Tyson and Cus

Way before convicted felon Don King became his guiding light, there was this old white Italian guy that showed Tyson the way.

Tyson as a junior fighter under the tutelage of Cus D’Amato

Mike Tyson and Cus D’Amato shared a very close, father-figure like relationship that went well beyond boxing. The two met while Tyson was locked up in a Juvenile Detention Center near the Catskill Mountains of New York. Tyson was merely a teenager going down the wrong road. To better understand …