February 11th, 1990. I was 9, Mike Tyson was a superhero, a comic book character come to life. I was at my Grandmom’s while she was at Bingo and my Mom and my future Stepdad were on a date (kids weren’t so protected back then). I will never forget sitting on the couch in disbelief. I tried calling my Dad while the fight was going on but he was likely out as well so I kept calling my Uncle at the end of each round past maybe 4 or 5 to make sure he was seeing what I was. When Tyson dropped Douglas a huge sense of relief flowed over me, all was right with the world and Iron Mike had done it again. Then Douglas got up (still one of the gutsiest moves I’ve ever seen), comes out and dominates rd9 and then makes history in rd10. I cried, my hero had just been obliterated while I watched in real time and that’s a hell of a blow for a 9 yr old kid. Almost 35 years later and I feel it was a privilege to see that fight. At the end of the day, we are all human, even those of us who seem to be beyond that. For all those who say Tyson wasn’t himself, had horrible trainers and cornermen (he did, even I knew as a child that a glove full of water wasn’t helping with the swelling), that may be so but it doesn’t matter. Most fighters had lost the minute they actually saw Tyson across the ring from them. Douglas put on a performance for the ages and to this day I feel it is the single biggest upset in Sports history outside of the Miracle on Ice. What a fight, what a night.
Me n my father watched this fight.....the night of. We saw boxing history. We were blown away.....I lost my father a little while later....God bless you dad...And I love you.
Not only one of the most memorable moments in all of sports history, but also a very inspirational moment, in and out of sports , for generations to come
it was good v Evil David v Goliath he was confident from the day he signed to fight tyson but lets not forget after this fight Douglas tears would have flowed in his private moments for his Mother
I remember watching this with my dad, right after dinner. As usual he fell asleep in his easy chair. But after the first round I woke him up. I told him, "This fight looks different. You might want to stay awake." I'm glad I did!
I watched it with my Dad too. The fight wasn't even pay per view, it was on HBO, which was kind of rare for a heavyweight championship. I remember how the excitement built as the fight went on and we saw that Douglas had a chance.
12:00 - Introductions 19:17 - Tale of the tape 21:50 - Round 1 37:11 - Evander Holyfield is frustrated because he was guaranteed $12M to fight Tyson in one of the biggest fights in history. 40:38 - Announcers talk about how this is the most difficult title bout for Tyson so far. 41:40 - Announcers start talking about this becoming the biggest upset in boxing history 43:38 - Tyson adjusts to a Peek-a-boo style defense to try and counter Douglas. This is due to his cut eye. 48:30 - Lampley compares this potential upset to Clay defeating Liston. 52:45 - Tyson knocks down Douglas. 55:50 - Tyson in trouble 59:00 - Douglas drops Tyson 59:57 - Merchant declared this the biggest upset in boxing history. He discusses how Vegas would not even put up odds for this fight. 1:02:28 - Douglas announced as the new Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion 1:03:00 - Merchant interviews Douglas 1:06:43 - Douglas presented with the championship belts 1:07:14 - Don King in the background scheming on how to take advantage
@@deondrerobinson4486 yea tyson loose for the first time just because he wanted to satisfied his fans only after alot of them curse him by saying "buying ticket soo expensive but the match so short".. So this is first time he making the fight long by try not to make knocked out real quick in r1... Btw you guys can see Tyson not really going to knockout him and he's not serious what i believe is... Btw, My mom said it..
I was so upset when Tyson lost. I just watched this for the first time. If I saw this live back in the day...man! A man that fights for his mom... he is going to win! He did just that. Now watching this, I'm so happy he won. Totally deserves this win and being champion.
The person who wrote this comment is delusional..saying that Douglas was the deserving winner ya kidding me right ,look wen an individual who gets knocked down and then the referee gives a ten count oops!! Wait a minute im sorry it was a 13 count”!!!😮😮 well look that individual is not the deserved winner I’m sorry i don’t care how sad the individuals backstory is but Douglas did not win plain and simple and clear cunt…..
I watched a man fight in front of his entire family for a belt, he was actually knocked out within the first 10 seconds of the first round. It was wild
Seeing this again, i noticed a few things very early in the match that were telltale signs of what was to come. First, Douglas was using near perfect lateral movement in the ring, therefore not giving Tyson a stationary target. Second, Douglas did something that no one else had done against Tyson. He established his jab, and it was a hard, snapping, accurate jab that scored points and set Douglass's range for the ensuing combinations. And when Tyson tried to launch an attack, Douglas was able to smother it out in the clinches with his size and strength. Which would wear down Tyson in the later rounds. Douglass's performance that night in Tokyo was literally boxing 101 on display.
Spot on comment. It's almost as if Tyson was unprepared to compete against larger opponents who was exhibiting sound boxing skills as opposed to an opponent who was cowering in fear. Once the intimidation factor wore off, Tyson was extremely vulnerable
@@fishbone3333 it was only this case where he couldn't do it because he came in unprepared Tyson beat many solid opponents without any intimidation factor same can be said for ali ali was extremely vulnerable when his trash talk and media hype fact was worn off he got whooped straight without that
@@ctapuk3754 Agree with you there Resena, I never bought into that " Tyson scared/bullied his opponents schtick.....Tyson just did his thing.......if fighters were scared, that was their fault. A great philosopher once said.... ...no one can insult you without your permission.
