Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Timesâ€“bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus Dâ€™Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tysonâ€™s surrogate father.

"[Iron Ambition]Â spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch." â€“Â Wall Street Journal
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When Cus Dâ€™Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, â€œThatâ€™s the heavyweight champion of the world.â€ Dâ€™Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and JosÃ© 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.
Â Â Â In Tysonâ€™s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role Dâ€™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 Dâ€™Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainerâ€™s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cusâ€™s courageousÂ fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than weâ€™ve ever known about this singular cultural figure.
Country USA
Brand BLUE RIDER
Manufacturer Blue Rider Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-05-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399177033

Country	USA
Brand	BLUE RIDER
Manufacturer	Blue Rider Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2017-05-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399177033

Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

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