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Mike Tyson honed boxing power in illegal fights watched by gangsters and was still deemed too brutal
Mike Tyson’s first experiences of in-ring fighting came in illegal New York gym fights, watched by gangsters and dealers – the first of which ended with a teenage ‘Iron Mike’ standing on his floored opponent’s chest in celebration. The young Tyson got himself into hundreds of street brawls and was arrested multiple times as a tearaway kid. However, when he was first discovered by Bobby Stewart, who recommended him to legendary trainer Cus D’Amato, there was a real lack of boxing experience. D’Amato sent a teenage Tyson to unlicensed ‘smokers’ gyms watched by gangsters to get him used to competitive fighting from an early ageGetty By the summer of 1981, Tyson was competing in license

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