You could tell Douglas wasn't scared of Tyson like most of his previous opponents. Not saying that's the main reason he won, but that factor undoubtedly contributed a bit to his victory.
Buster Douglas mom died before the fight and before she died she told her friends that Buster would beat Tyson. But Buster Douglas dad Bill Dynamite Douglas was the same type of fighter Tyson was.so he had plenty of experience training Buster back in the day
@Don Jon Spare us the 'if this' / 'if that' alternative history lecture. Everyone can play that game. Back in reality Tyson got knocked on his ass in the prime of his life by a supposedly lesser man. Myth busted. Turns out he just wasn't that great.
@@jimhacker6983 I wish people would let go of the should've could've would've and what ifs and only also. That's all speculation and fantasy. A real professional trains hard. A real professional takes their job seriously. A real professional conducts himself accordingly. Tyson got whipped pure and simple by a very prepared professional.
@@chuckweiny3367 Exactly ... I don't care who Tyson 'could have' beaten, show me who he actually beat. Bums and av fighters, Tucker probably the best. Fact is he met 2 other greats of his era. Both were older and both starched him, convincingly.
@@jimhacker6983 right, when the going got tough, Tyson mentally and emotionally crumbled. I think his early career of fighting the old Holmes era were soft touches for him and he was spoiled. He was so media hyped that he actually bought into the hype himself. But as soon as the 90's came along, so did the better competition and when those fighters didnt go along with the media hyped script of just laying down and surrendering before the bell rang, Tyson had a real fight on his hands and we saw the results. People say Tyson was out of his prime, he was 23 when he fought Douglas, Tyson didnt get worse, his competition got better.
@@AgnosiaAgnosisit's of Tyson's own doing. he bought into his own hype. he was also on a bunch of hard drugs (not on the night of the fight though) and was generally destroying himself with self-destructive drinking, partying and drug habits.
How does this video only have 35K views? This is by far, the clearest, most complete and comprehensive video out there on the Tyson-Douglas fight. Great job!
I remember this night.. I was in shock watching it then... and 34 years later... I'm still in shock watching it now... the greatest upset in sports history...
If you read the details of this bout, before and after it, you'd realized that Douglas never was to Tyson's level. A number of factors led to Tyson's loss.
Knowing Buster lost his mom recently before this fight was a motivation on another level. He was fighting through grief, but also trying to win for his mom! 👏👏👏
🎯 . I was 10 yrs old when this happened and I still remembered it and I cried when Tyson lost. I thought it was impossible for him to lose. Buster had nothing to lose and he was going to fight to his death.
In Bobby Brown’s memoir he said”Mike and I were out partying until around 4am and I said Mike don’t you have a fight today? You need to get some sleep. Mike said don’t worry this guy is a tomato can. I’ll knock him out in 3 rounds.” Mike ended up getting some sleep alright…😴🥊
@@patrickhunt6055 No need for excuses, anyone who knows boxing and understands Mike's style knows Mike was in no shape to be fighting here. Douglas looked good cause Tyson came in totally unprepared as much as you may not wanna hear that. It's not excuses, it's reality. He's obviously totally out of shape here whether you like it or not. Mike had to be at his absolute worst whilst Douglas at his best to Douglas to win. It is what it is.
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
@@erickjoseph65 Dude...Tyson couldn't box....he was just a hard punching fighter. When he came across heavyweights with actual boxing skills, he was defeated. Lennox Lewis, the greatest heavyweight of the post-Ali-Frazier-Foreman era is OLDER than Tyson and knocked him out. And Tyson lost to Holyfield twice. Did Tyson defeat anyone who is now considered great? Or even good? The Tyson mystique was built on a bunch of mediocre boxers.
I have to say after watching the rise and fall of Mike Tyson's boxing career, I am pleasantly surprised at his successful life after boxing. It's a credit to his tenacity. And hats off to Buster for winning it all for Momma! It really is inspiring how he channeled his personal loss into such a beautiful victory in her honor!
Why people are shocked that Douglas won is because boxing has a reputation of being "dirty". Big money wasn't on Mike that night? We'll never know. Douglas did look like it the real deal in that fight. I don't want to take anything away from Douglas, he outboxes Mike fair & square.
Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson to the punch and completely smothered him. This was a man that lost his mom 3 weeks before the fight, his son's mom got diagnosed with a kidney disease, and he struggled with stamina issues. He was on penicillin all through the camp. Kudos to Douglas.
Douglas losing his mom may have contributed 1% to his victory, but 99% of it was due to Tyson being completely unprepared and off his game. Anyone could be beaten when they aren’t focused, even Mike Tyson.
"Mike Tyson has been knocked out"..great line by Lampley in its simplicity as Tyson getting knocked out was such a far fetched idea at the time. One of the greatest upsets in sports history and all credit to Buster.
The irony is I've seen him get quite emotional when talking about Gatti ward and Hagler Hearns,yet here he Cooley says " Mike Tyson has been knocked out" calm as you like,a line never forgotten in one of if not biggest upsets in boxing history.
