But he knows if he goes up to 250-255, that’s trouble.” “As long as Buster doesn’t go over 240-242, I’m not worried. If you’re not in shape, it won’t matter if you have the heart.”ĭouglas hasn’t been near a gym since the fight, but not to worry, his trainer said. Heart is directly related to conditioning. “So he had it from both directions, heart and conditioning. “After the run that morning, he said to us: ‘I got it, I’m gonna kill him.’ “We knew then Buster was in the best shape of his life, that if he lost, it wouldn’t be because he wasn’t in shape. “Buster ran five miles that morning in 37 minutes and felt so good when it was over, he ran another 2 1/2 miles,” McCauley said. McCauley, who has insisted that he never doubted Douglas would defeat Tyson, said his confidence reached a peak after a morning run that Douglas took five days before the fight. To me, he looks like he was in great shape.” ![]() “I don’t see Mike breathing hard at any time up to the later rounds. “I’ve watched it a half-dozen times and I’ve watched Mike carefully,” he said. McCauley, Buster Douglas’ uncle/trainer, says he is convinced his man beat Tyson at his best. “I hurt Buster and then finished him, he didn’t run out of gas,” he reiterated. Buster’s at his best when he’s got both feet planted, throwing shots.”īut please, Tucker said, no more “Buster-ran-out-of-gas-against-Tucker” stories. Buster’s got a really good jab, but it can be countered. Buster did it perfectly, kept that big jab on him, put pressure on him and didn’t let Mike back him up. “I knew Mike would take Buster lightly, so I wasn’t surprised at what happened. Psychologically, the loss by itself has to change him, knowing he’s not invincible like he thought he was. Maybe he can pick himself up after that loss, I don’t know. If Buster can hit Holyfield as steadily as those two guys did, he’ll knock Holyfield out.” Holyfield takes a great shot, but Buster hits pretty good. And Holyfield took a lot of shots in his last two, against (Michael) Dokes and (Alex) Stewart. “Remember, Buster was fighting every other month going into the Tyson fight. “It depends a lot on whether or not Buster stays in shape-you know Holyfield will show up in shape. ![]() “That’s a tough one to pick, because it won’t be for seven months,” he said. If Steve Wynn’s proposed deal to match Douglas and Evander Holyfield in September survives the courts, Tucker won’t pick a winner. Later, he said he had fought Tyson with a broken bone in his right hand. Tucker, who stunned Tyson with a left uppercut in the first minute of their fight, was never in serious difficulty but still lost a clear decision. I’m the one who showed he wasn’t invincible, not Buster.” All it took was a guy who could stand up to him and fight him. Buster was the right guy at the right time. “But Eddie Lopez hit me harder than Buster, too. “Tyson hit me harder than anyone, certainly harder than Buster,” Tucker said. Tyson remains the hardest hitter Tucker has faced. He will fight Mike Evans at the Forum Thursday night. He battled substance abuse and other personal problems for more than two years and is 2-0 since a comeback. Tucker, still the last man to go the distance against Tyson, dropped out of sight after that bout. ![]() He was in great shape that night, I just wore him down and beat him.”Īfter Tucker beat Douglas, he lost his title to Tyson on a 12-round decision, his only defeat in 37 fights. I caught him on the ropes with four good shots in the 10th and finished him. ![]() I hurt Buster early in the ninth round with a long right hand, and after that he started backing up.
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