Buster Douglas and Oliver McCall are all famous heavyweight boxers of the 80s and 90s of the last century, and boxing fans are familiar with both of them, the former is recorded in history because of the 1990 upset defeat of Mike Tyson, and is also known as the "Tyson Terminator", the latter has been ridiculed as a "Tyson royal sandbag" by the outside world for many years, and McCall's career has never been knocked down, which has to be said to be a miracle.
You may not know that Douglas, the "Tyson Terminator", and "Tyson sparring" McCall had a confrontation, that was in July 1989, which was also Douglas's last game before challenging Tyson. In the end, Douglas won the match with McCall in a number of points, and the three referees unanimously scored 98-92, 98-93, 98-93, which showed the gap between the two sides.
Today, Douglas recalls the battle with McCall in an interview. Douglas said: "It was an uphill battle with McCall, he was good at playing this kind of fight, playing against McCall, our plan was to constantly put pressure on him, so that McCall could not adapt to the rhythm, and eventually retreated, I don't believe McCall can bounce back in front of a high-intensity attack, this is our strategy, McCall can't do anything, we won the game." ”
Later, when talking about how to evaluate McCall? Douglas said: "McCall is a clumsy guy, but a lot of people have overlooked his technique, McCall can carry out attacks from different angles and will always be looking for a breakthrough in the game, McCall was not surprised when he ko Lennox Lewis in 1994, although I prefer Lewis, But McCall knocked him down was not a lucky punch. ”
Douglas added: "At the beginning of Lewis's career, I was optimistic that he could beat Mike Tyson like me, Lewis's stinging was quite sharp, if you have a good sting, you have the basic conditions to beat Tyson, but unfortunately Lewis defense was not good at youth, which is a big reason why he lost to McCall. ”
Lewis's above comment can be described as a benevolent person, but the more certain point is that McCall is indeed an underrated warrior, and if his strength is mediocre, it is impossible to be used as a sparring partner by Tyson. McCall boxing career is not smooth, in the early years after losing some games, was habitually ignored by the outside world, this Point Douglas is very similar to it, Douglas is also after losing one or two games, marked with the mark of "mediocrity", but both of them eventually beat their opponents to win the world championship, can only say that in the professional boxing world, such a thing is too wonderful. However, compared to Douglas, McCall has been fighting until 2018, which is not difficult to see his state and rocky will quality.