An Everlast Boxing Glove signed by Heavyweight
Legend Iron Mike Tyson. He now has the same manager as Muhammad
Ali so autographs are registered with online authentics.
This wonderful item comes complete with our Certificate
of Authenticity and a photograph of Mike Tyson signing and
all attached security holograms so you can be rest assured
you are buying a genuine autograph.
Mike
Tyson £275.00
When Mike Tyson was nine years of age, a 15 year old boy stole
one of his beloved pigeons. Bad mistake! Mike flew into
a blind rage, throwing punches with everything he had, the
kind of punches that would have knocked grown men out. Many
people witnessed this public onslaught of one of the areas
most respected gang members. Now Mike became the MAN.
Mike was now known to the whole of Brownsville,
not as Mike, but as Mike Tyson. A name that, in years to
come, would be worth millions on contracts. That's some
feat compared to his modest surroundings he was living in
now.
Mike Tyson was sent to the Tryon School for
boys in upstate New York.
It was here that Mike Tyson learnt to box.
The man who first taught Tyson the bare essentials of the
fight game was Bobby Stewart, a modestly successful professional
heavyweight. He was the man who first saw Mikes power and
prowess in the boxing ring. At only 13, he weighed 200lbs,
and had muscles that no other 13 year old had. He was strong
with it too. He was bench pressing 220lbs for $10 bets with
the staff at Tryon.
Stewart realised that what he had on his hands
was something very special. He made a deal with Tyson-so
long as he tried in his lessons, Stewart would teach him
more boxing.
Mike tried very hard with his academic study.
He knew he would never get college scholarships, this didnt
put him off. Because he never wanted to be deprived of his
boxing lessons from Stewart.
Suddenly, Tyson had direction. He realised
that he was in love with something, and he had a reason
to live and look after himself. He became obsessed with
the sport of boxing. He would read on great fighters of
the past, practice techniques, and train hard. Staff at
Tryon talk about how it was possible to hear grunts and
groans coming from Tysons room at 3, 4 oclock in the morning-It
was mike working on his defensive moves.
Bobby Stewart was noticing Mikes acheivements
in the boxing ring. In a later interview, Stewart described
how he got hit by a Tyson jab that made him want to take
a knee. This was a professional heavyweight talking of a
13 year olds jab!
Something had to be done. Stewart knew a legendary
manger and trainer from Catskill in New York. The name-Cus
D'Amato. D'Amato had worked with fighters such as Floyd
Patterson and Jose Torres, both tremendous fighters. Patterson
being the youngest ever heavyweight champion to date-Mike
would later change that.
Mike Tyson and Bobby Stewart drove up to Catskill
one Spring weekend in 1980. Tyson and Stewart got in the
ring to give Cus a show and try to let the trainer have
an insight into what Stewart was talking about, and why
he was being drawn to the attention of a 14 year old kid.
For 3 minutes Tyson hammered Stewart with
Jabs, hooks, straight rights, uppercuts. A professional
heavyweight fighter was having troube detaining a 14 year
old kid!
At the end of the round, Mike stayed in the
ring working on his technique on his own, as he had done
in his room at Tryon so many times before. Stewart walked
over to Cus D'Amato. ''Well Cus, what do you think?'' asked
Stewart. ''What do I think?'' came the response from the
legendary trainer. ''I think that's the next heavyweight
champ of the world!''
