Name: Iron Ambition: My Life With cus D'amato
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Author: Mike Tyson
ISBN: 9780525533634

portada Iron Ambition: My Life With cus D'amato

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mike Tyson

Publisher

Blue Rider Pr

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780525533634

Synopsis "Iron Ambition: My Life With cus D'amato "

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times–bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father. "[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch." – Wall Street Journal When Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. In Tyson’s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D’Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D’Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer’s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus’s courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we’ve ever known about this singular cultural figure.

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Mike Tyson is a former American professional boxer, known for his fierce style and controversial behavior both inside and outside the ring. With a knockout win percentage of 88%, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

After retiring, Tyson has ventured into writing and entertainment. He is the author of Undisputed Truth (2013), an autobiography co-written with Larry Sloman, and Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D’Amato (2017), also co-written with Sloman. Additionally, he appeared in the movie The Hangover (2009) and in the animated series Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020).

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