Tyson first famous fighter he met at Catskills was Benitez who showed him his world title belt.

Tyson was influenced by old time fighters so when he found out John L Sullivan walked back to the gym from his runs, he would do the same. He picked up, hugged and kissed his fallen opponent because Jack Dempsey did the same.

Cus was an extremist and eccentric who was a socialist that hated J. Edgar Hoover. He was angry at fighters leaving him such as Floyd. If his black fighters could not get a room for the night he would sleep out in the park with them.

Tyson went back to see his mum who was dying of cancer and went back to a life of weed and crime. He was 2 time junior boxing champion and still robbing houses. All his friends at Brownsville told him to go back to boxing as he was their only claim to fame.