Buster Douglas performance against tyson is the most overrated performance in history

no thanks needed...its the principle of the matter...you know? :)

hahaha...its a sexual bias...women have the same brains we have...I've got yor back that's good to know. :)

hahaha...its a sexual bias...women have the same brains we have...I've got yor back

truer words have never been spoken... well thank you ;) often when i post about the boxing i just get ignored :( they think us girls don't have a clue (i think)

truer words have never been spoken...

all buster douglas could do that night was beat the Tyson that showed up, which he did. The rest is irrelevant, it wasn't Tysons best performance obviously but douglas got the job done thats about it :boxing:

Nobody says he would have beaten anyone that night. That fight is what it was: the biggest upset in sports history

Douglas had the balls to go at Tyson and not cower as all before him had done. That right there should warrant credit. Then, he had teh skills to beat the man down for 10 rounds. Buster was tagged numerous times by solid tyson punches, and he still kept fighting. If nothing else, buster should get praise for coming in with balls in hand. His puches were right on target all night, too. Buster was on that night...no doubt about it. Give him his due.

you dont think its just a little bit hypocritical whan you call someone a nuthugger? i'm not a nuthugger at all.

It's probably not rubbish because Buster had the STRATEGY to beat Tyson. We all know Tyson goes into self destruct mode when he thinks hes getting beat! Exactly use a powerful jab that Tyson just won't walk through, clench him in close.

There was nothing overrated about that performance. Certainly not to call it the "most overrated performance in history". Douglas came in and made the decision not to be a one round victim and did what he needed to do to win.

Kendo..good post

he fought the perfect fight that night. it has been proven from that night on that if you take tyson beyond 5 or 6 rounds he is your for the taken. also. did you actaully watch the fight. they where putting a glove full of water on his eye to stop the swelling. tyson took the wrong man lightly. tyson was just supposed to go in KO him in 1 or 2 and than go home. but buster boxed him. now look at every fight tyson lost. except for the williams and the other scrub he lost too bc he had no biz being in the ring for them fights. ok lewis boxed the shit out of him despite the fact that he could sit in his corner and hit tyson sitting in his corner. but he boxed tyson took him beyond the mid way point of the fight and KOed him. holyfield. boxed him took him beyond the mid way point and again TKOed him. than in the second fight he was on his way to doing it again when tyson got alittle hungry. buster boxed him moved around made tyson move around and not just stand and hit and looked what happend. tyson is one of the best HW but if you werent scared of him and than you could beat him. so i dont think that win was overrated. i mean come on who would have thought you would ever see tyson on the canvas looking for his mouth piece. that was something of greatness at that time.

Bottom line: Douglas flattened Iron Mike. What is overrated about that? Sour grapes.

Mike Tyson should have won that fight. But because of a low rent ref that didn't know how to pick up the count when he KO'd Buster in the 8th, boxing history was changed. All in all I thought it was a good fight.

isnt it funny how people reflect and make it sound like it was so obvious it was gonna happen?? 42-1 underdog man. that means for all the people who act like they saw it coming in hindsight none were actually willing to put their money where their mouth was. True. Douglas shocked me that night. Although I was looking forward to Mercer or Foreman fighting Tyson with those two being the favorites in my book.

You dont think he could have? nah i dont think so. say what you want about tyson that night but the point of this should be that it took a "great" and nearly "perfect" fight by a guy who just happened to have the correct physical tools to do it to beat Tyson on his worst night. tyson would have gotten to tim witherspoon and knocked him out. even on his best day witherspoon couldnt drop the 1-2 like buster did all night on tysons face. mercer and foreman id both give a good shot just cause they could take the punches and if theyd have strectched tyson to 11-12 rounds that night they woulda won. isnt it funny how people reflect and make it sound like it was so obvious it was gonna happen?? 42-1 underdog man. that means for all the people who act like they saw it coming in hindsight none were actually willing to put their money where their mouth was. the way teddy atlas talks about tyson and his downfall you wonder if he was bettin ten grand on his opponent everytime just waiting for him to meltdown.

Good post. I might add a few to the list of those who could have taken advantage of Tyson that night. George Foreman Ray Mercer Tim Witherspoon I think Ray Mercer would have given Tyson trouble on any night.

As far as im concerned, Buster delivered one of the best performances i've ever seen. He looked like a top 10 HW of all time that night. He basicely had everything that night. From this day on, im happy for him because he fought for his mother that night, and you gotta respect that. Im a huge fan of Tyson, but im not gonna deny it was his own fault he lost. He underestimated Douglass, did not train enough because he thought he was invincible. There are no excuses for his loss that night. but he showed a lot of heart and chin, and almost came back to win the fight in the 8th. ALMOST, but it was Buster's night. very much agree, it was fate on tyson's part. I tell you, if I was tyson's age and on top of the world like he was.. money, fame, women, can do a lot to someone who NEEDS good influences around him. I for one, would have probably fuked up just as bad as he did at his age. It's hard to even think of me being in the position that he was in at such a young age. He was phenominal and he blew it, most people his age would have done the same thing with all that fame and fortune.

As far as im concerned, Buster delivered one of the best performances i've ever seen. He looked like a top 10 HW of all time that night. He basicely had everything that night. From this day on, im happy for him because he fought for his mother that night, and you gotta respect that. Im a huge fan of Tyson, but im not gonna deny it was his own fault he lost. He underestimated Douglass, did not train enough because he thought he was invincible. There are no excuses for his loss that night. but he showed a lot of heart and chin, and almost came back to win the fight in the 8th. ALMOST, but it was Buster's night.