Teddy Atlas
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after about three and a half, four years of that, we get a phone call that they get this kid in prison and try on prison, uh, from one of the guys that knew Cuss, Matt Baranski, uh, and, and there's a state, there's a correctional officer named Bobby Stewart who used a box and Cuss had helped him out a little bit, little bit. And, um,
after about three and a half, four years of that, we get a phone call that they get this kid in prison and try on prison, uh, from one of the guys that knew Cuss, Matt Baranski, uh, and, and there's a state, there's a correctional officer named Bobby Stewart who used a box and Cuss had helped him out a little bit, little bit. And, um,
after about three and a half, four years of that, we get a phone call that they get this kid in prison and try on prison, uh, from one of the guys that knew Cuss, Matt Baranski, uh, and, and there's a state, there's a correctional officer named Bobby Stewart who used a box and Cuss had helped him out a little bit, little bit. And, um,
And they knew we had this gym now that was really starting to become something because we were winning tournaments and everything else. They're going, we got this kid, Mike Tyson. He's 12 years old. He's 190 pounds. He's a mess. But Bobby Stewart got involved with him, the former fighter, and he's taken a liking to it.
And they knew we had this gym now that was really starting to become something because we were winning tournaments and everything else. They're going, we got this kid, Mike Tyson. He's 12 years old. He's 190 pounds. He's a mess. But Bobby Stewart got involved with him, the former fighter, and he's taken a liking to it.
And they knew we had this gym now that was really starting to become something because we were winning tournaments and everything else. They're going, we got this kid, Mike Tyson. He's 12 years old. He's 190 pounds. He's a mess. But Bobby Stewart got involved with him, the former fighter, and he's taken a liking to it.
And now where he didn't behave at all and he didn't listen to anyone, now he's listening. because Bobby's got a carrot and the carrot is his teacher boxing and now he's at the point now where we want you to take a look, you and Teddy. All right, bring him down.
And now where he didn't behave at all and he didn't listen to anyone, now he's listening. because Bobby's got a carrot and the carrot is his teacher boxing and now he's at the point now where we want you to take a look, you and Teddy. All right, bring him down.
And now where he didn't behave at all and he didn't listen to anyone, now he's listening. because Bobby's got a carrot and the carrot is his teacher boxing and now he's at the point now where we want you to take a look, you and Teddy. All right, bring him down.
Well, I want to see his birth certificate because he's 190 pounds, 12 years old, and all solid. You know, really? But yeah. Just physically, just as a physical specimen. Big guy. Yeah, and listen. Coach was right, I was a teacher. He was right. And he was testing me even that day. He said, what do you think? So I said, well, we ain't gonna know nothing in the bag. Who the frick cares about that?
Well, I want to see his birth certificate because he's 190 pounds, 12 years old, and all solid. You know, really? But yeah. Just physically, just as a physical specimen. Big guy. Yeah, and listen. Coach was right, I was a teacher. He was right. And he was testing me even that day. He said, what do you think? So I said, well, we ain't gonna know nothing in the bag. Who the frick cares about that?
Well, I want to see his birth certificate because he's 190 pounds, 12 years old, and all solid. You know, really? But yeah. Just physically, just as a physical specimen. Big guy. Yeah, and listen. Coach was right, I was a teacher. He was right. And he was testing me even that day. He said, what do you think? So I said, well, we ain't gonna know nothing in the bag. Who the frick cares about that?
He knocked the bag down. We gotta put him in. We got no one to put him in that way. They didn't have anyone that way. We gotta test him. Everyone's gotta be tested.
He knocked the bag down. We gotta put him in. We got no one to put him in that way. They didn't have anyone that way. We gotta test him. Everyone's gotta be tested.
He knocked the bag down. We gotta put him in. We got no one to put him in that way. They didn't have anyone that way. We gotta test him. Everyone's gotta be tested.
and so you gotta put him in, responsibly, but let's put him in, just responsible, but let's put him in with Bobby Stewart, former pro fighter, had 14 pro fights, smaller than Tyson, when he was fighting, he was 175, but still, he's 28 years old, Tyson's 12, come on, and he'll work with him, right? So we do, we put him in.
and so you gotta put him in, responsibly, but let's put him in, just responsible, but let's put him in with Bobby Stewart, former pro fighter, had 14 pro fights, smaller than Tyson, when he was fighting, he was 175, but still, he's 28 years old, Tyson's 12, come on, and he'll work with him, right? So we do, we put him in.
and so you gotta put him in, responsibly, but let's put him in, just responsible, but let's put him in with Bobby Stewart, former pro fighter, had 14 pro fights, smaller than Tyson, when he was fighting, he was 175, but still, he's 28 years old, Tyson's 12, come on, and he'll work with him, right? So we do, we put him in.
Tyson, he recognized the moment, he understood this was an audition, this was a chance, You know, this was that TV show, Change Your Life. And he understood that if he passed the audition, he could possibly change his life. He wasn't sure what. How could he be sure what exactly? But it was better than what he had. And so he was on audition. So he wanted, he innately understood what we wanted.
Tyson, he recognized the moment, he understood this was an audition, this was a chance, You know, this was that TV show, Change Your Life. And he understood that if he passed the audition, he could possibly change his life. He wasn't sure what. How could he be sure what exactly? But it was better than what he had. And so he was on audition. So he wanted, he innately understood what we wanted.