Bøger af Mike Tyson

One of the most talked-about and bestselling books of last year, this is the no-holds-barred autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of self-destruction

The story of the relationship between the most devastating heavyweight boxer in history and the mentor who made him.

Mike Tyson gik ud af skolen som syvårig og blev kriminel, sov sammen med sin mor, til han var femten, og blev historiens yngste verdensmester i sværvægtsboksning som tyveårig. Han kæmpede sig ud af fattigdommen og opnåede berømmelse, rigdom og kvinder. Men på toppen af sin karriere sad han tre år i fængsel for voldtægt, og bag facaden kæmpede han både med galoperende storhedsvanvid og mindreværdskomplekser, ude af stand til at elske sig selv.

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. "[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch." - Wall Street Journal When Cus D'Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, "That's the heavyweight champion of the world." D'Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José 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. In Tyson's bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D'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 D'Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer's words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus's courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we've ever known about this singular cultural figure.