Mike Tyson stood on a stage in front of about 300 people in Catskill, New York, earlier this month.
The crowd gathered near Cus D'Amato's KO Boxing Gym Inc., opened by the legendary trainer before he began working with Tyson, then a 13-year-old juvenile delinquent.
“This is what Cus said,’’ Tyson, now 59, told the crowd. “…He said you’re going to be the greatest fighter since the beginning of life.’’
Tyson was speaking at an event honoring D’Amato 40 years after the trainer’s death, as another notable date approached.
Nov. 15 will mark the one-year anniversary of Tyson’s fight against Jake Paul, a spectacle that Netflix livestreamed to a global audience after which Tyson looked old, discouraged and soundly beaten. A year later, questions linger.
