What if Tyson and Douglas had a rematch?

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Now your just making things up

kevin Rooney used to get frustrated with Mike how he would let his opponents hold, he actually said once that Mike used to have "silent contracts with his oppponents that if they held neither would work on the inside".

If Mikes opponents held, Mike was still in control because as soon as the clinch finished Mike would go back to work, clinching Mike never did any good for his opponents other than to give Mike a breather and do a few dirty tactics like hooking and following through with his elbow either in to the cheek or the throat


I know Rooney has said it but a quick search has found Atlas has said the same thing and in an artical along with Eddie Futch about Tysons performance in the Douglas fight.

''It was a silent contract,'' Atlas said. ''A free ride for the opponent, who often was glad to have it. This time, Douglas didn't go along with the silent contract. He punched and made Tyson come up with something different.''

Also, the last few paragraphs are said from Mikes old trainers and another world renowned trainer, Futch who all noticed and agreed that Mike had no desire and wasnt fit, over time though revisionists will try telling us that Mike was a bully and Douglas not only stood up to him but also would have held his own with any heavyweight in history.

Truth is a tired beaten up disinterseted Tyson still dropped him hard in the 8th and if it hadnt been so close to the bell, Mike would have finished him there.

Tyson Failed to Make Adjustments - NYTimes.com