![]() ![]() I couldn't live with myself doing that." (Tyson has long maintained his innocence. They gave me opportunities to admit that I raped this person and let me go, but I would never do that. From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling author. ![]() "That's just something I got arrested for. Buy a cheap copy of Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus DAmato book by Larry Sloman. "I didn't ever rape that woman," Tyson says. In his book, Tyson writes, "Cus made me feel that hurting people was noble." That made us wonder about some of the lessons his old trainer taught him, so we ask him about the rape conviction. There were more boxing wins, of course, but there was also drinking, drugs and a 1992 rape conviction. The trainer died in 1985 at the age of 77, and after his death it seems like Tyson's life took a turn. Tyson won that first championship, back in '86, but by then D'Amato was no longer at his side. How did Tyson feel about the man D'Amato was turning him into? "I like that image of fighting," he says. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Iron Ambition Subtitle My Life With Cus D'Amato Author Mike Tyson and Larry Sloman This edition has been cancelled by the publisher. ![]()
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