Mike tyson vs buster douglas 2

Over the course of boxing history, most of the great heavyweight fights saw a rematch; a return battle: Tunney and Dempsey fought twice, as did Louis and Schmeling, and Marciano and Walcott, and Ali and Liston, and Ali and Frazier, who of course fought three times, and so on. Neither return took place.

Log in or Sign up. Boxing News 24 Forum. If there had been an immediate rematch and Douglas came in the same shape and fought the same fight against a fully trained, fit and hungry Tyson, who wins? I would pick Douglas but would be very prepared to be wrong. McGrain , Jun 12, Tockah likes this.

Mike tyson vs buster douglas 2

Iron Mike believes the promoter influenced the slow count in the seventh round, which would have resulted in Douglas' defeat. Mike Tyson believes his former promoter, Don King , fixed fights for him and against him, with perhaps the most egregious example being his loss to Buster Douglas in It all came about when Fury began to talk about what many believe was a long count given to Douglas in their now infamous fight in Tokyo. Douglas had been sent to the ground with an uppercut in the eighth round, but by the 10th, it was Tyson was KO'd for what was the first loss of his career and one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. When discussing the matter, Tyson shed light on the underground dealings of professional boxing. The odds , I could win this, him and the referee talk that bullsh-t, because I don't want to tell you what we did before. The claims from Tyson are sensational. He has always said that he didn't take the fight seriously, to the point that he was out partying in Tokyo with singer Bobby Brown the night before. In fact, in his memoirs he said that during training camp he ran away every night and that his team was forced to go looking for him in nightclubs. When he arrived in Japan he became even more unleashed. I don't remember doing any running work for that fight, maybe once or twice. So I lost weight in other ways," he recounted. Tyson and King. Tense moment!

James Douglas. If there had been an immediate rematch and Douglas came in the same shape and fought the same fight against a fully trained, fit and hungry Tyson, who wins?

Discussion in ' Classic Boxing Forum ' started by steve , Sep 25, Log in or Sign up. Boxing News 24 Forum. This fight was supposed take place in October until Douglas pulled out to take of his sick father. Who takes this and how? FastLeft , Sep 26,

Few days have passed over the last three decades without at least one stranger stopping Buster Douglas on the street. The all-time stunner in Tokyo sent shockwaves around the globe and is still viewed as the biggest upset in boxing, if not all of professional sports. Thirty years have passed since that fateful night on Feb. The odds of a Tyson victory were so overwhelming that The Mirage was the only Las Vegas hotel to take bets on the fight. The fight lasted longer than most expected, though it almost ended when Tyson knocked Douglas down with an explosive right hook in the eighth round. Here are some major sporting events planned for new arena. Retired former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer was at Station Square shopping center in downtown Pittsburgh when he caught the fight on television. Twenty-two years old at the time, Moorer began watching just in time to see Douglas, who was , become the first to knock Tyson to the canvas as a professional when he hit the champ with a devastating right-left-right combination in the 10th round. Many wonder if Tyson was just apathetic about the challenge Douglas presented.

Mike tyson vs buster douglas 2

At pounds I was quick with my hands and the movement was there. Mike Tyson at 20 years old was, and remains, the youngest heavyweight titleholder in boxing history. We thought we could make him quit in seven or eight rounds but, to be honest, he proved me wrong and took his beating like a man. He went into seclusion in Japan, trained hard, and all the distractions with Robin Givens, or whatever her name is, were behind him. The Douglas performance, which would be light-years ahead of anything he had produced in his career, was largely due to diligent physical preparation. However, the tragic passing of his mother, who was only 47 years of age, galvanized his warrior spirit during a torturous training camp. I talked to my mother about a week before she passed and she was so excited. My mother felt really confident that I was going to do it and her belief in me was a real inspiration when that bell rang. The challenger entered the ring on Feb 11, , and did not wear the doomed expression of a deer caught in the headlights.

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Archived from the original on Smokin Bert , Kid Bacon and Tockah like this. Tyson sharper and more focused. So I lost weight in other ways," he recounted. As Tyson advanced, Douglas measured him with a few jabs before landing an uppercut that snapped Tyson's head upward, stopping Tyson in his tracks. Buster Douglas thus became the new undisputed heavyweight champion, engineering one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Douglas in that first fight could have beat a lot of great heavyweights that night. Both men traded punches before Douglas connected on a four-punch combination that staggered Tyson back to the ropes. Instead, they filled a rubber glove with ice water and held it on Tyson's eye between rounds. So did Jerry Izenberg , who commented: [9] "They assemble a corner for that fight which looks like it was picked up out of the semi-finals of the Intercity Golden Gloves. Bangor Daily News. Entaowed and Saintpat like this. Prime Holmes beats prime Tyson with Rooney any day of the week…… and that night in Japan Douglas beats any version of Tyson.

Nobody really cared about the heavyweight title fight in Tokyo that early morning when Mike Tyson , after weeks of sleeping with Geisha girls, walked to the ring to massacre Buster Douglas in February At ringside in the Dome, two wild-haired powerbrokers from vastly different, but equally sordid, business worlds took their seats to watch Mike do what Mike had been doing far too easily, for far too long. Don King and Donald Trump were all smiles as they relaxed to watch the three or four-round destruction.

Buster Douglas was ranked as the 7 heavyweight contender by Ring Magazine and had met with mixed success in his professional career up to that point. James Douglas. There was a lack of confidence in the division. We will never know. Tyson, shamed into putting the babes down and knuckling down in training harder than he had worked since the Trevor Berbick fight, comes in and destroys a game Douglas in short order. It all came about when Fury began to talk about what many believe was a long count given to Douglas in their now infamous fight in Tokyo. Holmes Tyson vs. Fergy , Sep 26, Holmes77 , Jun 12, Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson - English Boxing - English. He retired from boxing in after consecutive losses to journeymen. No, create an account now.