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Originally Posted by mpeastend
Wonder what the little old ladies that he used to knock out for their church money would think about this? He had a troubled youth in Brownsville, being arrested 38 times just by age 13. At some point the excuses of no father, mother who died when he was 16, poor choices in mentors, etc., just can't cover his chronic poor & anti-social behavior. Sometimes an A-hole is just an A-hole.
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The new documentary about MT is being well reviewed, but I have not seen it. He may not be the brightest guy in the world - but he has lived long enough to gain some kind of insight. This situation is just tragic.
A friend was talking about him over the weekend, and knew him from Catskill High School where Gus Damato had his gym. Said he was a nice enough kid and was glad to be paroled into the care of his trainers. Said when he made it big, MT would come back and treated Catskill like his "home town".
When Damato died and Don King and the money took over, it was just a matter of time before things unraveled.