![]() A night, when Buster Douglas gave hope to all fighters for years and even generations to come, that anything is possible. Douglas started the fight fast, stinging Tyson with his left jab and. The fight is widely regarded as the biggest upset in boxing history. The then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by knockout to the 42:1 underdog Douglas. Thus, knocking Buster off the world title stage, once and for all.įight fans and observers in the 60s had their shocker of young unbeaten Cassius Clay beating the menacing Sonny Liston to take the title, and start his iconic reign as Heavyweight champ through the rest of the 1960s and into the 70s.Īnd, those of us fortunate enough to be old enough to have watched and understood what Tyson did to the rest of the heavyweight division in the mid-late 1980s understand the magnitude of what Douglas did to him in Tokyo.īut, it doesn’t lessen the historical significance of February 11th. Mike Tyson and James 'Buster' Douglas, each with ample baggage, stepped into the ring at the Tokyo Dome on Feb. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson is Back, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. Tyson came out of the joint in 1995 and reclaimed the Undisputed Championship before Evander Holyfield upset him in November of 1996 and he was never champion again.Īs for Douglas, his time in the limelight was fleeting and actually, it was also Holyfield who dispatched the out-of-shape Douglas with one punch in the third round in October of 1990. ![]() He went to prison in Indiana on a rape conviction with the guilty verdict being announced almost to the exact hour in February 1992 on the second anniversary of his loss to Douglas. Time marched on from that crazy night, but was not kind to Tyson. No matter the upsets before or since, there was nothing quite like Douglas stunning Tyson in February of 1990. Lampley was right just over 30 years ago. Say it now gentlemen, James “Buster” Douglas, Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world.” “Let’s go ahead and call it the biggest upset in the history of the sport…. While talking to stunned colleagues Larry Merchant and Hall of Fame fighter Sugar Ray Leonard, Lampley uttered: Tyson wobbled to his feet putting his mouth guard in backwards at the count of 9 and when referee Octavio Meyran looked into his eyes, he amazingly waved the fight off, as a technical knockout.įamed boxing play-by-play man Jim Lampley called the fight for HBO and his quote in the aftermath of Douglas’s remarkable upset knockout still resonates three decades later. That staggered Tyson and eventually, another left hook connected on Tyson’s jaw and put him down for the first time in his professional career. However, Douglas remained composed and eventually landed a massive right uppercut of his own early in the 10th round. And, even with his left eye almost closed shut “Iron Mike” was still dangerous with one punch knockout capability in the latter rounds. Thus, setting up the dramatics to come.ĭouglas was tested when Tyson knocked him down in the 8th round of fight. With his size, longer reach, a steady left jab, plus, repeated straight right hands and right hooks to the head, Douglas continued to win round after round early. Many of the greatest knockouts, this one included are available on YouTube. Never before had anyone in Tyson’s professional career stood up to and hurt Tyson the way that Douglas did. In a performance that was every bit as impressive as it was shocking, Douglas dominated Tyson from the beginning of their scheduled 12-round Undisputed Heavyweight title fight. He slugged it out with Tyson in the ninth before history was made in the 10th.Nintendo Mike Tyson's Punch Out TKO in 1 Round #shorts But for someone who had a reputation for quitting, Douglas dug deep. It was the expectation fans and pundits had all come in with. ![]() But Douglas came out firing, not giving Tyson a sniff.ĭouglas was knocked down in the eighth round by a massive Tyson uppercut and only just survived the count. The fight stunned pundits who had expected Tyson to win in seconds. "My mum wants me to fight, my mum wants me to win," he said. Douglas turned his pain into motivation and pushed on towards the fight. His team thought he should throw in the towel and pull out of the fight. He had three days to mourn his mother's passing. The next time I saw her was at the funeral home." "She passed, she never let on to it but her health was failing pretty bad," Douglas said. Sadly, Douglas got his motivation from the death of his mother at 46 - just 23 days before the biggest fight of his life. Calling Douglas an outsider would have been kind - Las Vegas odds makers had him at 42 to 1 odds to beat Tyson. ![]()
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