We all know, love and appreciate what Tokyo Douglas did for the world that night against the over rated, over hyped rapi5t, Bruno was boxing out of his skin against Lewis in Cardiff that night till Lewis landed large in round 7 ... How does this one play out...... Buster has to eat some early leather... We know what happens to Frank when he gets stunned middle to late rounds...
It was beautiful, one of my favourite performances eevr by a boxer.. A. Because it was good.. B because of who it was against
That Douglas would trash ANY version of big Frank. The fact that Frank did so well in that fight had more to do with Lewis than it did with Frank.
Good fight. Get Frank out of England for it and I like the Douglas chances better. In Wembley or somewhere I like that home field advantage. Lean slightly towards Buster. Mostly due to his mobility and superior foot speed. But it could possibly end up like that Tucker bout where things start out good for Buster--but deteriorate. And I think Frank just might last long enough to get it to those late rounds. A 3 bout series see's this going 2-1. Neither goes 3-0.
Hi Guys. For me it's Douglas, and it will be consummate, Bruno sagging to the canvas mid fight, ref stepping in, fight over. Mike.
Frank was hardly the type of fighter to turn things around late in a fight. In fact he was basically the opposite. He faded against Bonecrusher and Witherspoon, as well as Lewis. He was holding on for dear life to squeak out the decision against McCall. Hell, I can't think of a single performance from Frank where he gutted it out and came on late.
The Douglas of the Tucker and some of his others might do well to begin with then go into his shell if Bruno hits him with his big shots. Possibly losing on points or packing it in on his stool ! The Tokyo version didn't do this.
The human mind is a wonderful and fragile thing when you compare the polar opposite ends of Busters work.