Bullshit wishful thinking. At least half the equation was Buster Douglas, a technically very good fighter but rarely motivated enough, except for that night. Douglas was in fact a great fighter that night, and wanted it more. Everything else is just excuses, Douglas was great on that night.
The fight's also on youtube.
I never said Buster wasn't motivated that night, but he wasn't ever a really good fighter. Previously he lost to Mitch Green before that fight and Tony Tucker, both of those men Mike beat before the fight pretty easy, Tucker was a little harder, but Mike won both those fights unanimously. Those aren't excuses, if you watch Mike in the first round, it isn't the same Mike, he doesn't bob and weave and bounce like he did before, watch his fights when he had Rooney, how he moves, then watch the Douglas fight, totally different style.
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