But his fellow American survived, in part thanks to a screwed-up 10-count by the Japanese timekeeper and the Mexican referee.ĭouglas pushed on and knocked Tyson out in the 10th, putting him on his back for the first time in his career - but not for the first time that week. Boxing history is replete with upsets, some bigger than others, but when James Buster Douglas followed a brutal right uppercut with a chilling three-punch. Tyson finally found his rhythm in the eighth round and dropped Douglas with a mean uppercut. What was your favourite Tyson fight? Let us know in the comments section.Ī beat-up Tyson had to swallow his pride and accept he'd, ironically, f***ed up (Image: Bettmann Archive) His lack of effort was clear to see, with manager Don King having to pull him from an embarrassing public sparring session and even betting with his boxer that he wouldn't make weight. Relive Buster Douglas 10th-round knockout of then-unbeaten Iron Mike Tyson in their heavyweight title fight in Tokyo, Japan, on February 11, 1990. 2500 KO 3 2:32 Win Peter McNeeley -2200 DQ 1 1:29 Win Donovan Ruddock -400 UD 12 3:00 Win Donovan Ruddock -500 TKO 7 2:22 Win Alex Stewart -950 TKO 1 2:27 Win Henry Tillman -2500 KO 1 2:47 Loss Buster Douglas -4300 KO 10 1:22 Win Carl Williams -2000 TKO 1 1:33 Win Frank Bruno -750 TKO 5 2:55 Win Michael Spinks -400 KO 1 1:31. With his activities outside of the ring his primary focus, Tyson had barely trained before heading to Japan. I had easily beaten everybody who had knocked him out." "I didn’t even bother watching any of his fights on video. I didn’t consider Buster Douglas much of a challenge. "I didn’t want to fight all I was interested in then was partying and f***ing women. READ MORE: Mike Tyson suffering rare condition that leaves him in wheelchair and unable to talk He wrote in his autobiography: "On January 8, 1990, I got aboard a plane to fly to Tokyo. Those who did went as high as 42/1 for the underdog.īut a contest which should have been a total mismatch was swung in the other man's favour thanks to Tyson's wild antics.
In fact, the odds were so stacked against Douglas that some bookies didn't even offer any. AGAINST ALL ODDS JAMES BUSTER DOUGLAS KNOCK OUT. And incidentally, Douglas was a 37/1 underdog, not 42/1. The Baddest Man on the Planet appeared unbeatable heading into the bout having seen off all 37 of his previous opponents. Home Shop Whats New, Boxing/MMA AGAINST ALL ODDS JAMES BUSTER DOUGLAS KNOCK OUT OF MIKE TYSON SHIRT. Let’s put things in perspective, today that would be equivalent of 104K and 181K. An overconfident Mike Tyson spent the build-up to his shock defeat against Buster Douglas "partying and f***ing" instead of training.
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