Certainly gave him the toughest fight of his career.. Up to that point. While he may have out pointed tillis tyson himself admitted that James hurt him to the body. Tillis did some good work in that fight when a heck of a lot of guys were going out in the early rounds. This is why I posted the thread. Who's to say in 86 if tyson met Douglas tyson make have wrecked him? But I'm talk in about 90s tyson. His mind was on other things, his defence had slipped, he struggled with Bruno. He was no longer the sharp machine he was in, 86. Pit in a boxer who's confident, can move, punch to the body , jabs well and a decent chin and who know s what could happen.
And I'm certainly not banging the drum to make out tillis a all time great or on the other side tyson as a crap fighter. I m just throwing it out there to see if other people actually think tillis could have pulled of a upset. The certain posters that start screaming that I'm either dissing tyson or up his ass are so wrong. I'm neutral.
And this is it. Douglas brought a helluva lot to the table and on this night he showed how good he could have been with a lot more dedication. Tyson was off a couple of steps but Douglas had a tremendous all round game that was far and above Tillis, who was no slouch.