Fuck to the yes

You're not wrong but that's not really how things were. The 'odds' were utterly insane and far more a reflection on betting trends and disinterest and not what boxing people themselves would know and predict. Buster Douglas was well known to be a VERY GOOD fighter, Top 5 and it might surprise people but writers picked him as one of the few fighters who COULD beat Tyson. The knock against him winning was that Douglas was a little infamous for slacking, not trying, lacking motivation, coming into even bigger fights flabby and basically an 'Underachiever'. Some might have been tipped off and changed predictions if the noticed Buster showed up at a weigh-in looking shockingly strong and fit. It seems that during camp hew as devastated by the early death of his mother but rather than slack and give up went on a massive mission tribute to show his mom proud sort of thing. an in shape Douglas was a very close competitor to Tyson. Not an huge underdog. an In-shape Douglas, and, its more than that too because Douglas didn't just put on an in-shape Douglas fight but one of the greatest heavyweight performances ever seen. He is absolutely astonishing in that bout against and iron Tyson too. So, really, you're not wrong because, given the expectation of a flabby unmotivated Douglas - that was an incredible underdog comeback that started in that gym and training camp and ramped up to be better than ever.

oh ya, who was that fighter supposed to be and when did he pull out?

He is fat and he doesn’t care so it doesn’t matter

Fax Ali’s confidence and belief in his self is still inspiring till this day

Misinformation presented as sensationalism

He was the underdog. Foreman was invincible at the time

Ali was indeed the decided underdog, and I remember the build-up to the fight firsthand. Also, you said that before the fight with Foreman Ali had "only got beaten once", but both Frazier and Norton had beaten Ali beforehand.

uh oh

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Mentally ill

it was a great fight. Douglas was more in shape and determined than most other fights hed ever been in. Tyson was of course also in shape but Douglas was a last minute replacement and Tyson wasnt prepared for him as much as he could have been If anything, id say that Tyson was more used to knocking out opponents early (if I remember right before this Tyson had never gone against the 5th round). so his endurance wasnt as good as later in his boxing career and thats probably what cost him in the end

@@addisonjudah the only thing escaping my memory as Douglas being a last minute replacement. As far as I know, Douglas was the mandatory contender and there was a good amount of time to train. Of course, you'd have the equal advantage/disadvantage if both are give a short surprise time to prepare for each other. i strongly disagree with you on Tyson's endurance on that night. I"d say that was absolutely extraordinary endurance. Just stunning the Tyson would not stop and that was a very fast paced fight (by HW standards) and Tyson, 10 rounds of that actually gets back up and shoves his mouthpiece in wanting to go back out and keep fighting. ive never seen Tyson (or nearly any other heavyweight) that endurant.

@@topsuperseven7910 I went and did some research and I was wrong, Douglas wasn’t a last minute contender, sorry about that. I think endurance was the wrong word for me to use, it wasn’t that he was tired out but more that he just wasn’t used to fights going that deep