At ABC's 'Mike Tyson: The Knockout' document, Teddy Atlas revealed the story of “almost dying” at the age of 15 of Mike Tyson. Notably, everything started by the extravagant habit of this Boxing legend with the old teacher's family.
“Mike Tyson acted perverted with my sister -in -law,” Teddy Atlas recounted, “I put the gun into the head of Mike's temple and forced him to promise to stay away from my family.”
“However, Mike Tyson seemed to be” unable to experience life “at the age of 15, and laughed at that time. I almost closed him straight at his head.
Teddy Atlas is an assistant who has worked under coach Cus D'Amato, the teacher who receives Mike Tyson. It was Teddy Atlas that Cus D'Amato was assigned to the basic training to Mike Tyson from the early days, helping the former fighter born in 1966 have the first platform of Boxing. However, Teddy Atlas quit his job immediately after the above incident.
Later, Mike Tyson also realized his mistake and directly apologized to the Teddy Atlas family. The 55 -year -old boxing legend also values the time to work with the old teacher. The two have made up after 30 years, and appeared together at a number of events.
Sharing in the autobiography, Mike Tyson wrote: “I think I just joke around when I touched her butt (sister -in -law Teddy Atlas). I immediately regretted it after I knew it was wrong. But at that time I was a 15 -year -old child, and did not have a good attitude.”
“I am always grateful to what Teddy Atlas has done for me. He taught me the” heart -breaking “things about Boxing. Success in winning the 1984 Olympic gold medal has great effort Ted, even though the conflict makes us apart 2 years ago.”