{"product_id":"iron-ambition-my-life-with-cus-damato-1","title":"Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato","description":"From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times–bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.\n\n\"[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.\" – Wall Street Journal\n\nWhen Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history.\nIn Tyson’s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D’Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D’Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer’s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus’s courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we’ve ever known about this singular cultural figure.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0399177035\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGRJ006ZD8_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tyson, Mike|Sloman, Larry\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41423729295418,"sku":"4EKGRJ006ZD8_ns","price":17.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0399177035-0_75a5a1b0-29ce-4e90-9eaa-8eb729cb63ad.jpg?v=1779212971","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/iron-ambition-my-life-with-cus-damato-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}