![]() ![]() ![]() And I don’t know what happened, but somewhere around the 10th round, my man Buster Douglas does what no fighter has ever done in the history of Mike Tyson fights. My man was like, “Are you straight? Can you go on? Cause I’m tellin’ you, Mike ’bout to knock you out.” This dude gets to about eight, nine, he like kind of just, you know, barely up. Douglas Defends The Title New heavyweight champion James 'Buster' Douglas. MAXINE SHORT: Which was the bigger shock, Leon Spinks defeating Muhammad Ali or Buster Douglas defeating Mike Tyson J. Most fans and pundits considered the fight a. Nobody in the history of boxing – when Mike knocked you out, nobody gets up. what happened in the ring was just business,' explained Tyson. Douglas was ranked as the number seven heavyweight at the time by Ring Magazine, while Tyson was still the undisputed heavyweight champion. Just a couple nights before the fight, Buster Douglas’ mom died.Īnd so Buster Douglas was like, “Look, moms died. “Mike Tyson can’t handle my baby.” Her baby ain’t won more than about seven or eight fights, you know what I’m sayin’? Mike Tyson is like undefeated.īut what happened was, just a couple days before the actual fight, his mom dies. Relive Buster Douglas' 10th-round knockout of then-unbeaten Iron Mike Tyson in their heavyweight title fight in Tokyo, Japan, on February 11, 1990. The odds that Douglas would defeat Tyson were 42-to-1 and some call it the. He knockin’ folk out, like don’t do that, ya know. Underdog Buster Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson: Part 11 Tyson began to indulge in partying, women and expensive purchases. The early 1990s, which spanned between Tysons Buster Douglas loss (and a life-altering prison sentence), is an under-reported. The event was historically significant, as the then-undefeated. He’s like “Ma, chill out, this is Mike Tyson. This documentary chronicles one of the greatest sporting upsets in history, when James 'Buster' Douglas handed Mike Tyson his first-ever defeat. James Buster Douglas takes the count after being knocked down by Tyson in the eighth round. He was supposed to fight somebody else, but this was like a fight in between until he could fight I guess Holyfield or whoever he was trying to fight.īut the crazy thing – when you study the story – is that this dude’s mom had told everybody at the beauty shop that her son was gonna beat Mike Tyson. This guy right here Buster Douglas…matter of fact, the reports say that Mike wasn’t even supposed to fight him. If you didn’t catch Mike Tyson’s fight like in the first or second round, you missed the whole thing.īut this was a little different. Buster Douglas famously upsetting Mike Tyson by knocking him to the canvas for the first time in his career – a knockdown the Tyson couldn’t get up in time from.Like everybody, he just ‘bop bop’ and they’re just droppin’ to the ground. 21 years ago this coming Friday, James Buster Douglas defeated Iron Mike Tyson by a 10th round TKO to become the undisputed heavyweight champion in one. The controversial video proves Tyson defeated Douglas and never. Now, ESPN has cut together one of the most famous boxing matches of all time and made it a scene from Rocky II, as part of a promotion for the upcoming release of a new 30 for 30. Mike Tyson defeated James ‘Buster’ Douglas in Tokyo, only to get robbed of his undefeated record and formidable aura. The fictional tales of Rocky Balboa became famous by playing into boxing storylines, and playing out what could be real life events in the boxing ring. Two fighters going toe-to-toe for 12 rounds is just about as much of a grueling experience a human body can take in one evening, that is unless somebody gets knocked out.īut the knockouts are what make the sport legendary. ![]() There is no sheer showing of power and dominance the way there is in boxing. The documentary is about the epic February 1990 heavyweight championship fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas which resulted in one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Fury was a boxing match for the ages), but we aren’t too far removed from a time when names like Mike Tyson were amongst the biggest in the world. Boxing may not be as big as it used to be (although, Wilder vs. ![]()
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