Quote Originally Posted by TysonBomb View Post
What the hell are you talking about?

Don King tried to get the fight overturned right away, arguing that the ref gave Douglas a long count.

Tyson was getting beat up by the likes of Trevor Berbick before the fight in sparring:

Back In Action - Orlando Sentinel

Tyson's diet of nothing but soup and salad

Private Training - Orlando Sentinel

All of this stuff was reported the time period surrounding the fight, not "decades later."

Do you really think that Buster Douglas at his best, which was this fight, could really beat Mike Tyson at his best? Tyson goofed and embarrassed himself. Yeah he lost but the fact remains that it wasn't the best Tyson we saw that night ... he looked completely lethargic from the opening bell and was getting hit with punches that he would never get hit with. He wasn't moving his head and his combinations were non existent. He got in one uppercut to save himself, which was a hell of a punch, and Douglas got up and was saved by the bell.
Soup doesn't give you a hangover. Nor does salad. Posting links to Tyson having early nights, training in the small hours, and sparring hardly refutes theories he wasn't in shape.

Post proof of the hangover you claim Tyson was suffering from.

For what it is worth, I accept that Tyson wasn't at his best, and Douglas fought the fight of his life. For this reason I rate Tyson higher than Douglas, but all of this is beside the point.

My point is that Tyson, like Wlad, ruled a weak era. He never looked good against a fighter with a hard jab and decent footwork (Holmes was rusty as hell, and Bruno had some success with the jab but should have doubled it up and followed through instead of stepping back).
The Tyson era was followed by three standouts rising from the ashes of the division. Holyfield, Lewis and Bowe. These three were a cut above anybody Tyson beat, and all three possessed the jab and ability to beat Mike at any stage of his career.
Styles make fights, and they had Tyson's number like Douglas. Were I to list the best fighters Tyson fought at the time he fought them and I would list Holyfield, Douglas and Lewis. I accept he was shot against Lewis.

Where do you rank a prime, GTI Tyson with a go faster stripe in the pantheon of greats?