Mike Tyson Tribute (Part 1)

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• Description : Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watc...(more)h?v=1hab3DwUDBI Music used: 1. DMX - Intro (It's Dark and Hell is Hot) 2. Ludovico Einaudi Nuvole Bianche (Original) 3. Plague Burial (by Teargas & Plateglass) Article By Al Francis: Without question one of the most controversial figures in sporting history as well as one of the most naturally gifted fighters of the past hundred years, Mike Tyson is an enigma to many. In his prime, his performances in the ring blew people away and he was as famous as any man in his lifetime, yet for many boxing critics hes still not what he could have been. His rise was meteoric and his fall was catastrophic! As quick and seemingly easy as it was for him to become the most mesmerizing athlete in the world, it was just as quick that it was all thrown away, or taken from him, whichever way you like to look at it. This makes me think what if things were different? What if Cus Damato hadnt died or was younger when he took Mike in? What if he had never gotten involved with Robin Givens? And what if he wasnt convicted of rape? Would he have lived up to his immense potential? 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? (less)