The Boxing thread

[bluemc1]

He moved backwards in a straight line mate...and fought matchpower full stop..douglas fucked him with the olde kirkland laing lead leg slap everytime he was getting set ( reading his own steps like a game of hop scotch)...

Ali told everyone what round ( by the 10th hes ready) youd plant your feet to matador him ...18 month before douglas did exactly that.

But like most people would agree that was far from peak Tyson
Life outside the ring was out of control, had lost everyone close from mentors to trainers to managers by that time
Has barely trained for the fight and was having an orgy will local girls the night before the fight
You just need to look at his upper body compared to previous years
He walked straight in with his hands tight when he was struggling and didn’t know what else to do

Young power punchers will just believe they can land that punch and that’s all that’s required as it had done the trick before, happened with Naz

 

[Fat Chance]

Everyone paid sky on the night without a murmour...tyson bang on his weight...how they screamed and cheered when he landed his uppercut...

Post fight he want well...

 

[bluemc1]

Everyone paid sky on the night without a murmour...tyson bang on his weight...how they screamed and cheered when he landed his uppercut...

Post fight he want well...

I’m not sure how many people had sky in 1990 for them to make it PPV

 

[Fat Chance]

I’m not sure how many people had sky in 1990 for them to make it PPV

You dont have to be sure...i'm sure youd not watch it on ch5 free of charge on a sunday night like you would when they were manipulating us into bskyb...theyd done the job...only fly in the ointment was douglas had lost his sis in a bizarre farmyard gun cleaning accident, his mother dropped dead and his mrs wanted out of him and had cancer..he wanted the fight..he was on his knee at 4 secs after tyson best ever uppercut...thats what happens when youre not full of intimidation...everyone not scared of his imagery beat him.

 

[bluemc1]

You dont have to be sure...i'm sure youd not watch it on ch5 free of charge on a sunday night like you would when they were manipulating us into bskyb...theyd done the job...only fly in the ointment was douglas had lost his sis in a bizarre farmyard gun cleaning accident, his mother dropped dead and his mrs wanted out of him and had cancer..he wanted the fight..he was on his knee at 4 secs after tyson best ever uppercut...thats what happens when youre not full of intimidation...everyone not scared imagery beat him

I’ll correct myself then it wasn’t on sky ppv the first one was in 1996
Not sure who you were with to see cheering when the uppercut landed

Anyway I’m not disputing the outcome of the fight Douglas won fair and square, my opinion is that wasn’t Tyson at his best

 

[Fat Chance]

And he wasnt at his best when he cur'd out of holyfield....though everyone paid to see him splatter the 14 stone 7 wannabe

 

[Fat Chance]

And he wasnt at his best telling lenny he was gonna rape his mam and kill his kids...oh how they scrambled to watch it..the dish's couldnt go up fast enough.

 

[Paul1970]

"If he ( holyfield) ever goes heavy..we're in trouble"

Kevin Rooney

Revisionist thinking that douglas took advantage...nowt wrong with tyson when he landed his best uppercut...truth is he was never really that good..still moved back in a straight line, every boxer puncher that wasnt feared of the intro music beat him...holy at 14' 7

Still think Mike Tyson with Kevin Rooney was one of the greats and I still think he beats Holyfield and Lewis but we only really saw the great Tyson in an handful of bouts .

 

[Paul1970]

He moved backwards in a straight line mate...and fought matchpower full stop..douglas fucked him with the olde kirkland laing lead leg slap everytime he was getting set ( reading his own steps like a game of hop scotch)...

Ali told everyone what round ( by the 10th hes ready) youd plant your feet to matador him ...18 month before douglas did exactly that.

Don’t forget when Douglas fought Tyson he was already on the slide and jay bright was no Rooney but a yes man .

 

[Fat Chance]

Don’t forget when Douglas fought Tyson he was already on the slide and jay bright was no Rooney but a yes man .

People decided he was on the slide after the fight was over...he was on his weight and 35 to 1 on and faced a boxer puncher that wasnt the least bit intimidated...douglas hadnt hit the 16+ stone marker for yrs...he booked a ringside seat for his young son to watch his pa win the heavy title...douglas bouncing his 6ft 4inch frame to 8ft 4inch at the start noticably troubled tyson, the olde kirkland trick from douglas once the fight started drove even more doubt...it was written all over his face. He was getting faced with choppy straight rights and lefts from a push off like a whipper snapper was making him have it...it wasnt supposed to go like this but unfortunately baddest man on the planet only owned one style...