Mike Tyson vs Dokes instead of Douglas, 1990

Agreed. He had one of those nights where he was focused and had everything going his way except for the knockdown in the 8th. He did however get up from that and knocked Tyson out 2 rounds latter.

 

well, tyson was still in his physcial prime but tyson no longer utilized his skills that made him great. he had no business losing to buster douglas. thats why he dosent rank that high.

 

Well, waking up in a whorehouse at fight night, lackluster training, no focus, bored with boxing and a bunch of yes man blowing smoke up your ass.........yeah, it stands to reason that Tyson was not at his best against Douglas.

Even Larry Merchant, not exactly a Tyson fan, commented that something was missing in Mike while the fighters were introduced.

Douglas had some major jitters from the beginning but Mike did not respond or put pressure on him. He simply followed him around waiting for the ONE big shot to land. Classic case of letting your opponent get brave and brave Buster got.

No headmovement, strictly headhunting, no combos or setting up a attack, no jab or bodywork, not a lot of energy and poor stamina spelled disaster that night for Tyson. Plus a absolute clueless corner .

Only pure talent kept him going almost to the end and he almost pulled it out.

The funny thing is that McCall who was good friends with Mike warned him not to take Buster to lightly after his loss to him. Must have went in one ear and out the other one.

Hell, King could not sell the fight in the US so he had to pimp it out to Japan.

BTW, Douglas's handlers were not confident at all that lightning would strike twice and after initial negotiations pulled out of a rematch and opted for the "easier" Holyfield and coned Wynn into a megapurse.

Dejavu hit again, as Douglas, similar to Tyson , did not train and while not pusuing chicks he prefered to order mega pizza orders come fight night.........

 

Reputable source please?

 

I think Mike would probably have taken care of Dokes fairly quickly.Douglas turned up to put in the profomance of his life and even if he had been counted out when he was put down it would still have been a hell of a good showing.Dokes would have sterted training with good intentions but found a way to get distracted,he would have turned up under prepared and fallen inside 3 rounds.

 

Tyson does the same thing Bowe accomplished against him; takes him out early

 

Dokes would do pretty well but come up short. Tyson would knock him out inside of 9 rounds. Dokes might be ahead on points prior to the KO. I see it being a true KO (down for 10)!

 

Except for Camacho has never been stopped despite fighting guys like Chavez, Trinidad, and DeLaHoya.

 

Very true. But it's unbelievable how hard this simple fact is to digest on this forum. Even many of the really good posters have a fundamental flaw concerning their reasoning on this subject.

 

Tyson had beaten better fighters than Douglas.

 

You're not likely to get a reply from Sonny.. He hasn't posted here in over two years.

 

I don't see Dokes on the outside blasting away at Mike with a great Jab and great combos the way Douglas did on that night. I also don't see Dokes muscling Tyson all over the ring and really just manhandling Mike the way Buster did. Douglas always had the tools just never put it all together. The way Dokes fought Holyfield that night toe to toe would not work against the heavier punching Tyson. I see Dokes coming to fight early but being over matched and knocked cold around the 6th round