscars for his brilliant work in The Hangover.

Last summer, the Irish mixed martial artist took on boxer Floyd Mayweather. Before the much-ballyhooed bout, Tyson was critical about McGregor' chances. "McGregor is going to get killed boxing," said Tyson, during an appearance on Barstool Sports Pardon My Take podcast. "McConor put his dumb ass in a position where he's gonna get knocked out because this guy has been doing this all his life since he was a baby... McConor can't kick and grab and stuff, so he won't stand much of a chance."

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Combat fans probably hoped that 51-year-old Tyson and 29-year-old McGregor would resolve their differences in the ring. Instead they squashed their beef by meeting up in Dublin, Ireland, and smoking some weed. And not just any sticky icky; they blazed up KO Kush, a homegrown strain of marijuana from Tyson's gigantic cannabis ranch. On Instagram, McGregor shared a post of the boxing icon exhaling a plume of smoke, and gave his ganja a rave review.

"I went to see Mike Tyson last night in the Helix, Dublin, Ireland. I love and respect Mike Tyson. And I love the Helix. I won my first World Title here, and also my second. It was good to meet you Mike. You spoke some things about me in the past which I did not like and I was happy to speak to you face to face, put it to bed and have some fun. You are in good spirits and I was happy to see this! I will always have the height of respect for you! Some decisions you have made around your finances I do not agree with. As a fighter you must fight here. The most. And this is a fight that never ends. It is even a fight that we pass on to our next in line. Our blood line.

"Make sure you stay switched on with those around you at all times. You have good people around you now, I can tell. But stay switched on. Your Marijuana strain that you grow on your own ranch 'KO Kush' is really nice. It was an honour to taste it and I wish you and your team all the best with this endeavor. Just remember, if someone tries to rip you. Rip their nose off their face. You are a fighting icon and deserve endless love and respect! And from me, you will always have it! Don't let anyone take anything from you. You owe nobody nothing. It is you who is owed. Always remember that."

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In a follow-up post, McGregor shared a photo of himself smoking up, and cracking up. "Some giggle off that Cherry Pick Kush," he wrote in the caption. In the comments, some IG users criticized the Irishman for smoking weed, believing it would take him off his game. "Get cannabis out ur lungs lad then maybe you won't gass out half way through fights all the time," wrote on person, while another commented, "Then the man wonders why he can't win a ufc fight pissed up and high every other day..."

Well, if McGregor loses his next match, or fails spectacularly at throwing another football, now he has an excuse.