Ambitie!

by Mike Tyson

Ambitie! is een biografie, een inspirerend handboek en een eerbetoon in één Op dertienjarige leeftijd werd Mike Tyson gescout door de legendarische trainerCus D'Amato. Het was het begin van een intensieve samenwerking en een diepgaande vriendschap. Ambitie! vertelt over hun beide levens en de lessen die Tyson van Cus leerde. Aan zijn Italiaanse coach heeft hij zowel binnen als buiten de ring veel te danken. Cus stelde zich op als vader, trainer en inspirator. D'Amato geloofde heilig in het belang van mentale training. Al lang voordat iemand het over mindfulness in de sportwereld had, droeg Cus deze loso e uit. Door je emoties onder controle te krijgen, word je een sterkere tegenstander in de ring. Ambitie! laat zien hoe Tyson opklom naar de wereldtop, discipline ontwikkelde en rust vond in zijn dagelijkse drukke leven vol trainingen en wedstrijden.

464 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2017

About the author

Michael Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1990,

Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. With a knockout-to-win percentage of 88%, he was ranked 16th on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time, and first on ESPN's list of "The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History". Sky Sports described him as "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring". He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.