Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson, two former heavyweight champions, could be meeting once again. Instead of the squared circle, however, Lewis will be joining Tyson as an investor in the cannabis industry, which his former rival has embraced with zeal.

Lewis, a three-time heavyweight champion who knocked out Tyson during a title bout in 2002, is investing in Canadian company New Maple Holdings Ltd., which specializes in designing large-scale grow facilities for medical marijuana.

The company also has two subsidiaries: New Maple Consulting offers technological advice to new cannabis businesses and licensed weed producer CanWe Growers.

Lewis will also serve as an executive advisor for the company, focusing in sports recovery.

Recovery benefits are an oft-repeated reason for supporting use of cannabis and cannabis-related medicines among athletes and everyday folks alike. Lewis joins a very long list of athletes from various sports singing weed’s praises, including Rob Gronkowski, Al Harrington, Daniel Carcillo and Riley Cote, Elias Theodorou and Ross Rebagliati.

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Lewis, who holds dual British and Canadian citizenship, boxed professionally from 1989 to 2004. Among his many achievements, he won a gold medal for Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and is a Member of the Order of Canada.

“It’s great to be part of a team that will bring a range of medicinal cannabis products to many people worldwide to help with ailments such as concussions, insomnia and old sports injuries to cancer,” said Lewis, whose investment focus since retiring several years ago has been on startups and burgeoning industries, making cannabis a natural fit.

Ross Rebagliati was involved in the founding of Legacy Brands by Ross Rebagliati. / Photo: NATIONAL POST STAFF PHOTO NATIONAL POST STAFF PHOTO

“New Maple and CanWe are our babies. At the end of the day, we do it for the people. Whether you’re a patient or a ‘cannacseur’, this plant has so much potential and we want to grow the best cannabis possible so that people can depend on us for consistency, quality, and safety,” adds New Maple’s co-founder Don-Shane Taylor.