Nature vs Nurture
Iron Mike
He has many niknames: Kid Dynamite, The Baddest Man on the Planet, Iron Man etc. His life is a subject of many dramas. His style is a prototype of an ideal boxing skill. For me, he is a legend, legendary Mike Tyson. Personality of Mike Tyson is a good example of how nature and nurture affect on destiny. And this ifluence might cause not only in positive way. Here I want to pay attention on how nurture(environment) can change the person`s behavior, social status and religious outlook.
Throughout his childhood, Tyson lived in and around high-crime neighborhoods. He stole, robbed shops. By the age of 13, he had been arrested 38 times. In one of the prisons he met Mohammed Ali, who came to talk with yong criminals. After that Mike thought seriously about boxer carrier. Bobby Stewart and especially Cus D'Amato are people who gave a chance to Mike to approach a success. D'Amato was instead of his father. He changed Mike morally, he used Mike`s strenth in right direction. All his free time Mike dedicated trainings. Cus D'Amato already knew Mike - is a future world champion. Cus created around Tyson professional team: coach, seconds, massage therapists and others. So, from a street thug Mike became a disciplined athlete. At the age of 20 he becomes the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. At 21 years- undesputed absolute heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. He reaches Olympus of boxing world. He becomes very rich and famous. Then his life is changing again. But it is another story. In early 1990s Tyson converted to Islam and took a name Malik Abdul Aziz. He is a vegetarian. During his carrier Mike got a lot of transformations and improvements. And of course it was influence of his nurture, his environment and people surrouneded him. And of course it was becouse of his natural talent. What outweighs? I am not sure. Maybe it does not matter. His name is in World Boxing Hall of Fame. It`s matter.
