http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVL90X2OsZs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVL90X2OsZs&feature=related
About 1 minute into this video. I think Tyson was around 17 years old in this video (some say he was 13.5 years old, he wasn't. He looks more developed and looks to have grown out of his amateur-days style).
In any case, it's amazing footage to watch.
People look at Tyson like a joke now but he was really once a special phenom. I really wish he didn't lose his way so early. He may really have been been the best ever if things were different.
I remember walking on 14th street/university place and seeing mike tyson leave Gramercy gym with either teddy atlas or someone else. He wasn't even champ yet and i had him sign his autograph. He looked like a tank. I kept telling my friend who was with me that he will be champ soon. My friend laughed and said no way that kid beats Berbick. How wrong he was.
You guys sure he wasnt young in that 1st sparring vid? He was big but Mike was big at that age and people just looked older looking back in those days so its possible but IDK