Tyson vs Douglas judge cards

[Sugarj]

I thought Ali was winning the fight.

I'd agree too, however.......two judges and the ref cumulatively only scored 3 rounds between them to Foreman.

One judge gave Foreman 2 rounds, one judge 1 round and the other judge zero rounds. Which to my eyes was shocking. Foreman was going to be screwed if that fight went to decision.

Ali was ahead..........but nothing like that dominant.

[crold1]

I thought Ali was winning the fight.

Foreman-Ali is one of the more overrated fights ever, Great performance but for the most part it was a master schooling. Ali was letting him whale to the body and then tatooing him all night. Ali won most of the rounds.

[Scott9945]

Foreman-Ali is one of the more overrated fights ever, Great performance but for the most part it was a master schooling. Ali was letting him whale to the body and then tatooing him all night. Ali won most of the rounds.

I watched that fight live (on closed circuit) and my immediate impression was that Foreman just gassed out. But everytime I've seen that fight since, the more dominant Ali looks. And if I had any bias about this fight it was over 30 years ago.

[Clegg]

Sad in one way, but not necessarily for the fans or for Douglas's pocket. If Tyson got a decision, there would have been an outcry for a rematch and Douglas would have earned a fortune compared to what he recieved for defending against Holyfield.

Granted, Douglas would have probably lost the return..........then fans would have been treated to Tyson vs Holyfield in something like their primes.

I suppose we'll never know, but had he been screwed on the cards I don't think he would've gotten an immediate rematch. Maybe down the line if he looked bad enough.

[Daddy T]

the fight is no longer fresh in my mind but i think after 9 rounds I had given 2 rounds to mike

[Sugarj]

I suppose we'll never know, but had he been screwed on the cards I don't think he would've gotten an immediate rematch. Maybe down the line if he looked bad enough.

Well, when Tyson vs Ruddock 1 was ended controversially, Tyson was only too happy to rematch him in his very next fight.

If Tyson got a gift decision against Buster, I like to think he'd have rematched him straight away.

Oh well......its all in the past now.

[TBear]

The cards on the fight were not as funny as the fact that King tried to get the sanctioning organzations to strip Douglas soon after the fight.

[jaded]

Douglas got a break in the 8th when he was knocked down with the count. A lot of referees would have called that a KO.

[StarshipTrooper]

Douglas got a break in the 8th when he was knocked down with the count. A lot of referees would have called that a KO.

Only if they were idiots.

[crold1]

Well, when Tyson vs Ruddock 1 was ended controversially, Tyson was only too happy to rematch him in his very next fight.

If Tyson got a gift decision against Buster, I like to think he'd have rematched him straight away.

Oh well......its all in the past now.

He couldn't have. He was already signed for a June 90 clash with Holy. Take Douglas, and the strippings would have started. Holy was across the board mando and had been awhile.