I remember watching this when I was 21 on HBO.This was insane I never seen ANY fighter land the hits,combinations as clean and hard on Tyson as this.And seeing him hit the deck was unreal.Tyson was an unbeatable beast up to this point
Tyson was my childhood hero, I remember watching this fight and crying when he lost. Now as an adult and learning what a story behind it all. Buster saying he went all in for his mother that had just passed. These are the moments that shock the world. Awesome!
I was 16 when this fight took place. I didn't watch it live, but my dad's friend came over the following day to see my dad. I remember he said to me, "Hey, did you see that fight last night?" I asked, "What fight??" He says, "Oh, you didn't hear?!? Mike Tyson got knocked out last night by Buster Douglas!". I was in total disbelief, literally. I thought he must be talking about a different Mike Tyson. He had to keep telling me, "Yes....THE Mike Tyson, heavyweight champion of the world, lost, got knocked out." It was just so totally unbelievable at that time. It took a full day for it to fully sink in for me that Mike Tyson lost and got knocked out.
I don't think it was lack of faith in Douglas. Tyson had never been hurt in the ring before. Most people thought he was indestructible. When Tyson briefly got rocked by Douglas in the 5th round, that was shocking. That had never happened to Tyson before. That's when I really started thinking Douglas might win. There will NEVER be a bigger upset in boxing than this one.
Buster Douglas’s movement in this fight was incredible, the way he stepped in with a perfect jab then immediately stepping out the danger zone, beautiful.
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
this is one of the best matches i've ever watched. insanity. gotta give credits to buster douglas. he may not be the all time great, but he was very good, and that night he was the best in the world.
@@m17jr-m Douglas fought well and Tyson had lost his self-discipline which led to a falling out with his original management team and trainer Too easy to blame Don King but he had a good track record of working with top fighters and getting them connected with great trainers. If Tyson still had the fire and the discipline he would've made it work with the management team he had.
One of the most brilliant boxing upsets, driven by spirit, motivation, and knowledge of how to neutralize your opponent's strengths. Buster's apotheosis.
I'm not taking nothing away from buster or the skill/effort/game plan BUT you can definitely see from the beginning that Tyson wasn't really in that ring and wasn't there to win. The whole commentary was like a foreshadowing of what was going on and what was to come
@@kylemiller6606 Tyson WAS there to win, but he had become the victim of his own reputation as a destroyer. He was there to win a fight a collect a paycheck. He was without D'Amato, just a corner full of yes men. When he ran into a motivated heavy weight boxer who had an answer to his game by getting off punches first, and keeping him at a distance, he had no answers.
@@kylemiller6606 It's amazing how Tyson fans always have an excuse for Mike but never have any excuses for the boxers Mike defeated, some of which were so old they could biologically have been Mike's Dad.
@@TonyEnglandUK not making an excus. Just stating a fact. I knkw the bister story as well so its not like he just lucked into a win. However. Comparing a fighter who lose in the later rounds after a long count should have won it for them to any boxer getting knocked out in rhe 1st rounds is like comparing corn to watermelons and saying they are both fruits because you can eat them both
@@kylemiller6606 Here. Look at some of the boxers Mike beat. And look how much older than Mike they were. Tony Tubbs, 8 years older Pinklon Thomas, 8 years older Mitch Green, 9 years older Jesse Ferguson, 9 years older Michael Spinks, 10 years older Trevor Berbick, 12 years older David Jaco, 12 years older James Smith, 13 years older Larry Holmes, 17 years older. If you're going to invent excuses for why Tyson lost fights, invent them for why he won them, too.
Buster put all his tools together this night. He was never really able to do this before or since, but this night he looked like an all-time great. The jab, the combinations, the movement, the power, it was all there.
@Pacific Palisades 83 Buster was leading for most of the fight. He got in too close near the end of the eighth and got caught with a Tyson uppercut. Then he recovered to win in the tenth.
I made so much money on this fight. I love Tyson. Once he hooked up with DON "THE DEVIL" KING he wouldn't be the same. His new trainers changed h8s style, convincing him to rely on his incrediblepunching power, ROBIN "THE HARLET" GIVENSmessed his mind up, King indulged him with any and every decadence, salacious, carnal, gluttonous pleasure. He always had trouble with fighters who could land punches on him.
My father had been sparring and weight lifting when he was young. He had a extreme hard natural punch. When I was a child, I always thougt, he was the strongest man alive. But he alway said, even the strongest man in the world will someday face his master. Everytime I watch this fight, I remember my daddys words.
