They built a fight system into Mike, turned all his weakness into strengths. An evasive head hunter from below.Taught him how to break down distance fighters into stages then pass under the hilt of the sword,finish off using a lower center of gravity with massive leg work built around flexibility and mobility. They even got his old fears reversed inside him into him being the feared one,his anger focused into a pinpoint of commitment instead of being committed.
Some men were beat before they even entered the ring,they were in their through their own ego, which was becoming shattered already just on standing opposite someone who chose no gloss, dark persona, black garb, crazy and actually wanted to kill you with his past.

He had great trainers who were visionaries around him then; TBE.