do you think tyson getting knocked down in sparring affected his fight with douglas?

**DiegoFuego** · 12-19-2006, 10:04 PM

it was Greg Page baby. Rep the Ville!

**Verstyle** · 12-19-2006, 10:08 PM

no i dont think so.cause he practically still came out with the intensity to kill

**Shanus** · 12-19-2006, 10:10 PM

Originally posted by versatile2k6

no i dont think so.cause he practically still came out with the intensity to kill

Except he ****** on that night.

**Verstyle** · 12-19-2006, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by Shanus

Except he ****** on that night.

more of douglas being near perfect

**Nacho_Analstain** · 12-19-2006, 10:12 PM

i dont think tyson ******,douglas just put on a brilliant performance,but if my mum had recently died,i would be pretty ****in motivated and pissed off!

**PBDS** · 12-19-2006, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by azza

i think it may have dis heartened him,cause i havent heard of him ever being knocked down in sparring before that

....Douglas was a skilled but inconsistent big man that stood up to Tyson and didn't **** his pants. He beat Tyson because he was the better fighter on that night and he didn't let the myth intimidate him. I said for years and years that Evander would beat Tyson because he wouldn't fear him and he would go right after him. IMO Evander would have beat him up no matter when they fought. Tyson was about half as badassed as his fans think he was.

**DiegoFuego** · 12-19-2006, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by pbds

....Douglas was a skilled but inconsistent big man that stood up to Tyson and didn't **** his pants. He beat Tyson because he was the better fighter on that night and he didn't let the myth intimidate him. I said for years and years that Evander would beat Tyson because he wouldn't fear him and he would go right after him. IMO Evander would have beat him up no matter when they fought. Tyson was about half as badassed as his fans think he was.

amen to that

**American_Ninja** · 12-19-2006, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by pbds

....Douglas was a skilled but inconsistent big man that stood up to Tyson and didn't **** his pants. He beat Tyson because he was the better fighter on that night and he didn't let the myth intimidate him. I said for years and years that Evander would beat Tyson because he wouldn't fear him and he would go right after him. IMO Evander would have beat him up no matter when they fought. Tyson was about half as badassed as his fans think he was.

If you weren't a Tyson fan, who did you follow? In his day there was no one else equal to him, in the HW division.

**Kid Achilles** · 12-20-2006, 07:26 AM

I think it was more of a sign that Tyson had slowed a fraction of a second for a guy like Page to catch and drop him with a good job. Tyson had a very good but not perfect chin. He was just RARELY caught flush on his chin in his prime.

Douglas did fight the perfect fight but Tyson met him halfway when he trained half heartedly and took him lightly. But to be honest, I think Tyson took boxing in general lightly after a point in the late 80's.

It's still his own damn fault though.

do you think tyson getting knocked down in sparring affected his fight with douglas?