![]() Hopkins believes that Tyson knew the fight was over at that moment, because he wouldn’t have the stamina to go the distance. That was Tyson’s worst nightmare, that he got up.” “We thought it was going to be an early night when Tyson cracked him and knocked Buster Douglas down,” said Philly’s Bernard Hopkins, a former undisputed middleweight champion and lineal light heavyweight title holder. The fight lasted longer than most expected, though it almost ended when Tyson knocked Douglas down with an explosive right hook in the eighth round. In spite of that, the hotel reportedly accepted more than $160,000 in bets for Tyson. The odds of a Mike Tyson victory were so overwhelming that The Mirage was the only Las Vegas hotel to take bets on the fight. Pada tanggal 11 Februari 1990, lewat pertarungan yang bertajuk Tyson is Back, untuk memperebutkan gelar The Undesputed Heavyweight Champion dan the ring kela. Douglas, however, shocked the world when he knocked out the heavyweight champion of the world on Feb. Mike Tyson entered the ring against James ‘Buster’ Douglas having won all 37 of his professional fights. It may go down as the biggest upset in all of sports. Just a couple nights before the fight, Buster Douglas’ mom died.Thirty-one years have passed since that fateful night, but few seem to have forgotten that historic fight and their reaction to it. ![]() Thirty years later, there’s plenty to clear up about 42-to-1 odds story. ![]() ![]() But as with all upset tales, Douglas over Tyson has taken on a life of its own after the fact. Mike Tyson, one of the biggest longshot victories ever in a head-to-head competition. However, other reports claim Douglas bagged 3 million by beating ‘Iron’. 11 marks the 32nd anniversary of Buster Douglas’ 42-to-1 upset vs. “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. How much did Buster Douglas make from the Mike Tyson Fight The KO win over Mike Tyson fetched Douglas the WBC, WBA, and IBF heavyweight titles along with a 1.3 million pay-day, per Box Rec. 11, 1990 at the Tokyo Dome, it still resonates. He knockin’ folk out, like don’t do that, ya know. Although 25 years have passed since James 'Buster' Douglas' absolutely shocking, 10th-round knockout of heretofore indestructible Mike Tyson on Feb. Douglas entered the fight as a 42-1 underdog. He’s like “Ma, chill out, this is Mike Tyson. 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. From his own experiences to celebrities sharing their wildest stories, ‘The Baddest Man on The Planet’ has been a. This guy right here Buster Douglas…matter of fact, the reports say that Mike wasn’t even supposed to fight him. Former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, has been on a quest to share unique stories from some of the biggest names, on his podcast. 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. Like everybody, he just ‘bop bop’ and they’re just droppin’ to the ground.
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