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Constantine "Cus" D'Amato (January 17, 1908 – November 4, 1985) was an American boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers of Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, and José Torres, all of whom went on to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [1]
William D'Arcy Cayton (June 6, 1918 – October 4, 2003) was a boxing promoter and manager. Clients included Mike Tyson, who sued him, yet retained him as manager when the two settled the lawsuit four years later, in 1988. [1] Cayton also acted as a film historian and producer to preserve boxing's legacy. During his career, Cayton founded or co ...
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 to 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" [4] and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", [5] Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. [6]
A crowd of 15,472 rose to its feet and roared when Mike Tyson entered the ring at MCI Center in Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2005. Ten months after suffering a fourth-round knockout against Danny ...
Former undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson has described King, his former promoter, as "ruthless", "deplorable", and "greedy". [56] In 1998, Tyson sued King for $100 million, alleging that the boxing promoter had cheated him out of millions over more than a decade. [57]
Mike Tyson’s first super fight came at the legendary Tokyo Dome in 1988, when he defended his three belts against Tony Tubbs. ... It certainly didn’t help that Tyson’s manager Don King took ...
In 1984 they signed the 18-year-old Mike Tyson, who was being trained by Jacobs' old friend D'Amato, and oversaw his rise to become undisputed world heavyweight champion; Jacobs became a close friend and mentor of Tyson. [20]
Mike Tyson is not a nice guy, and he is not at peace. Those are his words. ... The 58-year-old did his time in prison – from 1992 to 1995 after being convicted of rape, plus nine months in 1999 ...