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Mike Tyson training with fight manager Cus Damato in the Catskills Mountains of New York



Cus Damato discusses training Mike Tyson in Catskills of New York.
“in my opinion the mind and the emotions are about 75% of the body”
New York cities rich culture and history are also home to the legendary boxing trainer Cus Damato & Mike Tyson, whom is a Brownsville, Brooklyn native. In this short clip Cus is explaining how the mental fortitude of the up and coming champion is so strong that he would never believe or accept defeat!
Damato had the experience of previously training and managing Floyd Patterson & Jose Torres.
Cus goes on to explain how Tyson knocked out every opponent in the junior Olympics to win the national title twice.
You get to see Cus demonstrating the form & technique pinpointing the target areas for Tyson to strike, this is where we get a peak into the skills Cus imparted into the young champion forging him into the later World renown “Iron Mike Tyson”.

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  5. tgchan

    For a second I thought he was that incredibly fast… then I realised the video footage is sped up…

  16. Kainoa

    No, your speed hasn't been increased on your video he's just that fast, and it's beautiful

  17. Kainoa

    One of many trainers from his era that's trained some if not the most renowned and highly nurtured athletes that will forever be in record and achieving what very VERY little could ever do today. The time Mike put in and the spark Cus help become a roaring blaze you couldn't ask for any better or if any more perfect tag team and tyson cleared the way for Cus and granted him the best wishes of achieving everything and then some what cus trusted, loved as a son but also disciplined tyson to be the best he is the best trainer in boxing history and I'm so happy at the same time saddened of his passing but knowing what he has passed onto tyson both as father figure and a trusted beloved is a trainer Cus D Amatos legacy of not created but guided and helped Iron mike focused his raw potential to be the best heavy weight champion, the most ferocious, precise and all round complete boxer the world may never see. And I hope mike tyson will teach his sons or by some miracle have a cus moment where he sees that same spark cus saw in him when he trained him. Only mike will do right and carry both legacy for a path for the next.

