If Tyson had stopped Douglas in the 8th, where would it rank among comebacks?

29-1 sir and yes it is supposed to happen but if you are getting your as@ handed to you for 7 or 8 rounds and take the punishment that Tyons took and come back and KO the guy with a vicious uppercut it is pretty fing impressive in my book. It adds to your legacy of being a great fighter. Not only can you win with 1st round ko's but you have the heart to fight back when you are getting pounded on....Lefty 42-1 Tyson wasn't getting his ass whooped. Let's not make Buster's performance in the first 8 rounds out to be some sort of vicious beating.

Nowhere because you were supposed to knock out a guy you were 42-1 to beat. 29-1 sir and yes it is supposed to happen but if you are getting your as@ handed to you for 7 or 8 rounds and take the punishment that Tyons took and come back and KO the guy with a vicious uppercut it is pretty fing impressive in my book. It adds to your legacy of being a great fighter. Not only can you win with 1st round ko's but you have the heart to fight back when you are getting pounded on....Lefty

Nowhere because you were supposed to knock out a guy you were 42-1 to beat.

I disagree with you sir. i think it would have been highly regarded in boxing. Up until that time we had never seen what Tyson could do under pressure. This bigger man was beating the hell out him for 7 or 8 rounds. Jabbing combos body shots laying on him tiring him out. Tyons up until that point pretty much steam rolled everyone he fought with the exception of Bonecrusher Smith and the 1st fight with Mitch Green.....If the reff would have made the correct call it would have been a tremendous come back in my eys and and for one we would have known for sure what a battle tested Tyson could do under pressure. it might have done more then just show us a come back but changed history. Not only for the one fight and Tyson retaining his undisputed title but also for future of Tyson and his career. I have watched that fight over and over with different people present and we all have agreed that Tyson KO's Douglass in that fight. the fact it happened near the end of the round also prevented tyson from finishing him once he did climb to his feet after a true count of 13. I think this is a great thread.....Lefty bye bye myth http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0430/box_c_douglastyson_580.jpg

Because Douglas was so lowly regarded, it would have been forgotten relatively soon. A comeback like Whitaker KO'ing Hurtado stands out more to me. I disagree with you sir. i think it would have been highly regarded in boxing. Up until that time we had never seen what Tyson could do under pressure. This bigger man was beating the hell out him for 7 or 8 rounds. Jabbing combos body shots laying on him tiring him out. Tyons up until that point pretty much steam rolled everyone he fought with the exception of Bonecrusher Smith and the 1st fight with Mitch Green.....If the reff would have made the correct call it would have been a tremendous come back in my eys and and for one we would have known for sure what a battle tested Tyson could do under pressure. it might have done more then just show us a come back but changed history. Not only for the one fight and Tyson retaining his undisputed title but also for future of Tyson and his career. I have watched that fight over and over with different people present and we all have agreed that Tyson KO's Douglass in that fight. the fact it happened near the end of the round also prevented tyson from finishing him once he did climb to his feet after a true count of 13. I think this is a great thread.....Lefty

Now if we're talking about comebacks, how bout that USA 4x100 relay team baby! USA! USA!

Yeah but still Hurtado was a prohibitive underdog to Whitaker when that fight happened and few thought he'd drop Whitaker twice. If Richard Steele was refereeing that fight Tyson would have gotten the knockout. I sure won't disagree with that. King forgot to bring his own house referee.

THATS REALLY F@$#KED up you erasing that myth right in front of me like that.....:argue: Hurts my heart to see theres nothing to fall back on to the reason he lost... maybe ... NO!! HE DID UNDER TRAIN because he underestimated him... in a rematch he woulda won :)... ok my lifes fixed now.:bottle: :lol1: More:

The ref gave the same amount of time to recover for Tyson except he was obviously in no condition to continue the fight. THATS REALLY F@$#KED up you erasing that myth right in front of me like that..:kabong:...:argue: Hurts my heart to see theres nothing to fall back on to the reason he lost... maybe ... NO!! HE DID UNDER TRAIN because he underestimated him... in a rematch he woulda won :)... ok my lifes fixed now.:bottle:

It would have been a pretty impressive comeback, but Tyson still would have caught a lot of steam because he was supposed to steamroll Douglas. Thats what I was thinking.. he was suppose to demolish and erase douglass from history.

** Tyson did stop Buster. He just didn't get any credit for Buster being down 14-15 sec. Nobody expects absolute perfection from refs, but this ref got paid over AND under the table. He also lets Douglas land some homerun shots on the poorly trained and attended to Tyson on the break with no penalty. Tyson had no one in his corner, no team, no ref, no promoter, no family, no wife. Maybe a couple whores out in the crowd, that's it. Tyson was doomed by mental illness to unravel soon enough, but it's apropo that he gets the exact same long count that robbed his fistic mentor and hero Dempsey of his rematch with Tunney. Tough business....:kabong: The ref gave the same amount of time to recover for Tyson except he was obviously in no condition to continue the fight.

For 7 rounds Douglas was whooping Tyson, then out of nowhere Tyson landed one uppercut that had Douglas down for a 9 1/2 count. ** Tyson did stop Buster. He just didn't get any credit for Buster being down 14-15 sec. Nobody expects absolute perfection from refs, but this ref got paid over AND under the table. He also lets Douglas land some homerun shots on the poorly trained and attended to Tyson on the break with no penalty. Tyson had no one in his corner, no team, no ref, no promoter, no family, no wife. Maybe a couple whores out in the crowd, that's it. Tyson was doomed by mental illness to unravel soon enough, but it's apropo that he gets the exact same long count that robbed his fistic mentor and hero Dempsey of his rematch with Tunney. Tough business....:kabong:

i think it woulda just been rememberd as a fluke for douglass and an off-night for tyson

ahh a sad day, what was Tyson thinking.. I would have been so much better if he was undefeated vs Holyfield and lost the Douglas match always ruins it for him.

it wouldn't have been impressive at all given he was supposed to make mince meat of the unheard of Douglas. It would have been a 'get out of jail' win.

Holyfield done to douglas in his next fight what Tyson was supposed to have done...

It wouldn't even be considered a comeback. Douglass was winning the fight but Tyson was ahead on every scorecard and Douglass, not Tyson, was the only one to see the canvas up until that point. It would've been remembered as another KO win for Tyson and that's it. You bitter bastard.

I think it would be a few notches below Corrales-Castillo I for the simple fact that it's more common for HWs to change the tide with a single punch because they're much bigger men. Nice thread btw. Just below Corrales-Castillo....still drunk from last night?

It wouldn't even be considered a comeback. Douglass was winning the fight but Tyson was ahead on every scorecard and Douglass, not Tyson, was the only one to see the canvas up until that point. It would've been remembered as another KO win for Tyson and that's it.

It woudn't have meant much. Up to that point Mike was bein outboxed but he wasn't takin one of those brutal and tough to watch beatings. Had he stopped Buster there everyone woulda just exhaled and said, "Damn, it's about time Mike." After that, it woulda been easily challked up to Mike just not expectin the guy to really challenge him and forgotten quickly.