Buster Douglas -vs- Wlad Klitschko/Vitali Klitschko:

Due to chins and passion, I'd give Buster a shot at Wlad in a time machine, not a chance against Vitali....:happy

MR.BILL

 

He's far better than Tucker. He'd trounce Douglas, Wlad would win also, but that would be very close for me.

 

Wlad may be more skilled but Vitali could steamroller through Douglas without much problem. Style-wise, his best night wouldn't help him, the boxing skill vs Wlad would make it close, like I said but I still favour either Ukranian. Douglas is in danger of being even more overrated than even Tucker here. :shock:

 

Well, Lewis looked as up for the fight as Tyson ever did.

 

The myth of Douglas is just a crutch for Tyson fans. He would lose to both Klitschko brothers fairly routinely.

 

On average, I'd pick both to stop Buster Douglas, but the guy who fought Tyson in Tokyo just might get to Wladimir-- might have even outpointed Vitali.

 

We'll never truly know just how good Buster was in Tokyo. He looked damn good - his jab was pumping, he was putting combo's together and he punched with authority.
I accept that Tyson in part made him look good, but Mike wasn't totally off in Tokyo. He didn't look that bad for the first few rounds and he had Douglas on the floor.

Douglas could have come in scared shitess for Tyson, he could have resigned himself to losing and picking up a payday, but he didn't. He could not have known that Tyson wasn't fully prepared.
All he had to do was be the Douglas everyone was expecting to show up.
Yet, Douglas came in fit and trim and ready to do war. That tells me a lot about his mindset at the time.

I think that version matches up pretty well with the Klitschko brothers.
He lacks Wlad's power, but he's more rythmic and fluid. He lacks Vitali's chin, but he has a jab at least as good.
In a battle of the jabs, I think he holds his own against either.

The rest depends on who can control fight...I honestly believe the Douglas of Tokyo vintage has a decent shot here.
That version would be the best guy Wlad has ever faced, and at worst the second best guy Vitali has ever faced.

 

Just to add, without going overboard about it but have the Klits faced tough opposition so far? The one standout name on Vitali's record is Lewis, but hardly a prime version. Who else? What about Wlad?

 

I don't know what you're looking for when you say tough. But, I think we can lable some of his opponents as being at least respectable. Douglas winning decisions over aging versions of Greg Page and Trevor Berbick was probably no different than Wlad beating an aging Chris Byrd. The Tyson win was huge, but I'm in the minority on ESB that Tyson didn't show up to fight, and that most of the 1990 top 10 would have beaten or troubled him on that evening...

 

What I'm saying is that Wlad in particular as champ has faced nobody who has tested him. Not one guy. I think Tokyo Douglas is far better than anyone he has faced as champ.

Vitali fought Lewis to almost a standstill, fair enough. But his quality of opposition has hardly been sparkling otherwise, has it?

A fit and ready Douglas ala Tokyo version would surely do better than Danny Williams or old fat Sanders.

 

Fair enough.

 

I dont think he could build momemtum and would wither