@Streetlife361;you SAID it man!! In November 2001while a Detroit firefighter who smoked from sunrise to 4 a.m,I was stationed near downtown at Engine Company 5 when we recieved a report of passers-by seeing amber lights flickering from the top floor of a 20 story apartment tower!! I thought:"There hasn't been a high-rise fire downtown since 1982 when some dude tried to kill his lawyer by pouring gas on his desk and lighting it on the 23rd floor of the Buhl Building so this has got to be a false alarm!!" But as we reached Woodward Avenue from Larned and I looked north,there WAS indeed an amber light flickering from the 20th floor window!! I was STILL smoking on the outside of the rig on my "jumpseat"when we reached the front door,and threw the cigar into my bunker-pants pocket to finish it after I doused the blaze,then I yelled at people to clear a path,ran inside,hit the stairwell like a ROCKET and TOLD myself I would NOT run short on breath,but PUSHED myself to attain the 20th floor wearing a heavy fire-coat,fire-pants,boots and heavy oxygen tank on my BACK!! On my way up,I passed 3 firefighters who didn't smoke or drink heavily,like I did,and at the top floor,my sergeant and I looked at the door waiting on the backup which would never COME!! He walked back to the stairwell door,looked down the stairs,then listened intently before walking back through the door with:You might as well take that door man;I don't hear nobody ELSE coming up those stairs."So with lungs filled with smoke.I WILLED myself up TO the top floor!!
If you consider how much shorter Mike Tyson was than most of his opponents and how he used his small reach to his advantage in a league that had previously been dominated by long reach, you can see quite a will.
Can't believe it's been 30 years. Man, time files. It seems like only yesterday, me and John Mark were at my house to watch Mike Tyson knock out this Buster Douglas guy in a round or two, when a fight broke out. I remember Mom coming to check on the commotion when Buster got knocked down, with me and Eddie yelling at the television for him to get up; and then again, two rounds later when Mike was fumbling around on the canvas trying to find his mouthpiece, only to put it in backwards. Great night......one I'll never forget. Also, props to Larry Merchant for the best post fight interview I've ever seen. He knew what he had in front of him and kept pushing for that "moment" which reflected the magnitude of the event. Overall, just a great memory I'm glad to have.
I didn't get to see this live. I was a big fan of boxing as a kid and also a fan of Iron Mike. When I read the early edition of the sports section and saw that he lost to "Buster" Douglas, my 13 year old self was devastated and could not believe. Insane that Mike is trying to put on a comeback at 53... he looks ferocious and good for him to regain that fire and turning his life around.
Wow. Thanks for uploading. I didn't remember this fight being this one-sided. Buster is dominating every round, except one. His footwork is excellent, his left jab is great, combinations are fantastic. He came to fight, that night. Tyson seems out of it, like he doesn't wanna be there, no movement, walking into combinations, throwing one punch at a time.. The ref did his job, the count when Douglas went down was not strange. In the next round the ref actually keeps Tyson in the fight, when Buster has him backed up against the ropes, and Tyson looks about to fall. Then comes round ten, and just textbook jabs and combinations from Douglas, the devastating uppercut, and finally that very last left jab or cross on Mike's way down to the floor...Man, that's a killer.. This was boxing history, sports history and just history. Boxing was changed forever. Wow.
Kinda looked like tyson didnt train or he didnt rest he didnt look like his normal self in this fight but uknow round these times the mob was tied into boxing so maybe just like today he didnt take a dive but just promised to go all rounds & not win at all
Buster was looking crisp af. Fast, accurate and snappy punches throughout all 10 rounds. Edit: to all the Mike Tyson fanboys in the comments... the better fighter won that night, simple as. Mike got beat fair and square so stop pulling out excuses 31 years later.
@@mauricio1315ify I agree Mike was not 100% like the commentators said he was static, not moving his head and upper body like he usually does for whatever reason and thats why he had to tank all those hits, that said even if he was it would have been close Douglas was really strong that day
He looked slow as usual in this rigged ass fight. 59:00 The announcer says "one eyed fighter" Dunno bout you but that's obvious all-seeing eye symbolism.
Wow... Buster Douglas was completely in the zone the whole time. You could see him talking to his mother when he was in his corner. He was a master that night. Incredible.
@@1981lashlarue what he meant was Buster beating Tyson was a happy and positive story. Especially by him losing his mom just a month before the fight. So Busters story and Cinderellas story was no comparison!
As a Boxing fan, I feel embarrassed and ashamed at some of the comments here. Tyson didn`t just lose. He had his ass handed to him on a plate. Buster smacked him from pillar to post. There was NO long count. I am a HUGE Tyson fan. But here , he was given a LESSON, a lesson he brought upon himself.
I'll never forget this fight. I remember Lampley and Leonard commenting that it was a Saturday Morning in Japan so the fight could be shown live in the US on Friday Night. Tyson was so feared at this point in his career and Douglas was a boxer with potential, but could never finish. It was apparent early into the fight Tyson was off and Douglas would fight, the fight of his life! It was so exciting to see Tyson get knocked out and obviously his career never recovered. Two years later going to prison and many personal demons to battle. I am glad to hear Tyson has found peace and appears to be happy these days.
Fight was on Sunday afternoon in Tokyo for a Saturday Night HBO telecast. I had been out working a wrestling tournament as a media representative all day(mainly to avoid paying to get in, I was cheap that way LOL) and was home in time to see this fight on HBO.
I watched it live and was getting my father out of bed in the middle of the night and I was jumping up and down like crazy. It was a tremendous performance by Douglas, he had great footwork, head movement, jab, and speed to his punches and good variety, used his strength, size and reach well... Tyson was tough and brave as he was taking a lot of big shots. Great upload, as we need to here all the context of the build up. It would be good to see the live British Sky coverage of the fight.
