Should Buster Douglas Be In The Hall Of Fame?

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  1. Thunderstorm

    Thunderstorm Active Member Full Member

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    Yes
     
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  2. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. Full Member

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    A one hit wonder.

    No.
     
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  3. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nah. not for one fight regardless of how good he was that night,
     
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  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yes CW Level

    Yes but it was Super Fat, though. Granted the beneficial effects of Super Fat can be completely negated if you push too hard during your undertraining program in the gym because there's a very fine line between undertraining and overtraining the undertraining if you catch my drift?

    In layman's terms: Once you cross a certain threshold of undertraining you're obviously no longer undertraining and if you overtrain whilst trying to undertrain you're never going to find that fine line in order to reach peak performance on the night.
     
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  5. kdyehs

    kdyehs Member Full Member

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    It's like saying Tarver should be HoF based on wins against Jones. It is statistically irrelevent to score a one hit wonder win then fails in all other department. Plus no one can win with a 100% rate against everyone (few exceptions like Mayweather, but at heavyweight it is less than likely). At some point, boxing is what it is. And you have to take big shots. Douglas would never come close to clean a division like Tyson did.
     
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  6. PittSteel

    PittSteel Member Full Member

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    Absolutely not.
    Douglas has no legacy of his own, he is only known in boxing history because he is a part of Tyson's story.
    Or put in another way: If Tyson doesn't exist, nobody outside hardcore boxing fans would know who he was.
     
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  7. jmb1356

    jmb1356 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    His win over Tyson at least should be in the HOF.
     
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  8. sdot_thadon

    sdot_thadon Active Member Full Member

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    He should make it as a footnote on Tyson's plaque. Or maybe if there's ever a greatest upsets category then he'd certainly fit.
     
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  9. kdyehs

    kdyehs Member Full Member

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    If the only criteria is having a name that resonates, maybe. Everyone in the boxing game know who Buster Douglas is. If based on performance or legacy, no.
     
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  10. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No. Not even close.
     
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  11. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes. That one win is literally bigger than anyone else's biggest win ever. And sure he was an underachiever who loved food more than boxing, but still on that one night he was a boxing God. Tyson was on the slide, but he was still easily the best heavyweight out there, and Douglas put everything he ever learned and worked for along with the pain of losing his mother into the total package that night. The Douglas we saw that night , we never saw before that night or after it, but it showed what Buster was capable of if he had the discipline of say a Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Douglas of that night is capable to beat any heavyweight throughout history.
     
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  12. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Has anyone actually seen the list of people in the Hall of Fame?

    Joe Choynski
    Tom Sharkey
    Joe Jeanette
    Arturo Gatti (okay, maybe he gets a pass)
    Peter Jackson
    Jake Kilrain


    Not that these guys are at the standard level of quality. But they got in. Douglas won the undisputed crown by absolutely beating down a physically prime Tyson.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tokyo Tyson was faster and more powerful than Carnera who never would have got up from the uppercut that floored Buster.
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  15. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    He should be in the HOF for one big reason

    That is one of the most famous fights and greatest upsets of all time. Only AJ - Ruiz comes close.
     
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