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often wonder what would have happened to Tyson if Cus had been younger and lasted another 10 years. Seems to be the only person Tyson ever truly listened to. Self destruction is pretty much inbulit in most people who come apart though, still.....

Tried to avoid this as most of these things turn out to be a rehash of old stuff, but I will give it a watch now based on what's being said.
Tyson could've been arguably the greatest heavyweight ever had Cus never passed so early in his career. He was the only person who could "control" Mike. That's what I think at least.
I would like to think that may have been the case, ironically the people pulling the strings after Cus died tried to put their own people in place and that was part of his undoing. With Rooney there he had someone who could call out the combination numbers they used to work on and switch things around, he seemed to follow instructions automatically that way.
Afterwards he just didn't have the same movement, but we'll never really know.