Mike Tyson

On 30th June 1966 in Cumberland Hospital, New York City, something legendary happened, Michael Gerard Tyson was born. Lorna Kirkpatrick was the mother, however, not a great deal is known of this lady. She was born Lorna Smith in 1930, probably in the South. As did many other blacks after WWII, Lorna moved North to search for a better life. Her destination - Brooklyn, New York City. Somewhere along the way, probably in Brooklyn, Lorna met and …

…troube detaining a 14 year old kid! At the end of the round, Mike stayed in the ring working on his technique on his own, as he had done in his room at Tryon so many times before. Stewart walked over to Cus D'Amato. ''Well Cus, what do you think?'' asked Stewart. ''What do I think?'' came the response from the legendary trainer. ''I think that's the next heavyweight champ of the world!''