Fantasy: Mike Tyson Vs. Douglas II [1990-10-25]

This thread is full of fail.

Don King/Tyson pursued the rematch vigorously but Team Douglas declined citing Don Kings try to have the original result overturned because of the long count.

That was only a cover up story to hide the fact that they convinced/coned Steve Wynn to become a major Boxing attraction, showcasing his new Hotel and getting mega $$$ for the "Tyson slayer"........they always knew that lightning never strikes twice so they took the , at that time, small and not considered a power puncher, Holyfield as a safe opponent who they were confident Douglas could beat due being the bigger man aka a true heavyweight.

Their plan backfired pretty early when Douglas showed lackluster training habits and was back to his own no good. Team Douglas considered a delay but the possibility that Wynn would eventually get wind of a Douglas that would be showing up for just a paycheck was to great and would cancel the fight or severely cut the purse. So they went on with the farce in facing Holyfield believing in a miracle that the ill prepared and fat Douglas could pull it off.

Douglas ordered a large amount of pizza by roomservice on the day of the fight and ate it.....Fact.

Buster Douglas is a flash in the pan who was at the right man at the right time O-N-E time in his life, he could/would never ever get himself into the same zone as the Tyson match ever again, even if he tried his dearest.

The Holyfield Douglas goes down quick if that version would have shown up in a rematch.

The Tyson Douglas against the Spinks/Holmes Tyson will fold mid point.

 

As i stated before Douglas more times than not would turn up in the shame shitty shape he always showed up. ONCE in his life he put on a great performance against Tyson.

Im going by their careers. Douglas would trouble Tyson for the first fight, Tyson would win the next 9 times

 

If tyson came in anything less than his best, that's just tough ****. The guy was in his prime years.

When considering a fantasy fight between douglas and tyson, the fairest thing I can do is look at the fight which actually took place during both primes.

Douglas wins by ko.

 

Let's not get things twisted, Holyfield deserved the title shot.
Tyson didn't necessarily deserve an immediate rematch.

Douglas got paid $23 million to fight Holyfield, I think.

Let's not pretend there was any unfair conspiracy to "duck" a Tyson rematch.

 

That's the thing about Douglas all the talent in the world but no motivation in life, once he got a big Guarantee for Holyfield he didn't train for the fight, he binge ate after the Tyson win, he literally ate himself into a diabetic coma after that, he never really loved boxing in the first place either, his father pushed him into it

 

:good:goodMidget Lisp had only been a titleholder for 4 years, a triple unified titleholder for 3 years, And a Ring Mag Champ for 2 years. MAYBE if Tinkerbell had been a Ring Mag Champ (teh only legit title that matters imo) for 5 years or more, he would deserve a immediate rematch, But 2 years as teh Champ is v.average And proper unimpressive. OG Holyfield had heavyweight wins VS Tillis, Pinko, Coke Dokes, Rodriguezz, Steward And MCdonagoo - of course he deserved a title shot more then Tinfoil Tyson.deal


Foreman Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!:rasta

 

As I say, I think tyson would beat the fat version of douglas but it wouldn't have proved much. That being said if douglas wants to come out of shape during his best years that's his own fault.

Inshape douglas beats tyson imo.

 

Including teh Duster Buglas who was stopped by "Uncle ****er" Tucker?? :think:think

He looked canny "in-shape" to me. :yep

 

Yeah I think he has the attributes at his disposal to beat tyson.

But had they rematched and douglas came in as he did against holyfield, tyson destroys him.

 

You have it half right: in shape Douglas beats out of shape Tyson.

In shape Tyson beats in shape Douglas. That's pretty much how it would go down.

 

Tyson KO7. Douglass would use his jab and speed
to land combos like in the first fight. Buster has trained
to avoid the uppercut but Tyson hurts him with a right
Hook to the body then left hook and lights out.Douglass
Would be ahead on points

 

Tyson was unprepared Mentally, Physically, Technically...and had no game-plan. that's pretty bad.

If you haven't read my thread on that fight...you can

Tyson/Douglas: Tyson got beat up by Berbick, Page and McCall in Sparring

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389527



If getting beat up by a Man you destroyed quickly isn't being unprepared, I'm not sure what is.

That said, just looking at Douglas, the Man had some great skill that day. He looked fast, agile, was throwing great combinations behind a great meaningful Jab... etc.

 

Buster would lose in similar fashion to how Bruno lost in one of those fights. Buster was never meant to be champion and he actually didn't even like it after a while. He wasn't meant to handle all of that pressure. Hence the Holyfield fight ending.

 

Louis LKOby 12 Schmeling. Louis KO1 Schmeling. I think this would have been similar. Tyson at less than his best gets pummeled. But then he gets in fantastic shape and beats the hell out of Douglas and stops him in the rematch. The Tyson that fought Ruddock beats up Douglas, even assuming Douglas makes it past a few rounds, which I doubt, because he couldn't even get out of round 3 against a less than killer puncher or fast finisher in Holyfield.

The rematch would have shown why Douglas was a 40-1 underdog in the first place.

 

mike tyson tko in 7........... he woulda trained