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MIKE REVEALS HIGH HOPES FROM SELLING CANNABIS

- By James Desborough

BOXING legend Mike Tyson may have been a dope to squander his fortune – but he aims to get much it back by selling marijuana.

Tyson, 51, revealed he plans to deliver the “best marijuana around” now it is legal to sell over the counter in California.

He is in partnershi­p with investors to create a “cannabis resort” in n California City, a town in the Mojave e Desert.

And he insisted his desire e in selling the drug is “100 per cent” to heal.

“It’s not just about smoking ing to get high,” said dad-of-seven Tyson.

“It helps people that cannot sleep, people with cancer and nd so many quagmires that people ple don’t know about.” He aims s to start distributi­ng di in the next two months and is unworried by rivals. “We are going to have the best mariju marijuana around,” he said. He revealed his high hopes at the Lo Los Angeles premiere of his new fil film Kickboxer: Retaliatio­n, with Je Jean Claude Van Damme. Ty Tyson insisted he is not dr dropping his movie career for dope and will next appear in China Salesman, with Steven Seagal.

He also hopes for a cameo role in a biopic, with Jamie Foxx, of his rise from bullied kid to becoming the youngest world heavyweigh­t champion at 20.

But he is a long way from his bucket list dream of playing Othello. He said: “I am nowhere close yet. I’m too nervous.”

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