Kevin Rooney

Kevin Rooney ( born May 4, 1956 Staten Iceland, New York) is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer. He is best known for his collaboration with Mike Tyson. As an amateur in 1975 he made by winning the prestigious Golden Gloves tournament in New York welterweight talked about.

Professional career

In 1979, Rooney turned professional. In the course of his six -year professional career, he reached a fight record of 21-1-4. After his defeat on June 3, 1985 against Mike Picciotti by a technical knockout in the 4th round Rooney ended at the age of 29 years, his career and joined the coaching staff of the company founded by Cus D' Amato Catskill Gyms. This had trained Rooney time in his career and made ​​him familiar with his self-developed " Peek- a-boo boxing style ".

A trainer

Due to the advanced age D' Amato this was the young Mike Tyson no longer train itself, so Rooney was honored after the departure of Teddy Atlas with Tyson's care.

With the beginning of Tyson's professional career in 1985 stood at his side and Rooney feilte with him in the spirit D' Amato on " Peek-a- boo". His extraordinary physique allowed Tyson to perfect this style extent that it became a very hard to hit target for his opponents. So it knew Tyson with its small for a heavyweight height of 178 cm compensate for possible coverage and disadvantages to enter the In -Fight, where he using his extraordinary clout the knockout was looking for.

Under his care Tyson was on 22 November 1986 at the age of 20 years after his victory against Trevor Berbick youngest heavyweight champion of all time.

Overall, he posted a 35-0-0 professional record of (31 times by KO) under Rooney. 1988 Rooney was dismissed from Tyson after successful fight against Michael Spinks, at the urging of his new manager Don King. In the period after the termination Rooney's career until he reached the end of a fight record of 15-2-6. To this end, Rooney ". Mike could have been 100-0 and made ​​a billion dollars, if he stayed with me" ( " Mike could have earned a record of 100-0 and a billion dollars if he had stayed with me." )

After the end of cooperation with Tyson devoted Rooney other fighters. In particular, the cooperation with Vinny Paz can be described as successful. At Rooney's side Paz the IBF title of the United States Boxing Association secured on 7 February 1992 after a TKO victory over the French in Gilbert Dele junior middleweight.

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Until the early 2000s Rooney stayed in Catskill Gym and trained boxers from. Since beginning his professional career in 2011, Rooney looked after his son Kevin Rooney Jr.