My friends and I watched this live and laughed at Tyson’s totally unprepared trainers. They didn’t even have anything for his swollen eye. Looks like they made something on the spot for it.
Cause they underestimated Douglas, they thought Tyson would have easily knock Douglas out in the early rounds, they didn't need to bring anything for him.
I'll never forget my brother telling me in the morning that Tyson lost. I was shocked, and then saddened. I love Mike. He was an animal in his prime. SO exciting to watch. ❤💔
Douglas had fought on all the Tyson undercards from 86 to 89 so he had seen Tyson alot and wasn't intimidated like others plus he used his height and reach to perfection .
Buster was in control of this fight from start to finish. Even when he got knocked down he slammed his fist to the mat in disgust. The only real mistake he made that fight but it also gave Tyson a false sense that he'd finally taken control of the fight.
@@jaseallenson316 Ahhh...the little child who thinks the whole world is a giant conspiracy all because his life is SO worthless that he has to tell himself that there are evil powers that be controlling everything. so it is not his fault that his life is not worth living
@@FUGP72 Fuck man, I have been WAITING to see someone else completely shut down one of these idiots and put them in their place with such savagery. You fucking destroyed him
Cap. You guys dont know much about boxing. Buster was giving the fight away in the 7th 8th and 9th. Tyson began sneaking in shots, and Buster began to revert back to his loser mentality. Almost as if he expected the clock to strike midnight. He was disgusted with the knockdown because he knew he was blowing it, but he still came out in the next round and was givin the fight away. It wasn't until late in the 9th when he decided to stop being a loser and go for broke.
@@zorankostur Liar! Douglas was following the referee’s count and rightly got up before he reached ten. At worst, he picked up the count only one second late, but the point is the fighter that has been decked has to follow the finger count of the REFEREE, not some numpty like you, who was not involved in the action.
52:52 the count is slightly slower than the outside ring count clearly. But Douglas was aware of where he was and was tired. He used the count to get a rest and the ref in the ring saw that. He wasn’t out of it or unaware like Tyson, he was just exhausted and was taking a mid fight rest before the bell sounded.
When Douglas went down he pound the ring with his first at the count of two and it was apparent he could have gotten up at that point. He waited, like you said.
@@steelerfreak1977 I agree it looks good, anything that keeps hitting the target looks good, but watch this fight again, & try not to watch Buster, just watch Mike; he was never this easy to hit until the Lewis fight over a decade later; Buster had this robotic, deliberate way of throwing punches, he pumps his arm idly before throwing a jab, which wastes a lot of time; against Mike in Tokyo he got away with it, cuz Mike didn’t move; against Holyfield, he tried throwing the same jab, but it almost never connected, cuz Evander saw the double-pump and moved out of range, like many others did against Buster - Buster was his fastest ever in this fight, because of being 20 lbs lighter, but I still say this fight is at least 60% about Mike sucking; don’t get me wrong, I hate Tyson, I was dying for him to lose, & I’m thrilled for Buster, a genuinely good man, that he had this moment in the sun - but let’s get real, he wasn’t a great fighter, he fought his best fight against a champ who was a chump, especially that night! Kinda like how Floyd Patterson won the title against Archie Moore, & when he had to fight someone great, he wasn’t good enough, he & Buster belong in the same box, & they were both hella good dudes
Three lessons in life to be gleaned from this fight and Buster Douglas's performance: 1) Play to your strengths. Douglas was taller and had the reach advantage on Mike- he kept Mike at jab distance or tied him up inside, shutting down Mike's lethal uppercuts save for that one in the 8th. 2) Control the tempo. Douglas dictated the pacing of every round and his energetic footwork made him seem like a circling shark compared to Tyson. Once Douglas got a couple of those gnarly left-right-left combos in early, Tyson's head movement all but disappeared, and once his left eye swelled shut, he was done. 3) Stick to your guns. Douglas was ready to go all 12 rounds, and I'm not sure if he would have even quit then. He truly did fight with heart and he gave every ounce of himself in the ring.
4) Don’t come to a fight unprepared. Your first three mean nothing. This fight was lost not because Douglas was a good boxer, but because Tyson was unprepared.
Douglas boxed a beautiful fight. Every time mike got in range he touched him with the jab and threw punches in combinations which made it harder for Tyson to counter didn’t let tyson get into a rhythm. . And yea Tyson May have not been in his best shape but it was good enough because buster was catching him with solid punches and to stay in there for 10 rounds means Tyson was in some kinda shape if it was bad shape Douglas would’ve got Tyson out of there earlier. Mentally Tyson expected an easy fight n that’s what hurt him.
@@vigorkomar7296 being the youngest boxing chakp ever makes him a bum? And beating larry holmes makes him fighting bums, you prolly believe wilder is a good fucking boxer
@@cameronpitcher4024 he fought only BUMS and HAVE BEENS like holmes so being the oldest or youngest is totaly irelevant as he was FAKE - dirty fighting COWARD! not champ!
Easily one of the greatest boxing matches of all time. James "buster" Douglas will always go down in history as the David who brought down Goliath (Mike Tyson). Despite the long odds, he somehow put everything together in a brilliant match against what people at the time said was an unstoppable force and he changed boxing history because of it.
