Did mike ever fight someone who could jab or move as good as douglas?

yeah I remember that. I have not seen that fight in 25 years and I still remember Larry looking at the ref and he keeps hitting him. I remember they showed Frazier on the side looking concerned. Bad style matchup for Marvis.

 

That holds true for a number of his fights though, including his "defining" win over Spinks.

What fight can you, or anyone else here, guarantee he was "100%" for?

 

berbick. despite the burning pain in his dick, he was damn close to 100%. that and biggs probably

 

Calling Tucker a "better fighter" than Douglas is questionable - Tucker arguably had to come from behind to stop Douglas (at the very least, the fight was even), and Douglas decisively beat McCall who Tucker arguably lost to.

You could also just as well reverse this logic and say, "Douglas beat a better fighter than Tucker than Tyson, so that proves he could be better than he was against Tucker."

Either way, Tucker was not as good a boxer as Douglas - which was demonstrated in their own fight, in which Douglas outspeeded and outpunched Tucker for much of their fight, until Tucker's strength and power prevailed at the end.

 

The interesting aspect of a rematch is that both fighters declined after their fight. Douglas' weight ballooned, and while Tyson may have appeared more aggressive and "motivated" in subsequent fights, he looked even sloppier and less technically proficient.

 

Were he given the same leeway in judgement and benefit of the doubt that heavies from the early 20th century receive, he would stand above Greb, Langford and Robinson in Pound for Pound rankings.

 

yeah as i was typing berbick i recalled the syphillis or whatever....that'll **** you up (or so i've read)

 

interesting stat, i was not aware of. could frame his career a bit differently

 

True, but Tyson was fighting more often, was in far better form and with a better team behind him.

 

I don't, was just guessing as to what luf marked him down for. Not just that, but he had a very good couple of years at the very top. That tops some so-so long reigns for me.