Teddy Atlas Once Pulled A Gun On 15 Year Old Mike Tyson

However, everything wasn’t all peaches and cream in their relationship.

One of the most talked-about memories regarding them is the time Atlas stated that he had to pull a gun on a teenage Mike Tyson.

In September of 2018, Atlas appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience and spoke on his experiences with a young Mike Tyson.

“Tyson, when I first had him, he was 190 pounds nothing but muscle, 12-years-old,” Atlas said of the young Mike Tyson. Atlas said Tyson was “mentally weak” at 12-years-old for a fighter, and had “residual stuff from his upbringing.”

“He used to hide in between abandoned building walls in Brownsville, it was a rough place. He used to hide between walls to not get picked on,” Atlas said. “And I believe when you do that, you never get outside of that wall to a certain extent. You’re always hiding in that wall for the rest of your life.”

“He was as strong a guy as you’re ever gonna see, but he was as weak of a person as you’re ever gonna find,” Atlas told Joe Rogan.