Background Born June 30 th 1966 in a ghetto section of Brooklyn New York

1. Background • Born June 30th 1966 in a ghetto section of Brooklyn New York • Youngest of three siblings • Never knew his father • Grow up in Brownsville slums and was destined to live a life of poverty and crime • Most of his childhood was spent in gangs vandalising his neighbourhood • Had violent temper • Counsellor saw Mike’s athletic potential and began to teach him boxing fundamentals • Is known as world heavy weight champion • He retired in 2005 • Key personality characteristics that has led to success • Violent • Anger • Determination • Used his anger and put it into his boxing • Lack of feeling and emotion • Adversity: • In 1922 he Was convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison • By being sent to prison being guilty or not he was able to use this anger and frustration of his situation and put it into his boxing career and as a result became the worlds heavy weight champion • was known as the “baddest man on the planet” • public pressure through media • Through his adversity learned to control his anger and only put it to action during his fights • Experienced a bad child hood • Bibliography • Tyson, then retirement', 2000, Dominion Post, The, 26 December, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, viewed 14 September 2011. • . • References.'MIKE TYSON' 2001, Great Athletes (Salem Press), p. 2599, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, viewed 8 September 2011. • .