Kevin Rooney: The Man Who Trained Tyson #shorts #boxing

Rooney began professionally boxing in 1979 and acquired a record of 21-4-1. In his most important fight as a professional, on July 31, 1982, Rooney lost to three division world champion Alexis Argüello, who was making his first fight in the Junior Welterweight division, by a second-round KO.
As Mike Tyson’s trainer, Tyson had a professional record of 35-0-0 (31 KOs). Don King had successfully urged Tyson to break all ties with the D’Amato stable, only his new co-trainer Jay Bright was a disciple of D’Amato, with all other being people from the street. Tyson’s mobility skills in the boxing ring, especially his defensive upper-body and head movement, noticeably declined after Rooney’s firing, eventually resulting in Tyson suffering his first professional loss in a fight 18 months after Rooney’s departure.