why didn't francesco damiani fight mike tyson ?

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  1. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson was coming off a 2 year layoff prior to the Botha fight.

    Botha was put to sleep with the first solid shot Tyson landed.
     
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    ... and it took Tyson 5 rounds to land a solid shot against a guy that's not particularly hard to hit :hey
     
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    It's going to be difficult when you've come in at a career heaviest after a 2 year layoff.
     
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    Point is that Damiani was a big guy with skills and a chin and Tyson had looked less than invincible against similar opposition. Damiani said that he could have been in Tokyo vs Tyson instead of Douglas, and frankly I think that he could have put up an excellent fight there as well. Props to Douglas, he was on fire that night, but overall, Damiani > Douglas.
     
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    Botha fought a shell of Tyson in 1999.


    Damiani came from the 1980's early 90's. He would have met a much better Tyson than the one of 1999.

    damiani was better than Kevin Macbride , but what relevance is that?

    Rudduck Tyson and every version prior knocks damiani out.
     
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    Hows that??

    Did damiani beat Tyson?. Did damiani beat MaCall ?
     
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    His nose would break whilst signing the contract.
     
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    I think BCS8 IS Damiani.
     
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    Douglas would beat the **** out of Damiani.

    Even the version that lost to Tucker.