![]() ![]() 4, 2020 photo, James "Buster" Douglas, the former world heavyweight champion, works with a student at the Thompson Community Center in Columbus, Ohio, where he teaches youth boxing. Douglas' victory was ultimately upheld, but not before months of drama and expensive litigation. Tyson and fight promoter Don King challenged Douglas' victory, claiming Douglas had gone down first in the fight but been given more time than allowed to get up. But what followed was anything but a celebration. Only one Las Vegas bookie - whether brave or stupid - would set odds on the fight: 42 to 1.ĭouglas won, stunning the sports world. Tyson was the reigning undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, and a frightening opponent to boot, when he entered the ring against James “Buster” Douglas on Feb. "It might have just been luck, but I can tell you that Coach worked hard for it even if it was luck.” It's crazy that Coach, like, just beat him," he said. “Really, Mike Tyson was the second-most greatest boxer in the world still to this day. “I mean, I really look up to Mike Tyson, but I don't look up to him as much as Coach," said 11-year-old Colton Matson, who has worked with Douglas since he was 6. Follow WBN on Facebook and Twitter worldboxingnews. WBN Editor Phil has over ten years of boxing news experience. I wasn’t an animal or a savage,” he concluded. I was playing it up like I was still a hard guy, but I was scared to death. “Fighting Buster was one of the best things to ever happen to me. I did things I’d never done before I was undefeated. But I was an even better fighter because I wasn’t afraid to lose. Now we have to deal with this adversity,” Tyson said. Tyson, speaking on The Pivot Podcast this year, is philosophical about the outcome. It’s not hard to determine what the outcome was. Meyran and those who failed to act in retrospect had to deal with that until their lives ended. On February 12, 1990, Mike Tyson had the right to wake up at 38-0 and still the world champion. But staunch Tyson campaigners have never been able to accept it. Others will argue that Tyson needed that reality check to become the man he has. Tyson’s life went even further downhill, and he served time in prison, losing a prime portion of his career.Ī full thirteen seconds elapsed in both the eighth and tenth rounds as Meyran floundered, something which, with regretful hindsight, altered the course of history. ![]() He robbed Tyson of that win, and it was a potentially life-changing decision. ![]() The fight’s significance is clear, and why Meyran’s incompetence on the night cannot be underestimated. I knew nobody gave me this opportunity, and I had earned it.” Life-changing Everyone was expecting a quick, 90-second knockout. “I went into the fight with a lot of confidence. I knew he was a warrior in the ring, but I looked beyond that. “So I wasn’t really impressed with all the success he was having. “I looked beyond that figure in the ring and had to compare myself to the individual. If he had done his job, the fight would have been over, and Tyson could have been celebrating in the locker room.ĭouglas spoke about his victory to The Undefeated a few years ago. In the process, Tyson lost his status as the number one fighter due to the controversial tenth-round stoppage.īut Meyran should never have been allowed to oversee the second count. He then blasted out Mike as he ran out of steam late on. Controversialĭouglas got up and continued. The occurrence of Tyson dropping Douglas with a vengeance first means the champion ultimately retained his title.ĭespite being one of the most famous knockouts in the sport’s history, the footage displayed undeniably proves Tyson won via an eighth-round knockout. Referee Octavio Meyran gives both the challenger Douglas and the undisputed king Tyson counts well over ten. ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ won the fight before Douglas could pummel Mike Tyson to the canvas. But what transpired on that fateful February 11 night has a startling significance. Tyson lost for the first time in his career as his world imploded on itself through a wild out-of-the-ring lifestyle. The controversial video proves Tyson defeated Douglas and never should have lost their historic 1990 ‘Upset of the Century.’ Mike Tyson KO’d Buster Douglas Mike Tyson defeated James ‘Buster’ Douglas in Tokyo, only to get robbed of his undefeated record and formidable aura. ![]()
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