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Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson is Back!, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. [1] The then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by knockout to the 42-1 underdog Douglas. The fight is widely regarded as one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
James "Buster" Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1981 and 1999. He reigned as undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 after knocking out Mike Tyson. [1] He also defeated other heavyweight world champions Oliver McCall, Trevor Berbick, and Greg Page.
Lewis dominated the fight and knocked out Tyson with a right hand in the eighth round. Tyson was respectful after the fight and praised Lewis on his victory. [125] This fight was the highest-grossing event in pay-per-view history at that time, generating $106.9 million from 1.95 million buys in the US. [95] [96] Tyson at the Boxing Hall of Fame ...
Buster Douglas stuns the world, 1990. ... Tyson knocked him out in 91 seconds. That knockout, more than any other moment, created the myth of Tyson as the most feared fighter of all time. It's ...
On Feb. 11, 1990, Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson in the 10th round of their fight in Tokyo – still one of the most shocking upsets in sports history. Holyfield stopped Tyson by TKO in the 11th ...
Thirty years after his startling victory against boxing titan Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas is feeling healthy and basking in the glory he says he was denied at the time. The 59-year-old fighter will ...
February 11 – Buster Douglas upsets Mike Tyson by 10th-round KO in Tokyo, to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Douglas was a 42–1 underdog. [3]March 17 – Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio César Chávez defeats Meldrick Taylor by 12th-round KO, for the WBC-IBF light welterweight unification.
Following the unification series, there were ongoing calls for Tyson, the champion of all three major sanctioning bodies, and Spinks, the lineal champion, to fight and erase any doubt about the identity of the "true" champion. [3] [22] [23] In June 1988, the two champions faced off, and Tyson knocked out Spinks in 91 seconds. Although Tyson did ...