    RIP Cus D Amato 😢

  20. Adam DeSanti

    "That PEEKABOO Hitting of the Angles Cus Style… slip outside of the opponent's shoulders, because that is where all the punches come from, you need to weave under the elbows as again, that is where the punches come from.. KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT and BEND YOUR KNEES as you WEAVE side to side, don't lean forwards as you weave, because the opponent will put his weight on the back of your head and back to push and hold you down. Don't focus on your opponents head, as that is not the thing attacking you. Focus on the chest, when the chest Flexis, you Bob, duck… Cus would say. If you Lay in the middle, your head is a target, so Bob, duck… but don't just stay there, your supposed to be hitting, so straight away get to the sides, move left or right and get into that position where you can hit them and they can't hit you, from the side's they can't hit you, so hit them with everything you got, because they can't hurt you. From the side's you have a chance to put in three perfect punches, uppercut hook hook. After you hit, you don't want to just stand there, you need to immediately switch to the next position around the opponent or weave across to the opponents opposite side and hit again, keep the flow going, keep switching, Flanking the opponents sides where he has no defence or offence… you got to be smart, you got to be clever and not get hit, then your a fighter,,,, not getting hit is what the science of boxing is all about, confusing the enemy, taking him out his own comfort zone, making him slow… You got to learn to weather the storm with good head movement, your head is never where the opponent last seen it… Action is faster than reaction, so keep your head in constant motion, control the unpredictable storm coming at you… Footwork, it's all about the hip's lol, plus work off an upside down triangle chalked out on the floor would help you learn to flank the opponents sides, turning southpaw when moving in right side. Understanding how to easily and effortlessly close the distance down to getting to the sides, Stalking the opponent, pressure and smothering your opponents, making them cover up so you can take them unaware, moving very cleverly and effortless to the sides where you can hit them and they can't hit you… avoid, move in and bam bam bam… You need to keep a low centre of gravity, keep low to the ground so you can fire, hit upwards with great power and leverage.. plus from down there, you can see the punches coming. The lower you are, the less of a target you are. In this style, we don't travel straight down the middle of the pipe or in other words, Never Lay in the Middle… but instead instead only travel to the left or right outside angles where they can't hit us back. As they turn to face you, twist or spring.. keep outside of there shoulder, because that is where the power comes from. And when they prepare themselves to reset themselves to face you, hit them half way through there PREPARATION OF ATTACK.. halfway before completion to catch them by surprise. DON'T PULL STRAIGHT BACK, because the punches are still coming at you… if you lean backwards, you will get steamrolled, railroaded over… so instead move side to side, slipping, dipping, weaving punches and using TWIST's, SPRINGS's footwork to angle off/around to the sides of the opponents weak area's where you can hit him and he cannot hit you back. P.s,, Dip or Slip the straight punches coming at you, and weave under the hooks whilst trying to shoot forwards into that left or right outside angle,, flanking the opponents sides… DONT BE AFRAID TO GET TO THE SIDES !!!… There is only one destination you are to be heading in and that destination is OUTSIDE OF THE OPPONENTS SHOULDER and to make sure you STAY OUTSIDE of the opponents shoulder.. because as I may have stated above, the opponents shoulder is where his power comes from to hit you with… but if you are outside of his shoulder, then you are outside of his punching power, thus he has to reset his position to attack you. But as he is resetting his position to get you inside his power, inside his shoulder… you move again your own self, move again outside his shoulder and hit !!!. As stated above, Never Lay in the Middle.. because if you are on the centreline, then you are in the opponents firepower and will get your head taken off.. so the centre, the middle is a NO GO AREA, you never entre inside the centreline… thus again the only destination is Outside The Shoulder by going in a left or right direction after knocking on the front door with your Jab, flanking the opponents weak areas where you can hit them and they cannot hit you, that means GETTING TO THE SIDES !!!, after knocking on the front door with a Jab or a Jab and a follow up rear punch, doing something called MAKE THEM MISS, MAKE THEM PAY !!… what does that mean ? When you Jab, you want to move in behind that Jab… because your moving forwards to your destination… THE SIDES,,,, There is no pecking with the jab back and forth like normal boxers do, no retreating… No, instead when we leave for our destination, that point of getting to the sides where we can hit them and they cannot hit us… we have to press forwards, pressure forwards behind that jab, pushing forwards off our rear right foot as we knock on the front door,,, but when we follow that up with the right rear hook or straight punch to the head,,, we simultaneously slip left while moving diagonally forwards to the left side of the opponent and at the very same exact time GO THROUGH the opponent with your rear punch… Thus, should the opponent throw a punch at you as you throw that rear hand whilst moving in and getting to the left side,,,, as you left slip simultaneously as you hit… the opponent will miss you with his punch and get hit with your punch at the same time instead !…. Remember, Knock on the Front Door with your Jab, BUT ENTRE THROUGH THE SIDE DOORS !!!… there is nothing for you in the centre, so KEEP OUT !!!… Never Lay In The Middle !!!. Against taller opponents, using a SLIPJAB, a Jab that is thrown off a left or right angle from the sides, makes it much easier to reach and get past the opponents long reaching arms, with your Jab… You either slip left or right and throw the Jab whilst in a slip position before coming back to centre or moving in to take a flanking position, by getting to the sides and hitting. Willie Bag Numbers are 7 Lead Head Jab, 1 Lead Head Hook, 2 Rear Straight Head Punch, 3 Left Uppercut, 4 Right Uppercut, 5 Left Liver Body Hook, 6 Right Body Hook, Straight 6 is a Low Rear Straight Punch to the Body, 8 Lead Low Jab… then you have the 9, introduced around 2009 to avoid confusion… the 9 being a Rear Head Hook, formally also a 2 back in the old days. Remember, when hitting to the body or throwing uppercuts, bend your knees and get low first to fire that punch upwards with great leverage from a low center of gravity. This is the Enigma behind the science of Cus D'Amato… these are the fundamental principles behind the style of MIKE TYSON !!!." – comment from another video

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