Early years
Stewart was raised inAmateur boxing career
His amateur boxing record was 45–5 when he turned pro in 1974 being managed by Matt Baranski.Professional boxing career
Stewart left the ring in 1977 with a professional record of 13 wins and 3 losses.Professional boxing record
Juvenile detention counselor work
He was working as a juvenile detention counselor in Perth, NY when Mike Tyson sought him out for training as a boxer. Tyson was in the Tryon Residential Center for Boys when he contacted Stewart. Stewart set conditions for working with Tyson that included better behavior and academic achievement. Tyson met Stewart's conditions and they began to work together. Stewart said, “He was a complete gentleman as he wanted to fight so bad.” Stewart also noticed Mike's physique; at 13, the young detainee from Brooklyn weighed 190 pounds while standing 5 feet 8 inches tall. Stewart told a friend, “Some have made him out to be a 120 pound weakling or something like that before I got hold of him but he wasn’t anything like that. I could tell he was strong and later I found out just how strong he really was.” His powerful build suggested boxing potential to Stewart and Tyson's work ethic strengthened that opinion. Stewart loved working with troubled youth and he believed that boxing could be a way out of trouble for the kids he worked with. Soon it became evident to Stewart that his 13-years-old trainee was punching so hard for his age, that he had a natural talent and a great potential to become a champion:Mike and I were sparring one time. He hit me with a jab that almost knocked me down. Luckily, I had the next week off from Tryon, because my nose was broken, my eyes were all black.Stewart took him to
He was perfect . . . aggressive as hell.In 1986, at age 20, "Iron" Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history. It all started at Tryon with Bobby Stewart. Stewart and Tyson were reunited at D'Amato's gym in the Catskills for a Fox Sports video shoot in 2013. Stewart's last time with Tyson was later in 2013 when the former champ sent a limousine to pick up his first boxing mentor in Amsterdam, New York and bring him to Westbury, Long Island to see Tyson's one man show. They met for breakfast the following day.
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