His biography of Houdini, The Secret Life of Houdini, is soon to be a major motion picture for Lionsgate.From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times - bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. Sloman’s recent collaborations include Mysterious Stranger, with magician David Blaine Scar Tissue, the memoir of Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis and Undisputed Truth with Mike Tyson. Larry “Ratso” Sloman is best known as Howard Stern’s collaborator on Private Parts and Miss America. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Kiki, and their children. In 2011 he was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame. Tyson has launched a clothing company, Roots of Fight, and Tyrrhanic Productions, which currently has several film projects in development. Tyson’s enduring appeal has launched him into a career in entertainment: he was a standout in the blockbuster films The Hangover and The Hangover Part II, and recently he has earned tremendous acclaim for his one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. Mike Tyson is the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, and the first boxer ever to hold the three biggest belts in prizefighting-the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles-simultaneously. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The book also chronicles Cus’s courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we’ve ever known about this singular cultural figure. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D’Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer’s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. In Tyson’s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D’Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty.

D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. When Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. ' spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.' – Wall Street Journal From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times –bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.

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