Lex Fridman PodcastTeddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D'Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #406
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- Released
- December 24, 2023
- Duration
- 2h 9m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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Teddy Atlas is boxing trainer to 18 world champions, ESPN boxing commentator, and host of podcast THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/teddy-atlas-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Teddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyAtlasReal Teddy's Instagram: https://instagram.com/teddy_atlas Teddy's Website: https://teddyatlas.com/ Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring (book): https://amzn.to/48uIQBj Teddy's Podcast: https://youtube.com/THEFIGHTwithTeddyAtlas Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation: http://dratlasfoundation.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:25 - Lessons from father 13:31 - Scar story 34:09 - Cus D'Amato 44:21 - Mike Tyson 2:02:17 - Forgiveness SOCIAL:
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Teddy Atlas
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Teddy Atlas and Lex Fridman, Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D'Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #406 explores teddy Atlas on fear, loyalty, betrayal, and the cost of greatness Teddy Atlas and Lex Fridman move far beyond boxing technique into a raw, autobiographical exploration of fear, loyalty, betrayal, and redemption. Atlas recounts his violent youth, near‑death stabbing, and the influence of his stoic, selfless father and mentor Cus D’Amato. He tells the full, painful story of training young Mike Tyson, pulling a gun on him after an incident with Atlas’s niece, and being cast out by Cus in favor of protecting Tyson’s future. Throughout, Atlas dissects how fear drives both greatness and cowardice, why loyalty is humanity’s lifeblood, and how learning to forgive others is inseparable from learning to forgive yourself.
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