Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

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