Maltsev and Patti met in New York City in the autumn of 2017. Oleg Maltsev and D’Amato mentee Tom Patti, the gaps are starting to be filled thanks to a book whose title is as enigmatic as its subject: Non-compromised Pendulum.Īccording to journalist and filmmaker Mary Saparkina (who serves as project coordinator and helped with the scientific research), Dr. Thanks to the efforts of Ukrainian psychologist/martial arts teacher Dr. Scott Weiss and Paige Stover as well as Mike Tyson’s Iron Ambition ), the details of D’Amato’s system, for the most part, had been revealed in bits and pieces. While D’Amato’s life story has been chronicled in multiple forums (the most notable of which were the giant books Confusing the Enemy by Dr. The quartet was immersed in a revolutionary program created by D’Amato that melded meticulously detailed boxing techniques with a vigorous psychological regimen that forced his students to confront, explain, and, hopefully, control and conquer their deepest fears. What is beyond dispute is that D’Amato was the architect behind three Hall of Fame boxers (Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres and Mike Tyson) and the man who mentored a trainer in Teddy Atlas who may well join them all in Canastota (he was nominated for the first time this year). Thing is, both sides have roots in truth.
His supporters would describe him as passionate, principled and philosophical while his detractors would see him as suspicious, secretive and stubborn, among other labels. 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.Legendary manager/trainer Cus D’Amato has long been considered one of boxing’s most complex and polarizing characters. 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.
D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. 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 Jose Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. "From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling memoirist comes an intimate look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father.
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