Buster Douglas (1990) vs Mike Tyson (1987)

dan4579 · Oct 30, 2012

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Agreed!
I find it hard to vision Tyson being able to beat Douglas with both at there best.

I keep hearing the Tyson diehards say Tyson was'nt in shape for Douglas.
I find it hard to believe Tyson would have took the shellaking that he did if he was'nt.

To me Tyson looked and was in terrific shape vs Douglas.
Whether he was mentally motivated is a different matter altogether.
But even so, how can anyone makeout that both at their best Tyson could beat Douglas when you're hard pressed to find even a 15 second sequence where Tyson even got the better of any exchange throughout the fight when they fought.

Even the round where Tyson scored the knockdown he was losing up to that point.

For a fighter of Tyson's physical characteristics, to beat a prime and ready Buster Douglas, you had to get on the inside and stay there.
Tyson was never an inside type of fighter anyway.

Against better quality heavyweights, Tyson was incapable of sustaining an inside attack, and thats where Buster Douglas did his homework and took advantage.
Douglas kept Tyson at the end of his jab and tied Tyson up when he got close. Douglas knew going in from studying Tyson's previous fights that Tyson was'nt one to let his hands go when tied up inside, and so Douglas tied Tyson up and pushed him back hard to get back in range to fire the jab.

You're absolutely right Dyna, it was getting to easy for Douglas in there, he got complacent that led Tyson landing that lucky shot that dropped him.
You could see the reaction on Douglas face, more than hurt he had this look about him of "how the **** could I get careless like that and leave him an opening."
Immediately in the next round Douglas was right back at teeing off like he'd done the rounds previous.

Douglas beats Tyson 99 times out of 100. I figure once out of 100 times Tyson would get lucky and land a lucky devestating blow.
Stylistically, Douglas is all wrong for Tyson!
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Perfect. End of thread for me.:good

HeavyweightCP · Oct 30, 2012

tyson by ko

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