Buster Douglas' Performance against Tyson

A motivated Douglas showing what he could have really been.

 

He really had Tysons number that night. Thanks for posting!

 

Douglas boxed well.
I do think you can find clips of Sonny Liston moving like that too.
It's not like Douglas was dancing around the ring like an Ali.
I think Douglas's tactics were correct. Dancing around would have given Tyson space and time to launch an attack. Douglas moved around just enough, staying in perfect range, hopping back and little half-side-steps.
Wlad controls distance well like that too.

 

Before I entered this thread, I anticipated another stab at revisionism,...this time detracting from Buster's performance that magical night.....and there's just no way anybody can discount what he did that night in Tokyo....slaying Godzilla the way he did...he was just FANTASTIC, that's all there is to it.

 

Good work KK....a welcome thread.

 

Douglas was good , but that was an ATG performance and it proved how better he could have been had he applied his Tyson attitude to his whole career.

Some guys are consistently good doing what they're doing but dont have that extra dimensional level that shone through when tested against the best.

Lennox Lewis for example and the Klitschko brothers to a much lesser example.

Holyfield at his best brought out the ATG in Bowe. But a well past it version couldn't not do the same for Lewis.

Tommy Morrison gets a flaking on here , but when he set his mind frame to 100 for Foreman , he displayed a supreme level of skill and tactics. Stickin n moving and walking Foreman into ghosts all night. You don't see constant mobility on the back foot like that anymore. The talent just isn't there. Apart from Tyson Fury of course.

 

Did he? When? I only ever saw him clinching , holding , hugging , grappling etc etc.

 

Buster Always had talent but often for some reason lacked the mental resolve, this was displayed to a great extent in the Tucker fight, Buster hurt Tucker and should of built on it to win, But Tucker gritted his teeth and came back at Buster. did Buster grit his teeth to retake the inititive...no he mentally collapsed and simply gave up, The Holyfield fight was a later shocking example of a person wanting to be somewhere...anywhere else...

For the Tyson Fight Buster had sadly Lost his mother before the fight, it could of emotionally sunk him, but instead it put iron in his soul it might also of helped Buster that he was expected to be blown away in very short order, so very little pressure to even be competitive,

free from the pressure of expectation, perhaps wanting to honour the memory of his mother, Buster came in determined ..ultra determined..he wanted to conquer his demons...and he could do this by slaying this Dragon...

Unlike a lot of Tyson's intimidated opporsition who'd try to timidly respond... Buster Initiated..he put Static in Tysons Attic...He bred in him seconds of Hesitation as Tyson processed the fact that this was not some early Buster Bluster... This man wanted to win..and was quite happy to hurt him .. the Marshmellow he thought he was going to chew on and spit out was a Rock Cake...

Tyson was a Bull but he was up against a manevolent Matador who was going to have his ears... his Heart... The Quitter would make the Bully feel those same feelings of wanting to be elsewhere..

For one night only Buster bought Mental Foretitude and the Talent he always had ...for one night only Buster put it all together, He slayed the Dragon....but some demons may of Lingered...

 

I'm not a fan of the klits but I was watching Wlad recently (lost by ko) and yes he was fairly mobile and I noticed him handing off with his jab to knock his opponent off balance.
He had/has a great jab which he works behind and protects his chin.
Liston, I am a fan of but working off his back foot wasn't his style.

 

Thanks for posting. That Douglas could have been an ATG!