Mike Tyson
Heavyweight champion boxer; Mailer wrote about him in the 1988 Spin essay 'Fury, Fear, Philosophy,' explaining the fighter through his mentor Cus D'Amato.
Mike Tyson, the heavyweight champion, was the subject of Mailer’s Spin essay “Fury, Fear, Philosophy: Understanding Mike Tyson” (88.7), in which Mailer reads the fighter through his “spiritual father, surrogate father, coach, and training philosopher,” Cus D’Amato — extending the boxing fascination that runs from his coverage of Muhammad Ali through The Fight.
Stub created during the 1988 ingest.
Related pages
- “Understanding Mike Tyson” (88.7) | Muhammad Ali | 1988