Buster Douglas (1990) vs Mike Tyson (1987)

Buster Douglas was at his best that night and we never seen him like that again, Tyson had definetly went down hill he wasn't even training properly, A prime in form Tyson stops him inside 6 rounds.

 

Agreed!
I find it hard to vision Tyson being able to beat Douglas with both at there best.

I keep hearing the Tyson diehards say Tyson was'nt in shape for Douglas.
I find it hard to believe Tyson would have took the shellaking that he did if he was'nt.

To me Tyson looked and was in terrific shape vs Douglas.
Whether he was mentally motivated is a different matter altogether.
But even so, how can anyone makeout that both at their best Tyson could beat Douglas when you're hard pressed to find even a 15 second sequence where Tyson even got the better of any exchange throughout the fight when they fought.

Even the round where Tyson scored the knockdown he was losing up to that point.

For a fighter of Tyson's physical characteristics, to beat a prime and ready Buster Douglas, you had to get on the inside and stay there.
Tyson was never an inside type of fighter anyway.

Against better quality heavyweights, Tyson was incapable of sustaining an inside attack, and thats where Buster Douglas did his homework and took advantage.
Douglas kept Tyson at the end of his jab and tied Tyson up when he got close. Douglas knew going in from studying Tyson's previous fights that Tyson was'nt one to let his hands go when tied up inside, and so Douglas tied Tyson up and pushed him back hard to get back in range to fire the jab.


You're absolutely right Dyna, it was getting to easy for Douglas in there, he got complacent that led Tyson landing that lucky shot that dropped him.
You could see the reaction on Douglas face, more than hurt he had this look about him of "how the **** could I get careless like that and leave him an opening."
Immediately in the next round Douglas was right back at teeing off like he'd done the rounds previous.

Douglas beats Tyson 99 times out of 100. I figure once out of 100 times Tyson would get lucky and land a lucky devestating blow.
Stylistically, Douglas is all wrong for Tyson!

 

I do think a focused Mike does beat Douglas all the time but who cares? Its fantasy.

When it mattered Douglas TKO 10 Tyson.

Sucks that Tyson had yes men all around him but its even worse that Douglas loss his mom. Fact is Douglas still won despite his unfortunate situations. Love Mike but gotta admit this.

 

Flukes don't happen twice

Tyson wins via KO within 5 rounds .... he nearly KOed Douglas in the Tokyo fight

Douglas is underrated though ... that night in Tokyo he would've been a nightmare for any heavyweight champion

 

Tyson just didn't seem right that night, and I still thought he was gonna win.. 87 version gets him out of there inside 5.

 

Exactly. Tyson had people in his corner who could barely spell boxing... not to mention that he didn't even train for the fight. Just for some perspective, look at how Mike's corner "works" the swelling on his left eye...

 

Tyson by KO6 in a spirited fight. Douglas gets praise afterwards for his willingness to attack and obvious will to win, but it's not enough.

 

:deal


When you're not posting on Pac or JMM, you can be on the mark.

 

Got to go with Tyson,he nearly beat Douglas in 1990 so you would have to think at his very best he would beat him. He would have slipped a lot more of the jabs and thrown a lot more accurate shots back in 87. Even a determined Douglas would have found it way too much.

 

Pretty much this.

 

Tyson with Rooney KO's Buster.

It's boxing's biggest upset, but it's overrated. Not Buster's fault, he did what he was supposed to do. But I think that fight was more walkin corpse Tyson than brilliant Buster. Tyson had nothin in that fight.

 

Tyson mid fight KO.

 

Tyson was a spent force !

:rasta

 

sick of hearing these mike tyson fans saying a prime tyson would of beaten anyone. he was like 24 when he fought douglas and got his ass whopped.