Buster Douglas performance against tyson is way overrated

I don't know the specifics regarding Tyson's activities leading up to the fight or his training. I do know that you can't knock Douglas' peformance against Tyson. Douglas DID box cautiously at first, because Tyson still had that aura of invincibility and the mythical power that people talked about. Regardless of how Tyson did or didn't train, Douglas was still facing a fighter that not only had never lost, but had KO'd almost everyone he had faced, in his own mind.

Why do people talk about the buster douglas who beat a hungover disinterested unagressive tyson as a great fighter . Douglas looked so great in that fight because tyson looked so bad . Its not hard when your 6'4 to outbox guy who is 5'11 when the little guy dosent jab his way in or bob and weave try to slip punches and just walks straight in trying to land one bomb to finish the fight which is all tyson did for 10 rounds . I mean tyson threw 13 punches in the first round . How can anyone say that tyson was even close to his best in that fight . Thats the worst performance from tyson outside of the lewis, mcbride and botha fights. I mean when did tyson even try to put together a combination in that fight . I mean the james tillis who tested a green tyson would of boxed the ears off the super douglas of toyko , tillis had better movement , was more versatile and fought a much , much better tyson than the imposter douglas beat on for 10 rounds . I mean tyson got beat from pillar to post by all his sparring partners before the fight guys who tyson would usually hammer . you my friend are an idiot. typical Tyson fan who blames all of his shortcomings on something else. It is never Mike's fault.............old,sad story. Douglas fought great that night and deserves respect for that.

Douglas probably could have won sooner, he boxed well but cautious, seemed like he knew he could win but didn't want to blow it by getting caught too much. That's how I remember it anyway, not seen it for a while. :)

Buster faught so well. Everytime Tyson planted his feet he got rocked by hard jabs and left hands and Buster would back out. Even battles on the inside Buster was owning. I like Buster Douglas. He could have been a great heavyweight if he had the heart. His early losses, and even his loss to Holyfield were an unmotivated Douglas. He faught as a job, and his heart was never in it. His one major exception, was the fight against Tyson. Douglas put his heart and soul into the fight to dedicate it to his mother. If he had that kind of drive his whole heavyweight career, it would have been interesting to see a motivated Douglas vs Holyfield and Lewis.

I guess Tyson only loses when he wants to..... :rolleyes: DUMB FUCK!!! CATSKILLS COME TO CALIFORNIA SO I CAN STEP ON YOU'RE RETARDED BRAIN!!!!!!!

I've seen him look better than that, Douglas actually had loads of potential in the mid-80's. I actually think he looked scared and timid against Tyson, it's just that Mike was in no fit state to fight that night having taken his foot off the pedal bigtime and just went over to Japan to party (he starved himself for days to get down from 250). I've seen Douglas look better.

No Matter What.......... Busters display of punching, counter punching, THE JAB, combinations, uppercut, in fightign, angles, smarts, toughness and will... etc etc etc were all TOP FLIGHT on that night. That was an almost flawless performance on his part ICE

Why do people talk about the buster douglas who beat a hungover disinterested unagressive tyson as a great fighter . Douglas looked so great in that fight because tyson looked so bad . Its not hard when your 6'4 to outbox guy who is 5'11 when the little guy dosent jab his way in or bob and weave try to slip punches and just walks straight in trying to land one bomb to finish the fight which is all tyson did for 10 rounds . I mean tyson threw 13 punches in the first round . How can anyone say that tyson was even close to his best in that fight . Thats the worst performance from tyson outside of the lewis, mcbride and botha fights. I mean when did tyson even try to put together a combination in that fight . I mean the james tillis who tested a green tyson would of boxed the ears off the super douglas of toyko , tillis had better movement , was more versatile and fought a much , much better tyson than the imposter douglas beat on for 10 rounds . I mean tyson got beat from pillar to post by all his sparring partners before the fight guys who tyson would usually hammer . Agreed, it certainly wasn't one of Douglas' best performances. For any credibility at all he should of stopped Tyson in two or three rounds because Mike was a walking zombie by then and hadn't trained since May 1988. Douglas just didn't look very good that night, he looked much better against an undefeated Tucker (TNT Tucker was a truly excellent fighter back then) before his problems.

yep,buster was very good,but he was helped a lot by mikes horrible performance...

If Tyson came in unprepared than that is his fault. He still got his ass handed to him and you can discredit that.

Why do people talk about the buster douglas who beat a hungover disinterested unagressive tyson as a great fighter . Douglas looked so great in that fight because tyson looked so bad . Its not hard when your 6'4 to outbox guy who is 5'11 when the little guy dosent jab his way in or bob and weave try to slip punches and just walks straight in trying to land one bomb to finish the fight which is all tyson did for 10 rounds . I mean tyson threw 13 punches in the first round . How can anyone say that tyson was even close to his best in that fight . Thats the worst performance from tyson outside of the lewis, mcbride and botha fights. I mean when did tyson even try to put together a combination in that fight . I mean the james tillis who tested a green tyson would of boxed the ears off the super douglas of toyko , tillis had better movement , was more versatile and fought a much , much better tyson than the imposter douglas beat on for 10 rounds . I mean tyson got beat from pillar to post by all his sparring partners before the fight guys who tyson would usually hammer . You Tyson fans are pathetic, making excuses for Tyson for losses that are over 15 years old.

So were alot of Tysons victories, How hard was it for a guy with such great speed and power to demolish some of the old guys and sorry fucks Tyson beat. so what the first guy who comes along and stands up to him should have his performance discredited by a bitter Tyson fan. not in my book.

Buster was prepared, in the right place at the right time, to win.

Whatever, but Douglas did box beautifully. You cant discredit Buster, he did what he had to do. And yes I do think a focused Tyson would have won by ko but it still wouldnt had been easy for Mike. You can tell Buster was ready for war by the way he came out cracking Mikes shit. No one ever did that to Mike.