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

[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.

[brocktonblockbust]

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

wow, so I guess you're under the erroneous assumption that your statement is somehow a syntactic and syllogistic parallel somehow intended to invalidate the hypothetical beauty of the OP? Why don't you make an intellectual attempt to soundly put a few sagacious sentences together and show the world how luminescent your frontal cortex is?

[Master]

I agree with posters that said they think Tyson would have dedicated himself back in the gym, get rid of the ‘hanger ons’ and even take back Rooney which I doubt would have happened. Tyson was still good enough to have beaten Holyfield at that time, even if his skills were declining. I believe Tyson would have fought Holyfield next and they would have fought a brilliant fight with Tyson stopping Holyfield late in a barn burner of a fight. There would be a demand for a rematch and just before the fight Tyson rapes a girl and gets sentenced to 3 years in prison.

[Andre]

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

wow, so I guess you're under the erroneous assumption that your statement is somehow a syntactic and syllogistic parallel somehow intended to invalidate the hypothetical beauty of the OP? Why don't you make an intellectual attempt to soundly put a few sagacious sentences together and show the world how luminescent your frontal cortex is?

Whats an OP ?

Other post?

Ordinary person?

If they are not two very big sophisticated words that us peasants have to Google you do realize its a Fail.

[Spicoli]

He takes it as a learning experience, fires corner, tells King to piss off, quits the nightlife, shuns the cameras and high proile scrambling, has a man to man with Rooney, finds his passion, and starts to throw combinations again

Orrrr
It would have been called a sensational turn around KO by everyone, one for the books. He would have went ahead with fighting Holyfield even more convinced one shot power rules all, with same incompetent corner, and gotten tko'd....But hey,IF frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their asses when they hoped.

[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.

[Mr140]

Like many have said got his ass kicked by a real champ in Evander Holyfeild but the past is past.

[ross]

I dont think much would have changed. As long as King was at the helm, even if Mike thought it to be a good idea, hed never have gone back with Rooney and rededicated himself. I mean, even after being beaten, no one wanted to get Mike training right again. All King wanted to do was milk him while not having any one with sense or Mikes best interests at heart talking to him and possibly removing King from the picture.

If Mike did suddenly wise up, even after being beaten and went back to Catskills, with Rooney, Lott and Bill Cayton. Then we would have seen the best of Mike.

[brocktonblockbust]

great posts dudes and dudettes and miscellaneous....I agree, its tough to predict the unpredictable Tyson. who knows maybe evnader would have LOST BOTH HIS EARS 5 YEARS EARLIER THAN 1996.