Cus d'Amato was an exile from boxing?

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  1. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GASTLfmHnUc

    I'm watching this interview with Mike Tyson, and at around 8:00 Mike answers a question about how his career would have turned out had Cus not died and Mike mentions how Cus had a lot of enemies and was exiled from boxing and people mocked him and called him a weirdo but then trails off and doesn't explain what he means.

    What's the story here?

    Also, I find Cus to be one of the most interesting people in boxing. I'm always amazed by his level of insight into the psychology of fighting and sports in general. Does anyone know any good sources to learn more about him?
     
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  2. TheExpertboxer

    TheExpertboxer Active Member Full Member

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    He was paranoid. I'm not sure he was that exiled. He had Kevin Rooney fighting out of his gym when he found Tyson, and Rooney was somewhat of a contender before the Arguello fight. He just wasn't what he was.
     
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  3. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Interesting interview.
     
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  4. robert80

    robert80 Boxing Addict banned

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    There is more on this in floyd pattersons autobiography by W K STRATTON. He fell out with that jim norris, blinky palermo etc!
     
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  5. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was afraid of the mafia...Sonny Liston's 'connections' and their influence on the game.
     
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  6. robert80

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    He was a very paranoid man indeed with outrageous theories for the time! as i said before read that patterson book.
     
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  7. Kid Cincinnati

    Kid Cincinnati GOOD BOY NATION Full Member

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    There's a biography about Cus out now called "Confusing the Enemy." I have a copy, but haven't gotten around to reading it since its bigger than the NYC yellow pages.

    Mike devotes two + chapters to Cus in his new book and they're worth the price of the whole book.

    On the subject of Cus being crazy, I remember that John Garfield once in a post here said the same thing about him, and he didn't qualify it either. JG said that Cus was a complete nutjob.
     
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  8. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I dunno I remember the interview he did with Ali and he seemed like the nicest guy ever..
     
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  9. WildStyle

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    Palermo was a goon. Nothing more. Bad for the sport.
     
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  10. travolt

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    Another funny thing about d'Amato is he let Jim Jacobs, a grown man, actually live at his house for many years.

    What's the story here ?
     
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  11. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crazy in what sense?
     
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  12. Lady Girl

    Lady Girl Kneel Before Zod! Full Member

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    jacobs was gay. cus supposedly was gay himself
     
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    Mods??!!
     
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  14. Lady Girl

    Lady Girl Kneel Before Zod! Full Member

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    its the truth.:deal are you gay too? there is nothing wrong with that. childish of you calling the mods for a known fact :roll: stop the ***ism
     
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  15. Boxing Prospect

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    Although some are calling for the mods, this has been rumoured by several sources so at worst (in terms of factuality) it's a "repeated rumour"
     
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