Razor Ruddock And Buster Douglas

toky dougluss will rip off the win with his teeth.

 

The consensus view of Douglas was that he wasn't that great. He helped reinforce the thought his win over Tyson was a fluke by quitting against Holyfield, just as he did against Tucker. I could see Douglas calling it a night as soon as he gets hit on the chin. Douglas was the better fighter but Ruddock was mentally tougher.

 

I think the Douglas footwork comes into play here and Buster turns him all night. And Ruddock was not a guy that fought smart in the ring and I think he eats jabs and tries that wide hook of his from way on the outside without setting it up and misses.
If Ruddock would give a full 3 minutes per round of effort he could get the guy out of there but I think he has to take too many breathers and does his fight for about 25 seconds a round thing.

 

I think Ruddock would end up beating the **** out of him.

 

Ruddock became a counterpuncher. It would be interesting to see what happens in this matchup.

 

I would favor Ruddock here, its the mental toughness, Ruddock could take Busters best in my eyes but I am not sure Douglas would be able to withstand a long hard fight against the Razor which is what this would be. I think Douglas has the better jab and right hand but he would eat enough Ruddock hooks and be hurt somewhere and thats when Ruddock would move in for the finish. Ruddock can match Douglas in size and strength he wouldn't be able to dominate Razor from the outside like he did the much smaller Tyson.. Ruddock is also a big man!!

 

Well said lefthook. :good

The '89 Ruddock would most definitely have the footwork to catch Tokyo Douglas.

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No, Douglas wasn't a "lesser fighter" than Ruddock, just less explosive, a lesser puncher maybe. He was a better boxer though.

 

Ruddock would clean Douglas's clock in three rounds.

 

I wonder if Douglas had thrown the belt in the garbage rather than fight Holyfield - would it be presumed that he would of beat Holyfield anyway?
Or do only certain fighters het free passes like that?

 

Ruddock gets overrated, because he got hyped up for scoring some big KOs over a couple of has-beens.

If we're going to accept that Ruddock was finished or softened up by the Tyson fights, you also have to reckon that Dokes and Smith were suitably past their bests when Ruddock beat them. I mean, who else did Ruddock beat ? He stick-and-move to beat Weaver back in '86 but changed his style after that, still a good win, and Weaver was past his best too.

Douglas beat a near-prime Tyson, no excuses. He also outboxed a past-it Berbick, a young dangerous McCall, a so-so up-and-down Greg Page (who was beginning on a permanent down, admittedly), and destroyed touted prospect Mike Williams (who had just gone distance with Witherspoon).
Douglas outboxed those guys quite clearly.

So I don't think anyone can argue Ruddock was a better class of fighter at all. The only difference is he was a bigger puncher, Douglas the better technical boxer.

 

Douglas KTFO 100% Prime/BEST Tyson - IMO Tokyo-Douglas KTFO any Tyson cos he were only 24 so he was still at his v.Best. :deal

ppl use gay excuses - BUT did they every think it were Douglas who made tyson look past-Prime - not what trainer he hapened to have???