Repost Cus' Damato Stories?

[XionComrade]

A while back someone on this forum had posted some stories from Mike Tyson and Cus Damato when they were together, can you repost them? Thanks!

[BigMKO]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...untold+stories

here's a topic i found which might be the one you want

[The Raging Bull]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...untold+stories

here's a topic i found which might be the one you want

I enjoyed reading that. Thanks, and put me on that list of users you like :boobies:

[BigMKO]

[Mr. Ryan]

Cus was a brilliant boxing mind, but he's had alot of lapses in judgement. His feud with the IBC and Jim Norris in the late 50's was valient honestly, he was making a stand against the corruption in the sport but it in the end hurt him. In those days, the late 50's, if you weren't down with IBC, you couldn't get the breaks you needed. Cus isolated Jose Torres and Floyd Patterson from Madison Square Garden, and who knows how great they would've been had they been able to fight regularly and against the right guys.

After losing his managing license after his misappropriations in the promotion of the Patterson-Johannson rematch, his image was severely tarnished and he was exhiled by the boxing world. First Patterson left, he didn't like being told what to do after Cus botched the deal for the London fight and cost him millions. Then Torres, who would've been the greatest middleweight of all time had his career been properly handled, left Cus to get his shot at the 175 belt against Willie Pastrano.

After making all of the enemies that he made in the mafia and the boxing business, Cus became extremely paranoid. He once told Peter Hammill, who was a writer for the New York Post, in an elevator that if they go down instead of up, they were in trouble. Cus smiled, but inside he was almost anticipating the elevator to drop.

[QueensburyRules]

Cus was a brilliant boxing mind, but he's had alot of lapses in judgement. His feud with the IBC and Jim Norris in the late 50's was valient honestly, he was making a stand against the corruption in the sport but it in the end hurt him. In those days, the late 50's, if you weren't down with IBC, you couldn't get the breaks you needed. Cus isolated Jose Torres and Floyd Patterson from Madison Square Garden, and who knows how great they would've been had they been able to fight regularly and against the right guys.

After losing his managing license after his misappropriations in the promotion of the Patterson-Johannson rematch, his image was severely tarnished and he was exhiled by the boxing world. First Patterson left, he didn't like being told what to do after Cus botched the deal for the London fight and cost him millions. Then Torres, who would've been the greatest middleweight of all time had his career been properly handled, left Cus to get his shot at the 175 belt against Willie Pastrano.

After making all of the enemies that he made in the mafia and the boxing business, Cus became extremely paranoid. He once told Peter Hammill, who was a writer for the New York Post, in an elevator that if they go down instead of up, they were in trouble. Cus smiled, but inside he was almost anticipating the elevator to drop.

- -Floyd and Jose seemed quite chummy with Cus after boxing.

Intereresting stories esp about loony Teddy.