I am a Tyson fan, but when you analyse this fight it wasn't actually a shock when you see how Douglas fought throughout. The actual shock was that Tyson managed to get the uppercut in, in the 8th round!
Tears, too. The size of that man's heart. My friend came over my house the next day after the fight, "You got to see this! You got to see this!", VHS tape in his hand. Blown away!
It was pretty evident that Don King's guys were a bunch of schmucks! Mike expected a quick knockout and clearly didn't know what to do against Buster completely forgetting to go to the body! Keven Rooney would have gotten Mike back on track pretty fast!
@@JonBeenHereDoingit1423 get your shit together mike you are looking like a fool where your head movement at ... you should have knocked him out in round -1 scrub.... thats how Cus did it
Douglas was not going to be bullied or intimidated by Tyson as so many other fighters were. An outstanding inspired performance by Douglas that still ranks as boxings greatest upset..
@@xBE4STCLANMan, you must have really cried when Lennox Lewis beat Mike like a schoolyard Bully. Mike talked all of that Nasty Talk up to the fight and got straight up embarrassed.
Because this is the first time Tyson lost, it is easy to overlook just how good Douglas was in Tokyo. He moves beautifully, tee-ing off with the jab. Supreme lateral movement., near - perfect balance. He is landing very powerful, damaging blows from the very beginning. This is one of the best displays of Boxing I have ever seen.
Right. as everyone can see, Douglas was perfectly prepared, he countered everything that made Tyson dangerous. He didn't wait and react, he punched first and hit first, he was a split second faster in almost every action, he did not stop after he landed a punch etc. Tyson became more and more a stationary target from round 5 on (which of course was uncharacteristic for him) but it was NOT because there were 3 ladies in his bedroom the night before (as some are claiming), it was because Tyson had to take countless heavy punches from Douglas in that fight so far. Tyson was outclassed because Douglas was incredible.
But compare the count when tyson went down to the count douglas went down not the same. Plus douglas was hitting while they ref breaks them like a stealing punch.
@@jaquescopoggenpoel4606 People have had 32 years to analyze & dissect the whole count factor, it's just simply a non issue. Hitting on the break, wow, cuz Tysons literally built his whole career on that type of dirty of boxing. Look, I love Mike but no, just no - he lost... period. God Bless
I love the post game interview, here’s a man who took some serious damage and is riding the biggest high of his life and listen to how eloquent he is, how many points he makes and how he answers every question quickly and honestly. Class act man
I believe two things can be true, Douglas fought a BEAUTIFUL fight that also coincided with Tyson’s clear lack of training and conditioning. even the commentators point it out the absence of his signature hooks to the body, his head movement was inconsistent, he was extremely slow with his counters during exchanges.
We used to go bowling every Saturday, and we watched this before we went. My dad got me hip to boxing, we watched this fight. It broke my heart when Tyson lost, but Douglas deserved this win. With a heavy-heart he won, congrats, Buster. R.I.P., popps.
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
Or maybe you watched the replay on a Friday night which was at 9 or 10. Saturday wouldn’t have happened The memory of you and your dad is a false memory. No disrespect. You’re just saying something that never happened
I watched this whole thing when it was live. My dad let me stay up and watch it together. Unbelievable that this actually happened. Quite the indelible memory.
Part of the reason why Tyson was as badass as he was was not only his ability to intimidate, but the fact he was very difficult to hit on top of hitting as hard as he did. Dude almost never stops moving. Thing is, neither did Douglas in this match. He kept Tyson either at a distance or tied up, playing the match his way the entire time rather than Tyson's way. He was completely in control of his side of the fight, projected the image of a boxer who knew everything there was to know about his opponent's fighting style, and was ready to counter it.
@@bobber0623 ...Michael Gerard Tyson was definitely responsible for his youthful errors. The latter knew all about Don King's track record. Tyson is a grown man.
@Your Neighbor use your brain. He didn't train, he didn't even care to watch buster fight others, both of his OG trainers were gone, left with a greedy scumbag who basically told him all the wrong things so he could get money, and trust me, he did. It was Tyson's downfall, and you can't take away from Buster's victory, but you still gotta look at the facts.
Watching Douglas fight this fight always makes my hair stand on edge. On that night Buster displayed a true masterclass effort, and any heavyweight in the long history of professional boxing could have fallen to Douglas then and there.
Douglas was no joke. At his best, I think he was better than Tyson and Holyfield. I wish Douglas had trained seriously for the Holyfield fight, I think Douglas would have beaten him pretty easily with that left jab. Holyfield never had good defensive skills, he took a lot of punches.
Tokyo Douglas would've been a problem for anyone in the last 70 years of heavyweight boxing. It's too bad the depression over his mom sank in once the high of winning this fight wore off. He clearly showed up in Vegas for the Holyfield fight for a payday.
@@xBE4STCLAN 1. Buster was down until he heard the ref say "9", then he rose. 2. The ref could have counted to "30" and Tyson would still have been unable to continue.
@@xBE4STCLAN hey buddy boy rewatch and count how long Tyson was down he got a long count too only difference is that buster was able to get back up after
This is what I love about Japanese crowds during fights they reserve their cheers and they’re also very passionate and informed about fighting and the warrior spirit. So you can hear so many of the punches cuz it’s so silent.
