The Mike Tyson Tribute - Part 2

Tyson learned his trade under the wise tutelage of long time trainer and boxing historian Cus Damato. There is no doubt that Damato was the most influential figure in Tysons life in terms of his fighting roots, training him day in day out since iron Mike was a young teen and took him from a New York juvenile centre to live in his home after seeing the youngster sparring. He taught Tyson not only how he should fight, but about the history of the game, the two would spend evenings watching old black and white reels of the former greats plying their trade. Although Tyson was an amateur until he ditched his vest for the pros at age 18, Cus wasnt training him as an amateur, the goal from the very start was to turn this powerful young kid into the heavyweight champion. Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion ever at age 20 in 1986, one year after Cus Damato died at age 77. There is no doubt in anyones mind that Tyson would not have been champion if it werent for Cus. Words scribed on Cus gravestone are symbolic of his young protege : A boy comes to me with a spark of interest, I feed the spark till it becomes a flame, I feed the flame till it becomes a fire, I feed the fire till it becomes a roaring blaze. Roaring blaze! Sound like a prime Tyson?

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[IIIJackBlacklll]

tyson rockt :D

wie heißen deine lieder?

[Samy3080]

1.Rob dougan clubbed to death

2. Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream

[splatt33face]

"...and one quarter pounds"! That little bit extra has put men to sleep. Take it away & they only would've been battered into submission.....or knocked out slowly.

[11ZombieKiller]

Tyson is a monster!

[IIIJackBlacklll]

@Samy3080

thx :)