Cus was the only person Mike really cared for and loved and he was his trainer too,took Tyson under his wing,taught him,almost like a father and son relationship. And in Mike,Cus created an ultimate fighting machine,I mean the nearest HW at the time just did not compare at all! And even when you look through the ages, I don't remember seeing such a ridiculous combination of power,and his speed for a HW was magnificent as was his pyhsical conditioning and his defence was very very good,under rated.

Anyway,my point being,Tyson was young with Cus and always maturing,had Cus still been around,he would have molded Tyson into an even better fighter,if that was possible. He gave Mike drive,a purpose,and was good for him mentally. And people tend to forget,Tyson was a student of the game too.He studied tapes,watched them,learnt from them and heck even did some of the same poses as past great HW!! In my honest opinion,had Cus stayed alive, we would be talking about Mike as a true legend of boxing.

However,Cus died and the rest is history unfortunately. I always wondered though,how Tyson would have turned out had the Catskill Connection still been around.....