Actually watching Douglas-Tyson for the first time in a long time..

.. and I forgot how phenominal Douglas looked. He was actually beating Tyson more decisively than I remember. Another thing that I forgot is how much better Tyson looked in this fight than people give him credit for. Tyson's showing plenty of head movement, only difference is Douglas is timing him perfectly every time Tyson tries to bob and weave inside his range.

 

Another thing that seems overblown is the " slow count " for Douglas. I don't see what the big deal is.. if Don King didn't make such a stink about it I don't think anyone would even be mentioning it today.


The only thing that I'll concede to about this fight is that Tyson seemed like he might've taken Douglas a little too lightly, and then when he finally realized what he was in the ring with it was too late.

 

I agree, except I think even the Douglas that was stopped in the first round by Savarese would annihilate Johnson, Louis, and Marciano.

 

Tyson definitely looked in shape.. but like I said it just looks more to me like he underestimated Douglas a bit.

 

He wasn't jabbing his way in because Douglas was timing him with HIS jab and with combos as well. And I don't know.. Tyson's head movement looked as quick as it'd ever been, although as Douglas was tagging him with more and more blows he was slowing down a bit, I'll admit that much.

 

What do you mean? From the start of the very first round Mike was trying to bob and weave inside.

His bobbing and weaving slowed down a bit as the fight went on, but that was because Douglas kept catching him with hard shots. It just didn't look like Tyson had much of an answer for what Douglas was putting in front of him in this fight. No matter how much bobbing and weaving he did Douglas was always right there timing him with jabs which then set up the combinations.

 

Especially Johnson. :hey