The Rise of Mike Tyson, Heavyweight

Nonfiction, Sports, Boxing, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book The Rise of Mike Tyson, Heavyweight by William F. McNeil, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William F. McNeil ISBN: 9781476618029
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: September 17, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William F. McNeil
ISBN: 9781476618029
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: September 17, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

Covering Mike Tyson’s rise through the amateur and professional boxing ranks, this book follows the Brooklyn native from his early years as a young criminal in Brownsville to his 1988 heavyweight unification match with Michael Spinks. The book focuses on the Catskill Boxing Club—where boxing guru Cus D’Amato trained the 210-pound teenager in the finer points of the sport and developed his impregnable defense—and on his home life with D’Amato and surrogate mother Camille Ewald and the other young fighters who lived with them. Tyson’s boxing education began in the unauthorized “smokers” held every week in the Bronx, matching his skills against older, more experienced fighters. He won the 1981 Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Colorado Springs at the age of 14 and repeated the amazing feat the following year. By 1985, finding no other challenging amateur competition, he was forced to join the professional ranks where, in November 1986, he became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. Less than two years later, he unified the crown, establishing himself as one of the most dominant heavyweight fighters the sport had ever seen.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Covering Mike Tyson’s rise through the amateur and professional boxing ranks, this book follows the Brooklyn native from his early years as a young criminal in Brownsville to his 1988 heavyweight unification match with Michael Spinks. The book focuses on the Catskill Boxing Club—where boxing guru Cus D’Amato trained the 210-pound teenager in the finer points of the sport and developed his impregnable defense—and on his home life with D’Amato and surrogate mother Camille Ewald and the other young fighters who lived with them. Tyson’s boxing education began in the unauthorized “smokers” held every week in the Bronx, matching his skills against older, more experienced fighters. He won the 1981 Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Colorado Springs at the age of 14 and repeated the amazing feat the following year. By 1985, finding no other challenging amateur competition, he was forced to join the professional ranks where, in November 1986, he became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. Less than two years later, he unified the crown, establishing himself as one of the most dominant heavyweight fighters the sport had ever seen.

More books from McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Cover of the book Oscar Wilde in Quotation by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Beware the Masher by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Movies and the Mind by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book George Orwell by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Jersey Joe Walcott by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Tiger Stadium by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Don Drummond by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Bloodstained Louisiana by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book The Prehistories of Baseball by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book The Albanians by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book The First Two Quartos of Hamlet by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Thomas Jefferson: Moralist by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Happy Felsch by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art by William F. McNeil
Cover of the book Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages by William F. McNeil
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy