Anthony Tyson Research Paper

Tyson’s success and failure

Tyson became one of the most well-known athletes all over the world, his boxing career was a huge success as long as he could stay out of trouble. 1985 was the year Tyson made his debut in boxing, it was a very successful year but along with the success of Tyson came the tragic loss of D’Amato. He was heartbroken by this loss but was able to channel it into his fights and two weeks later carried on the path D’Amato set for him, winning his thirteenth knock out in Texas in a fight dedicated to D’Amato. In November 1986, Tyson had reached the goal that he and D’Amato had set out to achieve, Tyson became the youngest world heavyweight champion, winning by knock out in the second around against Trevor Berbick (Beyond

The man once known for his well-executed offensive and defence had begun to lose his edge in the ring. He put soul blame on his trainer Rooney who had taken over coaching duties when D’Amato passed away and fired him in 1988. Tyson marriage became abusive and eventually ended in divorce, not long after Tyson had multiple court appearances that were largely women related, accusations of things reaching from inappropriate attentions to rape. On February 11, 1990 Tyson’s five year winning streak came to an end when he was knocked out in the tenth round by Buster Douglas losing his championship belt.

There are a number of factors that influence ones self-efficacy, performance accomplishments (past experiences), vicarious experiences (observing others), physiological state (stamina), emotional states (mood), imaginal experiences (mental imagery) and verbal persuasion (positive self-talk and instruction). The past experiences aspect of self-efficacy is seen as the most valuable to determine whether or not someone will have high or low self-efficacy in a particular situation. This is because if an athlete has had more success than failure in the past at a specific task then they are more likely to feel confident in attempting it again. It can affect the activities that a person choses to participate in, if they are confident in their ability they are more likely to take part (Lavallee et al, 2012), especially if they have a high ego orientation and believe in their ability to outperform their competitors. Tyson again is a prime example to use for performance experiences, his first fight set him up for many future achievements in the world of boxing, along with a 22-0 winning streak, emerged the Mike Tyson we know today. A man with a high ego orientation, also showing signs of ego avoidance when he had his first loss, in 1990 to