Who beats Mike Tyson?

[X]

​The guy who really beat Mike Tyson was Mike Tyson

[Master]

​The guy who really beat Mike Tyson was Mike Tyson

Tell that to Buster Douglas.

[Mark TKO]

He would have landed against just about all of those like he did Douglas and that would have been enough.

Of that list I'd have to go Smith

[smashup]

Why does everyone forget the fact that in Round 8 Douglas was down for a full 12 seconds.
Doesn't matter that Tyson was nowhere near fighting fit the fact is he beat Douglas fair and square but because of the refs fuck up the fight continued.
There was a massive inquest launched but the powers that be never reversed it or ordered an immediate rematch.

[smashup]

I'd go with Smith from that list too, he took Tyson the distance and was one tough fucker.

[Memphis]

No one forgets it, I just think people are bored of it. It's not ten seconds, it's a ten count. The press conference where Tyson's mob, led by Don were counting in unison was priceless, tragic, pathetic. No amount of counting or recounting changes anything, the referee is in charge of the count and Douglas beat it. We had the same nonsense with the Wilder Fury fight with interweb experts proving he was knocked out for reals.

[Batman]

Rocky Fielding would obviously have destroyed him

[Master]

Why does everyone forget the fact that in Round 8 Douglas was down for a full 12 seconds.
Doesn't matter that Tyson was nowhere near fighting fit the fact is he beat Douglas fair and square but because of the refs fuck up the fight continued.
There was a massive inquest launched but the powers that be never reversed it or ordered an immediate rematch.

Douglas was watching the ref and was waiting to get up at the right time. Same as Tunney was against Dempsey.

It would have been a travesty if they stole the title from Douglas that day.

They tried and nearly did.

[smashup]

It doesnt matter what Douglas was watching the fact is the ref visibly started the count 2 maybe 3 seconds after Douglas was fully down.
What use is a 10 count if its started late, there has to be consistently from refs, maybe a 15 count is ok in your eyes?

[Memphis]

This has been done to death, there are side by sides of the count they got and they're identical. The count for both was picked up at the same time and at the same speed. The knock on that of course is that why did one get stopped and one didn't? One was engaged with the referee early in the count and looked ready to continue, the other was groping around for his mouthpiece glassy eyed and unable to get it back in his gob.

Slow count, maybe. But fair on one and not the other not a chance.

[p4pking]

It doesnt matter what Douglas was watching the fact is the ref visibly started the count 2 maybe 3 seconds after Douglas was fully down.
What use is a 10 count if its started late, there has to be consistently from refs, maybe a 15 count is ok in your eyes?

Surely it matters more than anything else? If the ref had started a couple seconds sooner, whose to say Douglas wouldn’t have gotten up faster? The refs count was the only thing he had to go by. If a guys just been dropped hard he might not know the difference between ten seconds and fifty unless he hears it. It’s the exact same premise that came up for Fury against Wilder. This almost never gets beat to death in other instances where a referee buys a guy time either. How many times have we seen bad point deductions, the doctor called ringside to examine a cut right when a guy was taking punishment, way too much time for a gumshield out or loose tape on the gloves, etc?