I disagree. Douglas was clearly ready to get up, he just used the full 10 to get a little rest. He was up on a knee and ready to get up well before the 10 count.
I'm as much of a fan of Tyson as the next guy, but he beat a whole bunch of stiffs on his way to the title. Even the "big names" he beat were either old guys (Holmes), or pretenders (Berbick and Spinks).
Having said that, dude was vicious in the ring. He was the quickest heavyweight I'd ever seen, like when a coiled snake strikes. Opponents' plans of victory quickly changed to that of survival when Tyson would land his first flurry of punches.
Crazy how unprepared Tyson and his corner were for the fight. They didn't have an eye iron so they were using a rubber glove filled with ice water for the swelling around Tyson's eye.
Crazy how unprepared Tyson and his corner were for the fight. They didn't have an eye iron so they were using a rubber glove filled with ice water for the swelling around Tyson's eye.
Yep and IIRC someone scratched Tyson's swollen eye with a chain or something else while they were working on him and it aggravated it even more.
One article I read said it was a condom.
Who manages a multi-million dollar enterprise that way?
Crazy how unprepared Tyson and his corner were for the fight. They didn't have an eye iron so they were using a rubber glove filled with ice water for the swelling around Tyson's eye.
Don King, that's who. Check out this read I dug up. Tyson was surrounded by hacks by the time the Douglas fight rolled around.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-08/sports/sp-309_1_trainers-tyson-boxing
Sad to look back at this type of fight/event and think that boxing can't get its act together enough to get back to this today.
I hated Ali in those days and was ecstatic when Spinks beat him. I have since flipped 180 degrees on Ali. He is/was one of a kind.I think two fights changed boxing forever.
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I hated Ali in those days and was ecstatic when Spinks beat him. I have since flipped 180 degrees on Ali. He is/was one of a kind.
This fight was right after Don King had managed to completely isolate Tyson from the people that had managed and trained him. Cus had died and Bill Cayton and Kevin Rooney were forced out. If you had watched the other Tyson fights you could see when watching that replay that Mike was completely unprepared for that fight.That's crazy, how do you hire a guy with absolutely no experience to train someone at that level?
Didn't Douglas get knocked down and get a "generous" count in that fight? The whole boxing world might have looked different if Tyson wouldn't have lost.
Watch that video again, Douglas was on a knee earlier in the count, he was just giving himself some extra time. If the guy was counting faster he woulda been up sooner.This, Tyson had won the fight. Game over. IMO that is what started the end for boxing. complete bs