Cardiff Bruno v Tokyo Douglas.

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...

 

Douglas ,that Tokyo night he could have hung with anyone.

 

It was beautiful, one of my favourite performances eevr by a boxer.. A. Because it was good.. B because of who it was against

 

I take it you don't like Tyson?

 

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.

 

Douglas probably stops Bruno late, and Bruno again may be ahead.

He had a great rhythm-disrupting jab, stepping in with it and committing to it and following up after, but his stamina would probably let him down.

 

Nah, what makes you say that?

 

I think Tokyo Douglas may get slightly overrated somewhat, yes he fought a great fight but he had all the size advantages in that bout. Put him in there with someone as big, just as strong, someone jabbing with him and putting him off his rhythm, someone with massive power, he might just get tagged and be stopped.

 

Actually--this is where the home court advantage can come into play for Frank. That can certainly help against a Douglas late. But he needs a spark & then he is capable of digging deep.

And me--I always that of Buster as an "on top" fighter. Terrific when things are going his way. Whole different ballgame when things aren't.

So there could be a window of opportunity. Now exploiting and taking advantage of an opportunity is where it gets interesting.