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美国国家公共电台 NPR Mike Tyson's New Book Is A Memorial To The Man Who Made Him A Champion

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

On a November night back in 1986, a crowd was gathered in Las Vegas for an event that was hyped as Judgment1 Day. Muhammad Ali was there, celebrities2 too like Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Rob Lowe. I mean, hey, it was the '80s, right? And at the center of all of this whistling, shouting activity was a boxing ring. In it, a referee3 pulled two men close.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED REFEREE: Now listen. If you get in close and I tell you to break, just stop punching and step back clean. All right. Let's get it on. Come on.

GREENE: Mike Tyson was in that ring, 20 years old, hoping to become the youngest heavyweight champion.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #1: And let's watch how quick Tyson will jump on Trevor Berbick. His whole life has been for this night.

GREENE: But Tyson says he never would have been in that ring if it weren't for this guy.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CUS D'AMATO: I'm not a creator. What I do is discover and uncover.

GREENE: That's the man Ali called the bible of boxing. Constantine D'Amato, the trainer everybody called Cus. Mike Tyson says D'Amato is the reason that he had such a legendary4 career. He's also the reason we have come to Las Vegas to Mike Tyson's home.

And no, it is nothing like you might be picturing it if you know the movie "The Hangover." Sure, we went through a couple of gates to get in here, but his wife Kiki welcomed us and showed us to a casita near the pool. Mike Tyson, no entourage. She came in slowly and stiffly. Maybe it was all those years in the ring.

MIKE TYSON: OK. Let's do this.

GREENE: Tyson is smaller than you might think, trim with delicate hands. He was wearing tight - OK, hipster-like jeans I'd say. And what we're doing here is talking about his new book about his former trainer, Cus D'Amato. It's called "Iron Ambition."

When Mike Tyson and Cus first met, the trainer was considered washed up. Tyson hadn't even begun yet, a bad kid he calls himself, in and out of reform schools, stealing, fighting. It was 1980, a reform school guard took Tyson to Cus's gym in Catskill, N.Y. After a few minutes in the ring, Cus proclaimed this kid would be a champ.

What do you think he saw in you? Because you...

TYSON: Hey, listen. I have no idea. I think about that myself. What did - how did he know? Of all the kids he's been around all his life, how he know I'm the guy that's going to do it?

GREENE: That must feel good for a kid like you, who...

TYSON: Well, I didn't believe it because this didn't know me. This guy is weird5. He doesn't know what he's talking about. And I guess he was right.

GREENE: Well, so you start training with him, and now you're in upstate New York with this old white guy. Tell me about that experience. What are some of your memories?

TYSON: It was good because we had a lot of dreams, hopes.

GREENE: Like what? What were you thinking about?

TYSON: Being champ of the world. That's all that we ever thought about.

GREENE: It almost sounds like he was putting on to you his own dreams somehow, like it...

TYSON: Yeah, maybe. Well, look. You have a father, right? So when your father tells you to do something, you did it, right? That's what it was like.

GREENE: My father never told me I was going to be champion of the world.

TYSON: Well, whatever it was, it was different. You'll have to excuse me sometimes. I get choked up.

GREENE: No, take your time.

TYSON: I'm fine.

GREENE: What is the emotion? Is it missing him, or?

TYSON: Yes.

GREENE: Their relationship, though, was complicated.

You wrote that you - in order to not disappoint him, you threw yourself into the role of arrogant6 sociopath. Those are strong words.

TYSON: Yeah. You have to look at it this way. I was a smaller guy. I wasn't going to intimidate7 these fighters. I really wasn't. All I...

GREENE: An arrogant...

TYSON: You understand what I said? I went all out on people. I was arrogant. I looked down on people, the other fighters. I said no one's going to ever beat me. I'm the greatest fighter in the world.

GREENE: And so did you like the man he was making you become?

