TYSON

was a first-ballot induction into Canastota. When he stood at the podium, the historian in him stopped everything to pay tribute to Gaspar Ortega [above] who he spotted in the crowd. Ortega was a 75-year-old former welterweight contender who retired the year before Tyson was born. “I read a lot about you sir. I saw your movies and everything,” Tyson said. “It’s really a pleasure.” He looked to his right and to his left at the scarred and graying faces around him. “All my life I watched these guys,” he said. “I look at them different than you guys do.”