2007-06-17 23:17:02 · 11 answers · asked by rev_mybmw 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
This one really breaks my heart. This was no fix. One thing you have to remember. In the boxing ring the referee is the boss no matter what anybody says. So if the referee is in front Buster counting to ten that's all the boxer hears. And after taking a shot like that he did what any good boxer would do. He took the full count. The sad part is that there were no real winners here. Tyson was exposed for what he really was and Buster could not capitalize off of his tremendous victory. This is a good lesson for anyone trying to get into the fight game. In this profession you have to pay your dues until the day you hang up the gloves. Good question.
2007-06-18 05:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with a few of the answers......It did seem like Tyson should have won with that long count that Douglas got after that uppercut. What was the ref looking at anyways??? When he is counting, every few "seconds" he would look back at something. That and the ref counted slow and started a little late on the count.
But bottom line, Tyson went into that fight horribly prepared and over confident. Douglas had been around, it wasn't someone that Mike should have taken as lightly as he did. Imagine if Mike had won that fight.....
2007-06-18 04:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sam H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tyson lacked preparation,douglas was prepared,yes the ref might have helped douglas but before then douglas pounded tyson...tyson just wasn t himself...u never underestimate the opponent
2007-06-18 10:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by ericktravel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see its kinda messed up.. yeah, tyson did stop to pick up his mouthpiece when he was on the canvas, but was battered and dazed by then and in my opinion had no clue what he was doing.. but when he hit douglas with that uppercut in the 8th (or somewhere around there), douglas was actually on the ground for 14 seconds when the ref was only at 9.. so who knows if it was fixed.. either way, tyson deserved to lose that fight because he undertrained like crazy
2007-06-18 03:59:18 · answer #4 · answered by jyoung2gu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it didnt look fixed to me .why would they want to fix that fight anyway? tyson may have taken douglas for granted but he didnt purposely lose that fight .mike was undefeated and wanted to stay that way,the lose didnt help him make more money ,there wasnt even a rematch.
2007-06-18 01:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by victorottchiefs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lost due to his lack of discipline, and the fact that he was "trained" by guys who hadn't a clue how to train a boxer-never mind the heavyweight champion of the world. they didn't even have enswells with them, they were trying to keep the swelling off tysons eye using condoms filled with water. they didn't even know how to motivate him into action.
As paulie said in rocky 3 "i'm no trainer, just go out there and knock the guy out!.
2007-06-21 03:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by maurice 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He really lost but he set himself up for it. He went into the fight unprepared and with a weak corner. He had friends instead of professionals. He didn't even have a cutman in his corner to work on him.
2007-06-17 23:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by full_contact80 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stubborn laid back right uppercut to stab the charging bulls throat works. Lennox copied it and beated tyson as well.
2016-05-18 07:24:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lost , but he lost the fight before he entered the ring with his shenanigans.
2007-06-18 05:00:31 · answer #9 · answered by zebbie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fixed he stopped in the midst of trying to get up to pick up his mouth piece and put it back in. really really bad fix made him alot of cash though. don king should be banned from boxing
2007-06-18 01:08:39 · answer #10 · answered by James 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