Tyson 2.0 x Royal Queen Seeds — 6 Strains Reviewed

Mike Tyson knocked people out for a living. Now he's breeding cannabis seeds with Royal Queen Seeds — and the results hit just as hard. The Tyson 2.0 x RQS collaboration put 7 exclusive strains into production: 4 feminized photoperiods and 3 autoflowers, all available as seeds for home growers. We carry 6 of them at Azarius, plus a Tyson-branded grinder and rolling tray.

This isn't another celebrity slapping their name on a pre-roll. Tyson has been vocal about cannabis since his 2020 comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr., where he openly used it during training camp. His company, Tyson 2.0, already sold concentrates, edibles, and pre-rolls — but never seeds. The RQS partnership is the first time Iron Mike's favourite genetics have been available for home cultivation. For seed growers, that matters: you're not buying a brand, you're buying actual genetics.

The Tyson 2.0 x RQS Strains — What's in the Collection

The first round of the collaboration produced 7 strains: 4 feminized photoperiods and 3 autoflowers. Another 12 strains are planned across the three-year partnership. Here's what's available right now at Azarius, with the specs that actually matter for growers.

Feminized Photoperiods

Autoflowers

Notice the genetics: these aren't random crosses. Gelato 44 is Sunset Sherbet x Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies — a dessert-lineage strain that's been one of the most popular in US dispensaries for years but was never available as seed until this collaboration. Dynamite Diesel crosses two legendary diesel strains. Punch Pie is double purple genetics. Whoever selected the parents for this line knew what they were doing.

Which Tyson Strain Should You Grow?

With 6 strains in the shop, picking the right one depends on your setup and what you want from the final product. We'd break it down like this:

• First-time grower, any setup: GOAT'lato. It's an autoflower, so you don't need to manage light cycles. Seed to harvest in 70-80 days — the fastest in the collection. The Gelato genetics make it forgiving of minor mistakes. If you can water a plant, you can grow this.
• Indoor grower wanting maximum yield: Punch Pie. 550-600 g/m2 indoors, 50-60 day flowering, and 90% indica so it stays compact. The purple colours develop naturally without cold stress. Genuine knockout smoke — the name isn't ironic.
• Flavour chaser: Gelato 44. The Sunset Sherbet x Thin Mint GSC cross produces a terpene profile that tastes like frozen dessert. This is the strain Tyson was personally smoking before the partnership — it's the centrepiece of the collection.
• Daytime smoker who wants energy: Corkscrew. 55% sativa-dominant auto with cherry-pineapple terps. Uplifting, focused, none of the couch-lock from the indica-heavy strains. A sativa that actually finishes in under 13 weeks — that's rare.
• Old-school diesel fan: Dynamite Diesel. Sour Diesel x Skywalker OG. If you miss the fuel-stinking flowers from the early 2000s NYC scene, this is the modern version — higher yield, shorter flowering, same earth-pepper-pine terps.
• Sativa lover who doesn't want to wait forever: NYC Sour D. 70% sativa genetics in an autoflower that finishes in 75-90 days. Diesel and lime terps, euphoric high. The auto format means you can run perpetual harvests.

Tyson's Cannabis Story — From the Ring to the Grow Room

Tyson started smoking cannabis as a teenager, quit at 18 before his 1985 professional debut, then used it intermittently throughout his career. A 2000 victory over Andrew Golota was controversially ruled a no-contest after Tyson tested positive for marijuana. For years, cannabis and boxing were supposed to be incompatible. Tyson disagrees: "I should have smoked my whole career. It put me in a different state of mind."

AZARIUS · Which Tyson Strain Should You Grow?

He launched Tyson 2.0 in 2021 with a line of concentrates, edibles, and pre-rolls. The brand grew fast — available across multiple US states and internationally. But seeds were never part of the portfolio until Royal Queen Seeds approached with a proposal: take Tyson's favourite genetics and breed them into stable, home-grower-friendly seed lines. RQS brought decades of breeding expertise (they're one of Europe's largest seed banks, based in the Netherlands), and Tyson brought the strain selection and brand pull. The result is a three-year partnership with 18+ planned strains.

What makes this different from most celebrity cannabis deals: Tyson actually selected the genetics based on what he smokes. Gelato 44, Dynamite Diesel, Punch Pie — these aren't strains a marketing team picked because they sound cool. They're strains Tyson grew, smoked, and chose before anyone suggested putting his name on a seed pack. That's a meaningful difference in a market flooded with celebrity brands that are just licensing deals with no real involvement.

The Tyson 2.0 Accessories

Beyond seeds, we also carry two Tyson 2.0 accessories for your setup: the Metal Grinder Tyson Amsterdam — a solid 4-piece grinder with the Tyson 2.0 logo — and the Red Rolling Tray, available in two sizes with lipped edges to keep everything in place.

The Tyson 2.0 x RQS line is one of the better celebrity cannabis collaborations we've seen — and we've been watching this market since 1999. The genetics are solid, the yields are above average, and the autos actually perform. If you want to grow something from the collection, start with

Last updated: April 2026