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"Buster Douglas returns to the ring against Chad Van Sickle 21-6-3 at the Harbour Yard Arena, Connecticut on 7th July on the undercard of Travis Simms vs Joachim Alcine."
this is fucking great! with all these old heavyweights comeing back there will be a senior division pretty soon!>!>
This is Sumo right?
jesus christ! Is Muhammed Ali returning soon? At this rate, I can see Jack Johnson climbing out of his grave for a comeback!
as soon as they find that cure for parkinsons look out because i bet he still has more in him than chris byrd right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bzkfn
I believe the corpse of Gene Tunney is fighting on the undercard.
How about Tyson vs Douglas 2 Mikes redemption  ;D
Mike's still the favorite IMO. He's washed up about as bad as it gets but come one, douglas was a bum in his prime whats he gonna do now?Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
Get Knocked the Fuck out!!!!! >:mad ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Punisher136
CC #148Quote:
Originally Posted by Punisher136
Why wasn't he fighting more when he was in his prime? What a joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by rvk1331
Even though Chris Byrd is boring to watch, he is one of the most underrated and highly skilled boxers of the 90s era. The guy was a middleweight who had better success against heavyweights than Jones and toney. If he would have stayed at middleweight or lightheavyweight or even cruiserweight he would have been a star.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punisher136
I'm sure jones and toney would be two time champs too if they had Vitali quit on his stool and a washed up holyfield to fight for titles and then make 5 defenses in 4 years and get annihilated by the only boxer in the division that resembles a quality heavyweight. You can't call byrds heavyweight run a success by any means.Quote:
Originally Posted by chamiley
Oh! I can see it now....Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
I bet it breaks ALL previews PPV numbers. ;)
Dont forget Mike said he could sell out Madison Square Garden Masterbating  :-XQuote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
I 'm sure a few people would be interested in seeing him beat on Douglas ;D
seeing that the titles have changed hands as many as 8 times in the previous year, Byrd held the title the longest. even withour punching power he consistently beat top fighters at the time like tua, Golota, Oquendo, Williamson, Mcline, Holyfied (who has knocked out 3 of his last opponents). If thatz not skill, then I guess he must have poisoned every one of those guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punisher136
yeah with 5 defenses in 4 years. Tua was over hyped (only person he every beat that was measurable was ruiz who is trash), Golata was overhyped (dude still hasn't won a title), Oquendo was over hyped, I know you're joking with williamson, mccline was and still is over hyped, and that holyfield was more washed up than the one thats fighting now.Quote:
Originally Posted by chamiley
Douglas was like 450 pounds the last time i saw him on tv and talking about how he never really liked to fight but he was just pretty good at it so he did it anyway. I hope its not cause he needs the $$
If that is the case his comeback will not last too long. As it is it will not last anyway. Maybe he can fight Evander in a rematch. I am kidding here. Evander would end it in round one this time, and Evander is pretty much a shopworn fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoomBoom
I can not comment on this one... Well come back J B D.
The one and only ahhmmm well at least he nahh ... OK I am out O0
Who the hell would sanction such an event??
you never know. All they need to do is match Buster with some tomato can and he wins impressively and they can market anything. I wouldn't buy it. I think anyone who cares about him would not want to see him fight anymore, but you cannot stop fighters from doing what they want.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
I saw Buster last week at HOF induction weekend. he didnt look huge but didnt look ready to be fighting anytime soon either.
Here are some pics I took of him at the fist casting. Not sure if there gonna work.
[img width=700 height=525]http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z104/Erikk99/BusterDouglass2.jpg[/img]
[img width=700 height=525]http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z104/Erikk99/busterDouglasfistcasting2.jpg[/img]
he look like a down syndrome noob saibot
tyson wins
i think butterbean can beat him
Maybe boxing needs a seniors tour like in golf so all the people from that era can continue to watch their heros. But I guess golf takes less of a physical toll, unless you are fighting Shannon Briggs, so perhaps they could wear 16OZ gloves and wear sumo suits - o hang on most of them already do................. :P
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Originally Posted by BoomBoom
I don't think he needs the money (or like you hope not)...Last I knew he had some legit business that did pretty well and didn't put all his money into one operation.....but then again who knows
How in the world could these pictures be sitting in this thread for 4 entire days without one person making a joke about Buster's riduculous Fat Albert shirt?!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Erikk
Where did he find that thing?
Haha, yeah I reckon ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
fistcasting? The only thing he did in boxing is beat Mike Tyson.. I guess that was a big event but it was inevitable that someone would beat Mike at the time. Mike was getting more and more negligent in his training with those clowns Aaron Snowell and Kevin Bright. I think his name was Kevin Bright. Mike was the best fighter in the game then and he had those idiots Snowell and Bright in his corner. But as for Douglas beating Mike, Frank Bruno a year before almost beat Mike had he landed a few more left hooks. Tyson would have wiped out Douglas had they fought in 1988. But Mike from 1986-1988 was almost unbeatable and a great fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erikk
Frank Bruno didn't almost beat Tyson. Bruno landed one shot in the first round that caught Tyson. Other than that, Bruno spent the whole 5 rounds getting the crap kicked out of him and clutching/holding out of fear.Quote:
Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Insiders are saying that Buster is so overweight that they are trying to get Naseem Hamed for his next fight as they are similar weight and also former world champs :):):):):):):)Quote:
Originally Posted by rvk1331
buster is going to end up seriously hurt if he keep on fighting dont u think ?
maybe so but he landed a left hook and gave Mike all he could handle. I remember that he did that illegal rabbit punch move during the fight , but he hit Mike with a left hook which could have turned things around. Mike was rocked. Mike was just too fast for Bruno to follow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
:coolclick: :appl: Totally agree with the above.Quote:
Originally Posted by chamiley
Byrd was the epitome of the sweet science...he was just unfortunately fighting above his weight.
Anybody who wants to know why the heavyweight division is in such sorry shape needs to look no further than the waiting list of mediocre old fogies lined up to stage a "comeback."
Sad.
CC tito fan. I agree with you. In a way the older fighters sometimes slow down a division and do not help the young fighters come up and make something of themselves. It is selfishness. But Buster Douglas coming back will not matter. Buster never had much determination. He will lose soon and his comeback will be over. Ruiz coming back? If there is one thing I am not excited about it is John Ruiz coming back to fight. Then you have guys like David Tua who seem to have power to make some noise and he does not fight anyone. I do not get what Tua is waiting for or what is going on with his management. He has the power to make noise and get right back in a title fight situation. Put the determination of Ruiz in the body of Tua and you have something.
CC back, Legend. I agree wholeheartedly with what you said. What's more, the worst part about it is that many boxing fans (I'd say some of the more casual fans, but fans nonetheless) concentrate solely on the heavyweight division. If the division is crap, these casual fans lose interest... and thus boxing loses fans. It's a sad state of affairs when we true boxing fans have to depend on the success of the heavyweight division to attract more fans to boxing.