Who is Kevin Rooney and how did he affect Tysons career?

[kapersky]

What made Tyson special was his style and his bond with Cus...

Roach, McGirt, or Fenech cannot bring that back..

It sorta reminds me of Rocky 5...
Tyson is Tommy Gunn, Rooney is Rocky...
Rooney trains him then comes that evil guy Don King who is george washington Duke..lol

his headmovement,power,killerinstict and combination. and also the image he he showed. first time i saw him fight i though who the hell dare to fight this guy? , what a fighter he was in his prime.

[buff_mike10]

Cus found Mike at the age of 12 and started him off. At that time Tyson was a kid always in trouble, Cus got him in line. He became Tysons legal guardian. In Tysons young career Cus had Teddy Atlas at the junior trainer for Tyson, Tyson tried to sexually assult his sister n law so Atlas pulled a gun on Tyson, that was when Cus told Atlas to hit the road and Kevin Rooney got the job. Cus died right before Tyson won the title, and Rooney kept Tyson on a very strict training routine and diet. After becoming rich and famous he decided he no longer needed Rooney and fired him, thats when his career went down hill. A few weeks later in Tokyo Japan he fell along with everyones jaw when James Douglas dropped him. If he has stuck with Kevin Rooney his name would be above Ali instead of below guys like Lewis and Holyfield

[Yogi]

I think Bobby Stewart played the biggest part in turning Tyson early life around and directing him towards a better life as a pro fighter.

Stewart was a former fighter himself, and as a counselor at Tyron School (pretty much a jail where Tyson was sent when he was twelve or thirteen), he was one of the first people Tyson entrusted in, who wasn't a part of his own family. Stewart turned Tyson to boxing as a way of channelling his aggressive nature, and also sparred with Mike, as well as trained him in the sport.

And as a very good friend of D'Amato, Bobby Stewart was also the one who first introduced the young phenom to Cus.