20 years ago today (2/10), Buster Douglas shocks the world, KO's Tyson.

RonBurgundy

What a stunning upset that was. One of the biggest sports upsets evah!

gecko109

Sure was...although it was bound to happen sooner or later. I remember being able to see only still photos of it on sportscenter!!!

perkdog

I LOVED Tyson back in the day, he is one of the few boxers- actually pretty much the only one I really followed and was not happy when he lost that fight.


Talk about a guy letting himself go after that fight though ( B. Douglas ) the guy just showed up to get paid to defend his title and made a complete fool out of himself crying after the loss.

Brick

One of the great sports stories ever. Buster was a local boy and was interviewed often locally before the fight. His Manager/Trainer took out a second mortgage on his home to cover expenses so Buster would have opportunities as a fighter. His manager said with confidence that Buster would win the fight and win the rematch. Busters mom died shortly before the fight. I hope Buster has invested well and is enjoying life. He deserves it.

Blackborder

Wow, has it been that long? I watched that fight.

I watched him bite off Holyfield's ear too.

stevek

I watched that fight live on TV - if I'm remembering right, Douglas was a 48 to 1 underdog - basically couldn't possibly win.

stown

I didn't know about it until the following morning and didn't see actual footage for several months.

Blacklabelsociety

biggest upset in the history of boxing.

pandrews

i remember watching this with my dad.. we both jumped out of our chairs and started throwing punches at each other when Tyson went down

alpemomo

Yeah - same here, I remember watching this fight with my then girlfriend and me yelling "Tyson's going down" - I woke up my soon to be mother in law, being paying for that ever since

RonBurgundy

I saw this fight live, which was odd because I was never into boxing that much. But my girlfriend's parents had HBO so I got to see it, and it seemed like a Rocky moment when Buster put him on the canvas.

DaBeef

I was at my cousins in Churches Ferry, ND. I remember playing Super Mario Brothers until the fight was on, and I remember being in SHOCK when Tyson was on the mat trying to put his mouthpiece back in.

billwaltonsbeard

Whenever I see or hear about this fight, I always think about DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince performing their song "I Think I Could Beat Mike Tyson" at some awards show shortly after the fight.

I remember thinking, couldn't they just play "Parents Just Don't Understand" or something?

stevek

<< <i>I watched that fight live on TV - if I'm remembering right, Douglas was a 48 to 1 underdog - basically couldn't possibly win. >>



I didn't bet this fight, but some months before, I put a few dollars on Michael Spinks against Tyson figuring if Spinks would dance with Tyson and stay away from him for a number of rounds, a musclebound guy like Tyson would get tired and maybe Spinks could do some boxing damage to him in later rounds and win on a decision. Spinks if I'm remembering right was around a 6 to 1 shot (might have been less) which in boxing is a bit of a longshot. Well, Spinks "brilliantly" decides to go almost toe to toe with Tyson and Tyson crushed him quickly with a knockout.

So then ya have Douglas at 48 to 1...what frigging chance did he have? LOL

Boopotts

I still think that fight was rigged.

Blackborder

<< <i>I still think that fight was rigged. >>



I remember everyone speculating that because Don King promoted both fighters. Supposedly he got Tyson to take a dive because his previous several fights we're one round knockouts and he couldn't make as much money promoting 60 second fights. That's why this fight was in Japan.

stevek

If I would have bet heavily on Douglas, then Tyson would have definitely won the fight - I'm convinced of it.

Brick

After the fight Don King tried to get the results overturned. He claimed Douglas was down for the count except the Referee counted too slowly. If you watch the replay you will notice Douglas was upset about being knocked down and was watching the ref so as to know when to get back up. I don't believe anything was fixed. Don King controlled Tyson. Buster could lose to someone King did not control and as a result King could end up on the outside for a while.

jaxxr

Douglas vs Tyson is surely one of the greatest upsets, a few other notable upset heavyweight championship fights,

1892, Gentleman Jim Corbet stops John L Sullivan in the 21st round, New Orleans.
1926, Gene Tunney decisions Jack Dempsey, in 10 rounds, Philadelphia.
1936, Max Shmeling knocks out previously undefeated Joe Louis, 12th round, NYC. ( non-title )
1964, Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston, his corner surprisingly renders him "unable to continue" after 6 rounds, Miami.

jay0791

I can remember I was in Lake Placid NY with a buddy of mine at a sports bar right next to the speed skating track.
Saw it on a big screen. I can remember saying to my friend Buster is going to win. It was odvious in round 1.
That night Mike didn't have it at all...and Buster was living a once in a lifetime chance.....if you remeber his mom had just died...and
he was very close. He was driven.

Funny about sports uopsets..I was where the usa hockey team beat the russians watching the biggest Boxing upset of all time.