32 years ago today: Buster Douglas shocks the world with 10th-round KO of Mike Tyson

James "Buster" Douglas boxed a masterclass. Douglas dominated every single facet of the game.

 

I think Vegas odds was 10,000 to 1.

 

Tyson's life was in turmoil at the time, not to take anything away from Douglas' accomplishment but still.. It will always leave a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.

 

Long count!

 

except on those scorecards of the 3 officials.

 

What did they look like at the time of the stoppage?

 

"The official scorecards through nine rounds were 87–86 for Tyson, 86–86, and 88–83 for Douglas."

 

So a dodgy as i thought they would be...lol!! 1 judge didnt take his brown envelope then

 

WTF is this? We celebrate anniversaries by half or whole decades.

 

Maybe the biggest upset in boxing history? Certainly up there, Tyson had an aura about him at that time.

I think there's always one in Vegas* who will stick with the money guy even if his head has been knocked off his shoulders. That way the wily promoter can quickly start talking of a close fight, many people thought he won that fight etc when the rebuilding process begins.








* and plenty of other places of course

 

Some folk do anniversaries on an annual basis...lol

 

To be fair a good amount of that was Tyson's fault no one made him go partying and not train.
It was a perfect storm and Douglas was at the right place at the right time.

 

Tyson was a dumb. He didnt train as he should have done and banged a lot of women in Japan before the bout.

 

100%

It was self-inflicted, but we didn't get to see a fully-fit and fully-focused Tyson. I still believe that if he didn't sack Rooney he would have gone on to be the greatest of all time.