Only ignorant people believe a Douglas faced a peak Tyson...

I've got some interesting tid-bits regarding Douglas-Tyson, thanks to Caleum:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...2023249_1_tyson-trevor-berbick-buster-douglas

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...-days-in-tokyo

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...rigues-tillman

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...n-punch-bright

http://www.popentertainment.com/lastgreatfight.htm

After Tyson, the Desert
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/bc0321pb.html

Quote from the above article:

 

Tyson post Rooney will never be prime in my opinion, but on that night Douglas would have been hell for most ATG HW's and possibly have beaten a prime Mike.

He was 41-1 and 24 year old, big woop. Prime is a physical and mental peak, on that night prime Tyson didn't show up.

 

Get this **** out of here. You don't get 10 seconds you get a ****ing 10 count. Its up to the ref to count and what he counts goes. You expect a fighter to be counting 1 to 10 in his head and saying well the refs only at 5 but I might as well get up now since its been close to 8 seconds. No. Besides I'm tired of all this Tyson bull**** yeah he was one of the most physically gifted boxers and he had lots of potential in that regard but the mind is just as much part of it as the body. We can dream all we want about how would Tyson be if he was actually dedicated to the sport and didn't buy into his own hype, or how good would Zab be if he was mentally strong. The fact is those are weaknesses just as much as Malignaggis feather fist and we need to realize that when evaluating them.