Buster Douglas's potential

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  1. GordonGarner65

    GordonGarner65 Active Member Full Member

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    Tony Tucker, now there is a guy who didn't fulfill his potential, more so than Douglas I would say ?
     
  2. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was fluid and had a great jab, but he also always folded, even against Tyson he almost quit. He was not that great or even that good. He had one great night because Mike was awful and took everything for granted. In retrospect Buster was not a great fighter or even very very good. He had a great night. He goes down somewhere like Barkley. He beat a great, but Barkley came to fight more than Buster and had a better career, yet his win against Tyson was better than Barkley because Hearns was a little more advanced in age than Tyson was in 1990. What is the significance of Buster? He came along when Mike started to take boxing for granted and was the one who ended Mike's reign, which would have ended by someone else soon enough. I like Don King's promotions, but he ruined Mike a little. Although Mike really did not help his career at times by doing everything wrong when he should have trained and kept his sharpness going.