Mike Tyson was born in Brooklyn. At the age of 2, his father abandoned him and his mum. He lived in a high crime area. He grew up poor and he was harrassed growing up.
Mike became involved with gangs at a very young age. By the time he was only 13, he had been arrested 30 times. He attended reformatory school. His counselor Bob Stewart saw the raw power and energy that Tyson had. He wanted him to channel it correctly. When he eventually agreed to train Mike, he did so only under the agreement that Mike would stay out of trouble and put more effort into his studies. Mike agreed. Mike had a learning disability, but with the coaches support Mike was able to bring his reading ability up significantly in a short space of time. He also trained hard and became insatiable when it came to boxing.
Then his mother passed away. He rejoined the gangs and with his voilent behavior got kicked out of school. He made the decision to clean himself up again with the help of Coach D'Anamato. He got back up trained for the Olympic trials but he lost at the Olympics. Suddenly his coach D"Anamato died leaving him devastated again.
This time he decided to pick himself up on his own, gave himself energy by remembering all the people who beieived in him, he looked to his dream and became the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
