Comments Thread For: Jim Lampley Recalls Bizarre Buster Douglas-Mike Tyson Broadcast

[taino78]

I was 11 years old at the time and remember like it was yesterday. Bouncing from my room to the livingroom because the NBA slam dunk contest was airing at the same time. Couldn't believe my eyes when Tyson was on the canvas struggling to get up. Douglas had an almost perfect night imo.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Richie Giachetti was Larry Holmes's trainer. Holmes was one of the top 10 of all time. Tyson fans have an excuse for absolutely everything.
Douglas fought superbly the night he beat Tyson. He was lazy and undisciplined for the rest of his career, but that night he reached his full potential and was brilliant.
He would have given peak Tyson a very hard night and could well have beaten him.

Richie Giachetti was not in the corner for the Douglas fight, but he was for Razor Ruddock fights and afew others 'He was Mike Tyson second best trainer' Mike Tyson did have a good run under him, but his movement was abit off, but in other area's he was really good.

If I am not mistake Richie Giachetti also worked with Tyson for his rematch against Evander Holyfield 'Mike Tyson was in incredible shape for that fight, and before he snapped that was shaping into in my opinion being one of the most high intensity, and technically greatest fights in heavyweight history' Both guys weighing in at exactly the same weight.

[apollocreed]

Richie only got in on the Tyson camp after the loss in Tokyo. He was still a joke of a trainer.
Holmes got good with Eddie Futch . Eddie wouldn't train Larry for his fights against Michael Spinks as he both trained them.
Nobody made an excuse. Douglas losing to Holy , I guess was due to him being lazy too?
That lazy Tyson in Tokyo still put Douglas down for 10 seconds + .

I'm not making excuses for Douglas against Holyfield. We'll never know if he could have beaten Holyfield if he was in shape like against Tyson. Maybe not. It would have been a great fight though, better than the one we saw.
Holyfield beat him though, it's not his fault Douglas wasn't in shape.

You've just proven my point with that count bull**** lol. Like I already said, Tyson fans have a ****ing book of excuses. 'The long count'. Don't even bother telling me that ****. It's ****ing pathetic.
Douglas was clearly able to get up earlier, he was just waiting until he heard the later numbers of the count before he got up. He was maximizing his recovery time. If the ref counted quicker, he would have got up quicker.
He ****** his fist on the floor in frustration - you can't do that if you're badly hurt.
Tyson lost to Douglas. Just accept it.

[nacho daddy]

“I get up in Tokyo, I call Tyson-Douglas, I get on a plane and fly from Tokyo back to Los Angeles, I go to a charity awards luncheon that afternoon in Los Angeles, I anchor the 5 o’clock news, I anchor the 11 o’clock news, I do a business dinner in between and I do a report for CBS This Morning on the weekend in sports – after the 11 o’clock news that night.



Jeez Jim earned his money that day!

did lampley start crying? no wonder HBO boxing went bankrupt

[OCPancho]

I'm not making excuses for Douglas against Holyfield. We'll never know if he could have beaten Holyfield if he was in shape like against Tyson. Maybe not. It would have been a great fight though, better than the one we saw.
Holyfield beat him though, it's not his fault Douglas wasn't in shape.

You've just proven my point with that count bull**** lol. Like I already said, Tyson fans have a ****ing book of excuses. 'The long count'. Don't even bother telling me that ****. It's ****ing pathetic.
Douglas was clearly able to get up earlier, he was just waiting until he heard the later numbers of the count before he got up. He was maximizing his recovery time. If the ref counted quicker, he would have got up quicker.
He ****** his fist on the floor in frustration - you can't do that if you're badly hurt.
Tyson lost to Douglas. Just accept it.

Well, you just did .
We will never know if Tyson would have beat Douglas as well if he were better prepared.

Actually, you can **** on the floor and still get up and fall over again.

The point was, an out of shape Tyson still knocked down Douglas. Like Douglas against Holy, who knows if he would have won if he showed up in shape? Dude, why are you so pissed ?
Are you Douglas's boyfriend or something ?
Damn, go buy a beer.

