Baddest man : the making of Mike Tyson
Kriegel, Mark2025
Book
On a defining evening of the 1980s, Donald Trump hosted celebrities and high rollers in a Jersey Shore town to witness 21-year-old Mike Tyson knock out Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds, earning more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined. Only eight years earlier, Tyson, a troubled child from Brooklyn, was taken under the wing of boxing legend Cus D'Amato in upstate New York. Their story of mutual redemption captivated novelists, screenwriters, and the emerging cable TV industry. Tyson became HBO's leading man long before Tony Soprano. Despite the immense success, Tyson's story was more complex and darker than it appeared. Over the decades, he has been villainized, lionized, and fetishized - but never fully humanized until now.
Main title:
Baddest man : the making of Mike Tyson / Mark Kriegal.
Author:
Kriegel, Mark, author
Imprint:
London : Ebury Spotlight, 2025.
Collation:
434 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529958942 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.83092796.83092 TYS796.83920 TYS
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3984309