If Buster Douglas had been counted OUT in the 8th.....?

[brocktonblockbust]

Iron Mike would have still been undefeated, but here is the post-fight interview:

Merchant: Mike, I think everybody here wants to know what happened to you tonight. You came from way, WAY behind after absorbing a tremendous amount of punishment against a virtually unknown fighter. More punishment than you have probably absorbed in all of your previous fights put together. Please tell us what happened.

Tyson: {fill in the blanks here}

How would this have changed the course of boxing history, had Tyson been awarded the 8th round KO that he surely deserved?

[Violent Demise]

Hopefully it would of been a wake up call for him. And he would re-dedicated himself to the sport.

"Damn. I almost lost to a scrub. Fuck that. This ain't gonna happen again. I need to make some changes. 75% of these niggaz gotta go. They ain't my homies. Half of them I don't even know there fucking names. No more fucking 30 different whores a week. I'm cutting that to 5. And no more 1 hour days at the gym. Back to 10 hours. Whoever beats me is gonna beat me at my best"

But with Tyson, who the fuck knows

[generalbulldog]

If Douglas had been counted out and Tyson won? Tyson would have had his ass kicked by a prime Holyfield and then the Tyson dickriders would say that Holyfield beat up a past his prime Tyson.

[brocktonblockbust]

[SEB]

Unfortunately, it was the Tyson of "how they dare to fight me with the inferior skills"....He made a tremendous party just before the fight....he would have use this excuse ans say next time he won't party just before the fight.

But reality is that Tyson was not dedicated anymore to boxing, indeed, Holifield would have kicked his butt in the next fight. but, sometimes I also dream that Tyson would have trained again seriously (at 70% let's say) for holyfield and they would have offered us the greatest heavyweight boxing match ever.

Tyson vs Holifield in the 90's is the best bout we could have in the decade. picking winner or loser is just a detail

[Snakey]

If your aunty had balls she'd be your uncle.

[El Kabong]

If Douglas had been counted out and Tyson won? Tyson would have had his ass kicked by a prime Holyfield and then the Tyson dickriders would say that Holyfield beat up a past his prime Tyson.

....So nothing would change

[marbleheadmaui]

Trying to predict Mike Tyson is like trying to predict how a drug-addled, paranoid schizophrenic would react to watching A Clockwork Orange. It could range from them weeping in a corner in the fetal position to grabbing an axe and decapitating everyone in the theater.

I don't see any evidence that Tyson was capable of growing up at that point. Hell the loss didn't make him do that, why would a win have done so?

[rjj tszyu]

Tyson would have been thrashed off Evander soon after anyway.