[OCPancho]

Richie Giachetti was not in the corner for the Douglas fight, but he was for Razor Ruddock fights and afew others 'He was Mike Tyson second best trainer' Mike Tyson did have a good run under him, but his movement was abit off, but in other area's he was really good.

If I am not mistake Richie Giachetti also worked with Tyson for his rematch against Evander Holyfield 'Mike Tyson was in incredible shape for that fight, and before he snapped that was shaping into in my opinion being one of the most high intensity, and technically greatest fights in heavyweight history' Both guys weighing in at exactly the same weight.

Richie was in the corner for both the Ruddock fights.
I saw him at The Red Horse in Vegas one night.
I thought he was Captain Lou Albano.
I swear.
I was sitting there on the bar and the bartender asked me if I knew that man there. I said, that's Lou Albano. The bartender cracked up. He said that's Tyson's trainer.
It dawned on me, it was Richie .

Don't ask Teddy Atlas and Rooney about Ritchie.
lol

[PRINCEKOOL]

Richie was in the corner for both the Ruddock fights.
I saw him at The Red Horse in Vegas one night.
I thought he was Captain Lou Albano.
I swear.
I was sitting there on the bar and the bartender asked me if I knew that man there. I said, that's Lou Albano. The bartender cracked up. He said that's Tyson's trainer.
It dawned on me, it was Richie .

Don't ask Teddy Atlas and Rooney about Ritchie.
lol

He seemed to be the last trainer Mike Tyson worked well under, or at-least had some stand out performances.

[The D3vil]

I cried like a newborn baby when I saw Mike trying to collect his gumshield with his boxing gloves still on. That was my first recollection of mild concussion of a boxer in the ring

Me too brother

Richie Giachetti was Larry Holmes's trainer. Holmes was one of the top 10 of all time. Tyson fans have an excuse for absolutely everything.
Douglas fought superbly the night he beat Tyson. He was lazy and undisciplined for the rest of his career, but that night he reached his full potential and was brilliant.
He would have given peak Tyson a very hard night and could well have beaten him.

LMAO Gaichetti was not Tyson's trainer for the Douglass fight. Aaron Snowell was. Look him up

And you excuse Douglas for being "lazy & undisciplined", but say nothing about Mike being up all night snorting coke and ****ing Japanese strippers with Bobby Brown all night the night before the Douglas fight

What hook ?

It's Tyson that hooked King so he could make easy millions while freezing out Holyfield, Lewis and Foreman.

Bull*****.

When Tyson signed with King in '88, Lewis was a nobody and Holyfield was still a cruiserweight.

Tyson would've crushed them both in '88 and you'd be claiming he had crushed two bums.

And Foreman was just a year into his comeback in '88, and thought to be washed up.

He didn't become decent until like 4 years after that.

The lies y'all tell y'allselves

[OCPancho]

He seemed to be the last trainer Mike Tyson worked well under, or at-least had some stand out performances.

Mike worked with Freddie Roach for the Clifford Ettiene fight ( hell, I don't know if that's even the right spelling and tool lazy to look it up ). Mike hurt his back before the fight and still KO'd Clifford.

But, Mike was really ruined when Don King got rid of Mike's management . Bill Cayton should have hired a hitman to break Don King's legs.

[apollocreed]

Me too brother



LMAO Gaichetti was not Tyson's trainer for the Douglass fight. Aaron Snowell was. Look him up

And you excuse Douglas for being "lazy & undisciplined", but say nothing about Mike being up all night snorting coke and ****ing Japanese strippers with Bobby Brown all night the night before the Douglas fight



Bull*****.

When Tyson signed with King in '88, Lewis was a nobody and Holyfield was still a cruiserweight.

Tyson would've crushed them both in '88 and you'd be claiming he had crushed two bums.

And Foreman was just a year into his comeback in '88, and thought to be washed up.

He didn't become decent until like 4 years after that.

The lies y'all tell y'allselves

Yeah I know Giachetti wasn’t in his corner for Douglas. I know about Tyson’s career in detail.
The reason I said it was an excuse was because I was replying to a guy who sounded like he was blaming Tyson’s downfall on anyone but Tyson. He said Giachetti was a joke trainer, so I pointed out he trained Holmes. I know it was Snowell and Jay Bright in the corner for Douglas.