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No one has ever really thrown a better uppercut than "Iron" Mike. Truth.
Showing posts with label mike tyson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mike tyson. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Kid Dynamite
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It’s been awhile since we’ve just sat down and enjoyed watching the highlights of a fighter. It’s debatable if there has ever been a fighter that provided more highlights throughout his career than Mike Tyson. He was quite simply a destroyer, a man who had one of the most impressive, devastating and violent rises to the top of the sport in its history. Before he took on the “Iron” monicker, Mike was known as Kid Dynamite. Our personal favorite nickname for him. Few nicknames in the sport have ever been more definitive of the fighter, Mike’s KO power and bursts of violent flurries unrivaled. The rest of his life has been just as incredible of a journey as the beginning of his career. Who would have thought the kid in this video would end up on Broadway doing a one man show?
It’s been awhile since we’ve just sat down and enjoyed watching the highlights of a fighter. It’s debatable if there has ever been a fighter that provided more highlights throughout his career than Mike Tyson. He was quite simply a destroyer, a man who had one of the most impressive, devastating and violent rises to the top of the sport in its history. Before he took on the “Iron” monicker, Mike was known as Kid Dynamite. Our personal favorite nickname for him. Few nicknames in the sport have ever been more definitive of the fighter, Mike’s KO power and bursts of violent flurries unrivaled. The rest of his life has been just as incredible of a journey as the beginning of his career. Who would have thought the kid in this video would end up on Broadway doing a one man show?
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
RIP Cus D'Amato
Another boxing legend was born on this day in 1908, Cus D’Amato. Cus trained Floyd Patterson, Mike Tyson (pictured above), Jose Torres and a host of others. He also taught many other important trainers how to do their job, most notably Teddy Atlas. Great men like Cus don’t come around too often anymore. He took Tyson in after his mothers death and was instrumental in teaching “Iron” Mike the fundamentals which would take him to a World Title at the age of 20, the youngest ever World Heavyweight titleholder. Unfortunately Cus wasn’t there to witness what would have undoubtedly been the proudest moment of his storied career as he passed away just over a year before Tyson won the title. Hopefully he receives some of the attention due to him on this day. Rest in peace Cus.
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