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.
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