TYSON: Hey, I like the image of fighting, and it took me a long way.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #2: Tyson is everything that people could have hoped for in that round. There's another big shot by Tyson. Berbick in a heap of trouble. Down he goes.

GREENE: When Mike Tyson won that first championship back in 1986, Cus D'Amato was no longer by his side.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TYSON: I'd like to dedicate my fight to my great guardian8, Cus D'Amato. And I'm sure he's up there. He's looking. And he's talking to all the great fighters, saying his boy did it.

GREENE: But after Cus's death, it seemed like Mike Tyson's life took a turn. There were more boxing victories, of course, but there was also drinking, drugs and a 1992 rape9 conviction. And you wonder about some of the lessons his old trainer taught him. As Tyson wrote in his book, quote, "Cus made me feel that hurting people was noble."

When I read that he made you feel like hurting people was noble, I realized I had to do something that I really didn't want to do because I don't feel like I'd be doing my job if you and I were sitting here and I didn't bring up the rape conviction. Was that an instance where you regret how you treated someone?

TYSON: I didn't never rape that woman. That's just something I got arrested for, but I ain't never rape that woman.

GREENE: And I know you've maintained your innocence10, but what do you tell people who - that's the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Mike Tyson?

TYSON: You know, it's funny, nobody tell me anything but you. Do you feel you're being a man or you're being tough telling me that, or do you feel like you're being a reporter? How you - just let me know how do you feel that you're doing - where you're coming from doing this.

GREENE: I feel like I'm doing my job. Like, I...

TYSON: This happened 25 years ago, if not more, and you still convicting me?

GREENE: I'm not convicting you.

TYSON: Yeah, 'cause you're still bringing it up.

GREENE: You have the right to answer any way you want. I guess I just - you reflecting on your life, it felt like I had to give you the chance to address this.

TYSON: Thank you for doing that. And I never did rape that person. They gave me opportunities to just admit that I raped11 this person and let me go, but I would never do that. I couldn't live with myself doing that.

GREENE: As we're sitting here today, it's so tranquil12 here, you know, meeting your wife and knowing how much you love your kids and seeing this place. What drives you today, like, what inspires you?

TYSON: It's living my life healthy, respectable, staying away from most people. I don't do much of anything. My life is my family life. I don't have no life outside of that. I have no nightlife. That's over.

GREENE: What do you think about when you look at boxers14 today? Like is your relationship with Cus something that you would tell a young boxer13? Like, this is the trainer. This is the man you should be looking for. This is the relationship you should be looking for.

TYSON: No, 'cause it's just - it's some - I don't know. Some people are not as fortunate as I was. I was fortunate to meet that guy. Like, we were two guys who were, quote, unquote, "nothing" who became something.

GREENE: You said that rise is a once in a lifetime thing.

TYSON: I don't know but for me it is.

GREENE: Mike Tyson. Iron Mike. His new book is called "Iron Ambition: My Life With Cus D'Amato."


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1 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
2 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
3 referee lAqzU     
n.裁判员.仲裁人,代表人,鉴定人
参考例句:
  • The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
  • The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。
4 legendary u1Vxg     
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学)
参考例句:
  • Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
  • Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
5 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
6 arrogant Jvwz5     
adj.傲慢的,自大的
参考例句:
  • You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
  • People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。
7 intimidate 5Rvzt     
vt.恐吓,威胁
参考例句:
  • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
  • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
8 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
9 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
10 innocence ZbizC     
n.无罪;天真;无害
参考例句:
  • There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
  • The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。
11 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
参考例句:
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
12 tranquil UJGz0     
adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的
参考例句:
  • The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
  • The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。
13 boxer sxKzdR     
n.制箱者,拳击手
参考例句:
  • The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
  • He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。
14 boxers a8fc8ea2ba891ef896d3ca5822c4405d     
n.拳击短裤;(尤指职业)拳击手( boxer的名词复数 );拳师狗
参考例句:
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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