@@xBE4STCLAN ...No, he didn't! Douglas beat Tyson, fair and square. The latter had taken the former for granted, and paid the ultimate price for it, PERIOD!!! It's been thirty-three years, now! Get over it!!!
@@difuzedbirdy8813 Tyson Excuse Generator 1. Cus died. 2. Rooney. 3. Givens. 4. King. 5. Prositutes. 6. Past his best (at 23). 7. Long count. 8. Alcohol 9. Drugs 10. Hookers 11. Unprepared 12. Partying with girls 13. He Didn't train 14. Too much sex 15. Trunks too tight 😂😂
@@cone78omdiaco21 lmao he could have been the greatest by far so easily because what kind of boxer do you know thats prime is from 18 to 23 years old? It’s so obvious if you just look at his career when he stopped giving a shit about boxing because of cus dying and losing everyone close to him. If we would have stayed on the same path and developed even more he would have wooped holyfield, lennox lewis, everyone. But of course all of that shit was his own fault when he chose don king over kevin rooney like a dumbass but still had a phenomenal career. Youngest heavyweight champ👑
@@difuzedbirdy8813 Tyson was finished at 23 after Buster pulverised him and never fought anyone good aferwards until he got his arse kicked by washed up Holy and old Lennox. Mercer, Tua and especially crazy Ike would have killed him. Bowe at his best as well.
@@difuzedbirdy8813 yea yea I've heard that excuse a million times, LOL.. Tyson lost cos he's been champion for long, Tyson lost cos Cus just died, Tyson lost cos Rooney this n that, Tyson lost cos blah blah blah!🤣🤣🤣.. WHY can't u fanboys just face and accept the fact that he lost cos he's overrated and was outclassed and not as invincible as u fanboys thought him to be!! Hahaha excuses excuses!😂😂😂
At least he knew he would get his title shot finally. Tyson had been ducking him for the entire 2 years he was the #1 contender. And even though all the boxing organizations threatened to strip Tyson of the title if he didn't face him next, surely Don and Mike would have figured out some way to duck him some more.
@@FUGP72 Holyfield was the #1 since March of 89. After the Dokes fight. It was a lil over a year. He was scheduled to fight The Real Deal in June. After Douglas.
@@FUGP72 Wow you don’t know wtf your talking about. He was literally the number 1 contender for approx a year. Not two. And they were planned to fight after this fight had Tyson won. Tyson for sure didn’t duck Holyfield. If that was true , why wouldn’t Tyson “duck”him in their 96 bout re re.
This guy is something else, besides what he did. Great attitude, character, perspective. He was fearless. Smart, but fearless. I like Mike, but he's a troubled character, and James is the kind of guy you want as an example and to play the hero. Life can be very hard. A boy loves his Mother. All that was going on, 29 years old, he handled it and somehow was in incredible shape and totally focused to fight in a strange far away land, against the most feared boxer ever. All the tragedy of life, but this was the moment of triumph
@@kittyhawk7060 oh, shit, he is, I don’t know why I thought he was dead, but I thought he was dead. No second thought. Yeah thanks for the correction is 63. I’ve not seen or heard from him essentially since then
I was born in 1994 but I’ve seen this fight plenty of times. Me and a bunch of my moms friends were watching this fight last night before the ncaa game. They were telling me how mike looks invincible going into this fight and how nobody could believe what they were seeing. Still one of my favorite fights tho
I hate the cliche that tyson would quit whenever anybody fought back against him. He took an absolute beating in this fight and still kept trying to win. Not only the 8th round kd, but also the way he tried to get up after getting knocked down. He showed heart in this fight.
It’s overstated but there’s truth in it. Tyson wasn’t intimidated of Douglas and he also didn’t believe he could be beaten. When he fought Evander it was different.
@TheRealC.T. later in his career yes. But the myth has been created that he always gave up when someone fought back(and the implication being that he only won because people were intimidated). Witness the ruddock fights for someone who fought him back. As he got older he definitely lost his ability to fight through adversity, but younger Mike had it.
@@nicecutie Oh everyone, hey, unknown goober over here has the facts of life sorted out - Tyson went on living after Cus died, thus he could not have lost his edge and motivation from losing his parent figure who brainwashed him into being the ultimate fighter, without whom he was clearly a lost soul. Thanks goober, we all are completely automatic machines now who don't experience change. get outta here
@@donsimons9810 Might want to get your timescale right. Cus D'Amato died years before this fight. Tyson won his first title four years before this fight. So I guess he was 'going through the paces' for a good five years then 🤣 Leaving Kevin Rooney had far more impact on his style as Tyson started to neglect head movement and threw fewer combinations. Plus as the quote says "Tyson refused to go to sleep early for the fight, deeming Douglas "an amateur" he could beat "if I didn't sleep for five weeks".
@@shockedthemonkey He went downhill. His other trainers around the d'amato time helped a lot too. Leaving any of them was bad for him. My point remains, as does the "timescale" reasoning. Just because he could still win fights after doesn't mean he didn't go downhill, dmas
To Don't Worry: I recall that day when Warner Wolf from WABC Television in NY, stopped predicting the number of rounds for Douglas, but the number of punches: He speculated five punches.
