The Buster Douglas who beat Tyson vs. The Rid**** Bowe who beat Holyfield

[GJC]

Yeah, those kind of performances come along so rarely that they really stand out when you see them: Frazier Vs Ali in their first fight, Duran Vs Leonard in their first fight, Louis Vs Schmeling in their second fight. It also reminds you of how special a fighter Douglas COULD have been if he'd been motivated for more than just one fight in his career.....what a waste.

Poet

Agree if you knock the Louis fight out,that was a near as I've ever seen to an execution rather than a fight to be honest.
The Douglas of the Tyson fight would be a good fantasy match up against any HW.
Reminds me of a Joseph Heller quote I always liked, when people used to say to him that he never wrote anything else as good as Catch 22 he used to reply "No, but nor did anyone else"

[mrboxer]

bowe drops buster quick,probably the fastest clowning a boxer was ever clowned

[BKM-]

The only thing Buster lacked that night was something he couldn't train. His chin. He had a terrible chin, and Bowe could have gotten inside at one point because he had the reach and size to do it. However, Douglass would capatilize on Bowe's bad defense too.

[Miburo]

Bowe would have taken it, the difference between the two would come down to Bowe being much more talented in general.

[Xyei]

You mean except for the bozos making threads like "Could Ali make it 2 rounds with some fake movie actor"?

PS. The Douglas of the Tyson fight would have been tough for any Heavyweight great. Maybe a handful would have edged him but none of them would have an easy time of it.

Poet

I agree. Douglas would have been hell for anyone that night. He was so motivated after the loss of his mother, there was no way he was losing that fight and he would have walked through fire to win.

As for a Bowe match up? Hard to say. I think I'd have to go with Bowe.

[Burning Desire]

Rid**** Bowe never dealt with good jabbers or good outside fighters, even in his peak he got a gift decision against a shot Tony Tubbs, and was getting out boxed and out jabbed by Tyrell Biggs, until he caught up to his weak jaw. Buster Douglas by UD no doubt in my mind.

[mickey malone]

Rid**** Bowe never dealt with good jabbers or good outside fighters, even in his peak he got a gift decision against a shot Tony Tubbs, and was getting out boxed and out jabbed by Tyrell Biggs, until he caught up to his weak jaw. Buster Douglas by UD no doubt in my mind.

I agree.. Good anylasis actually..

We all know that Tyson was'nt quite himself when he fought Douglas but nevertheless, would have still beaten 90% of what was out there at the time..
I remember watching Douglas get stopped late (10th I think) by Tony Tucker for the IBF belt (which I think had become vacant) which in turn, Tucker then lost to Tyson..
This was a fight that Buster was winning fairly comfortably.. In fact, i'd say he won 5 out of the first 6 rounds and I can remember thinking, this guy's got one hell of a jab, and a good overhand right to match, but unfortunately he started gassing at the half way stage, and Tucker picked him off to force the stoppage..

He learned from this, and came in able to sustain his considerable boxing skills for the full 12 rounds against Mike, who on the the other hand, had chosen to have a weekend on the piss.. Douglas was also fired up due to the death of his mother a couple of days prior to the fight, and ended up schooling Tyson b4 KOing him.. Contrary to popular belief, I think Tyson was still an extremely dangerous fighter that night, and shortly b4 getting counted out himself, totally levelled Douglas with a massive uppercut for a cotroversaly long count, which Douglas only just managed to beat..
The sad thing is, that any other version of Douglas would have been more than happy just to lay there..

With regard to Rid**** Bowe, i'd say it's a 50 50 match with that version of Tyson, let alone Douglas who I believe would win by DC..

[Dynamite Kid]

I think Bowe would beat him decisively. Mike Tyson was badly out of shape in that fight imo. Im not a big Tyson fan but i will admit that.

Douglas did not look to hot against Tucker imo. They say Douglas gave up in a fight he was winning but Tucker had just hurt him legitimately and he seemed to give up because he did not want to take any more punishment more so than because of a mental block, plus to say he was winning the fight is debatable, it was a boring close fight where one could of had Tucker or Douglas ahead because of how close the rounds where. I had Douglas ahead but not by a big margin.

[Junito-Rulez]

Douglas got beaten by the count but the ref did a **** job. Douglas was great but Bowe was fighting a much better fight against a tougher fighter in Holyfield.
I'd say Bowe by SD.

[BOX-A-LOT]

Buster would be game, I think, but, Douglas would not be able to dance around Bowe the way he did against the 5'11 Tyson.