Over 30 years ago, when Tom Patti first began his boxing training under Cus D’Amato, he received a blunt yet honest message during his orientation, one that became a frequent lesson throughout his ...

Two Stocktonians appear in “Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D’Amato,” a new book by Mike Tyson, former world heavyweight boxing champion. One is San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti. The other is ...

On a November night in 1986, a crowd gathered in Las Vegas for an event that was hyped as "Judgement Day." Muhammad Ali was there, along with celebrities Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy and Rob Lowe.

Mike Tyson returns to Catskill Nov. 1 for a public “Celebration of Cus,” honoring legendary trainer Cus D’Amato 40 years after his passing. Event details.

Mike Tyson’s second memoir — “Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D’Amato — traces back to his days being bullied and abused in Brownsville, through his stops in a Bronx juvenile detention center and into ...

Mike Tyson recalls in a new book on his beloved mentor Cus D’Amato that the legendary trainer told the future heavyweight as a teen that he might one day own a house worth $300,000. “At the end of our ...

In this tender and disturbing hybrid of memoir and biography, former heavyweight boxing champion Tyson examines one of the most unusual characters in boxing history. The story begins in 1979 with ...

Mike Tyson was a chubby 13-year-old juvenile delinquent in 1979 when boxing svengali Cus D’Amato turned him into a lightning-fast destroyer in the ring. Then 71 and past his heyday managing champions ...

My Life with Cus dÁmato’, Tyson talks profoundly about his relationship with his former coach. The work published in 2017, gives an impression of a cordial friendship. He reminisces of how the coach ...

Two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will be in Catskill Saturday for a public event honoring his trainer, Cus D'Amato, ...