I know I don't come across as one who dug Tyson. I did.
But I guess my uncles wouldn't let me live the Douglass loss down. They kept sayin' 'watch nephew...everybody is gonna' beat his ass now. Watch him fight clowns you aint never heard of. They gonna whoop his ass. Nephew when Ali beat Forman, Lyle came in confident, hell Jimmy Young sent Forman to the lord & retirement.
Tyson did not do too badly even though he was finished and certainly did better than George Foreman or Liston after he lost. Sure he had better marketing, prison and avoiding the young fighters like Lewis/Bowe but he did get the title back and defend it before he imploded again.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
James 'Buster' Douglas
"It was like taking Candy from a baby. The guy had no toughness."
Tyson in reality won the fight with a VERY long count given to Douglas, people tend to forget the fact that Douglas should have been counted out and never in a position to KO Tyson.
The count got to nine, Douglas got up, it's that simple. Douglas's count was no different to the one Tyson got, there's a side by side video that shows it.
Regardless of Mike Tyson's state Douglas still had to knock him out and he did it.
When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
The poxy WBC and WBA bought King's long count nonsense and took the belts back from Douglas. Unreal.
3-Time SADDO PREDICTION COMP CHAMPION.
I never see anyone mention what I find most curious about the initial knockdown. The punch landed with 5 seconds to go in the round. The count was a tick slow as every time I replay it I'm at 3 when the ref says 2. But that's beside the point Buster could have gotten up a count earlier if he desperately needed to. But moving past that. Remember.....
The punch landed with 5 seconds to go in the round. He gets a full count and almost begins boxing before the bell finally sounds. This happens all the time. How f'n hard is it to keep time?!
Tyson had courage, he took a whipping, got destroyed and was still trying to get up and fight on.
David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King
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