Douglas had occasionally shown flashes of brilliance before. But nothing like this. He just transcended everything in his prior history. Physically he was in better shape than ever before and mentally he was a whole new person.
![Lennox Lewis vs Zeljko Mavrovic [FULL FIGHT]](/img/1.gif)
February 11th, 1990. I was 9, Mike Tyson was a superhero, a comic book character come to life. I was at my Grandmom’s while she was at Bingo and my Mom and my future Stepdad were on a date (kids weren’t so protected back then). I will never forget sitting on the couch in disbelief. I tried calling my Dad while the fight was going on but he was likely out as well so I kept calling my Uncle at the end of each round past maybe 4 or 5 to make sure he was seeing what I was. When Tyson dropped Douglas a huge sense of relief flowed over me, all was right with the world and Iron Mike had done it again. Then Douglas got up (still one of the gutsiest moves I’ve ever seen), comes out and dominates rd9 and then makes history in rd10. I cried, my hero had just been obliterated while I watched in real time and that’s a hell of a blow for a 9 yr old kid. Almost 35 years later and I feel it was a privilege to see that fight. At the end of the day, we are all human, even those of us who seem to be beyond that. For all those who say Tyson wasn’t himself, had horrible trainers and cornermen (he did, even I knew as a child that a glove full of water wasn’t helping with the swelling), that may be so but it doesn’t matter. Most fighters had lost the minute they actually saw Tyson across the ring from them. Douglas put on a performance for the ages and to this day I feel it is the single biggest upset in Sports history outside of the Miracle on Ice. What a fight, what a night.
Superhero my arse.
@@philsymes
He was. Your little arse probably wasn't even alive at the time.
Gracias por compartir tu experiencia
thanks for sharing this with us brother
@@philsymes That was a good little story, why you go and f it up with a short cutting remark that some would find insensitive and controversial ? 😂
Me n my father watched this fight.....the night of. We saw boxing history. We were blown away.....I lost my father a little while later....God bless you dad...And I love you.
Good stuf
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My father and I did too.
God Bless ❤
Man I’m so sorry for your loss, please be strong, always love yourself, I wish you the best!
Unreal. By far!! The best quality on here. Cmon man! The views should be in the millions!!
There's a higher quality version by Khonda 8 check it out !
true, did you see it? I saw it live.
Was gonna say same shit! Incredible quality
Its not the 90s anymore lol
They sleep
Not only one of the most memorable moments in all of sports history, but also a very inspirational moment, in and out of sports , for generations to come
Nobody is invincible.
@@matthiasschipper8680Except ME;"Tungsten Cyrus Tucker."😮 5'11 1/2"220 lbs with a 400 lb bench press max!!!
it was good v Evil David v Goliath he was confident from the day he signed to fight tyson but lets not forget after this fight Douglas tears would have flowed in his private moments for his Mother
I remember watching this with my dad, right after dinner. As usual he fell asleep in his easy chair. But after the first round I woke him up. I told him, "This fight looks different. You might want to stay awake." I'm glad I did!
You dad fell asleep because of those long hours of work ik it feels like your fighting mike Tyson every day
I watched it with my Dad too. The fight wasn't even pay per view, it was on HBO, which was kind of rare for a heavyweight championship. I remember how the excitement built as the fight went on and we saw that Douglas had a chance.
12:00 - Introductions
19:17 - Tale of the tape
21:50 - Round 1
37:11 - Evander Holyfield is frustrated because he was guaranteed $12M to fight Tyson in one of the biggest fights in history.
40:38 - Announcers talk about how this is the most difficult title bout for Tyson so far.
41:40 - Announcers start talking about this becoming the biggest upset in boxing history
43:38 - Tyson adjusts to a Peek-a-boo style defense to try and counter Douglas. This is due to his cut eye.
48:30 - Lampley compares this potential upset to Clay defeating Liston.
52:45 - Tyson knocks down Douglas.
55:50 - Tyson in trouble
59:00 - Douglas drops Tyson
59:57 - Merchant declared this the biggest upset in boxing history. He discusses how Vegas would not even put up odds for this fight.
1:02:28 - Douglas announced as the new Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion
1:03:00 - Merchant interviews Douglas
1:06:43 - Douglas presented with the championship belts
1:07:14 - Don King in the background scheming on how to take advantage
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Klau lwn blum prnh sejajar sm badan Tyson dri awla dia klah juga udah hal yg wajar ??
call him by his name man not clay but Mohammed Ali vs Liston
34:13 Tyson throws a dirty fucking elbow.
@@crookdontdoitIn their first fight, he was Cassius Clay.
1:03:18 "This was for my mother. May God bless her heart." ~ James Douglas
@@deondrerobinson4486 yea tyson loose for the first time just because he wanted to satisfied his fans only after alot of them curse him by saying "buying ticket soo expensive but the match so short".. So this is first time he making the fight long by try not to make knocked out real quick in r1... Btw you guys can see Tyson not really going to knockout him and he's not serious what i believe is...
Btw,
My mom said it..
@@deondrerobinson4486 why? Lol
@@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 yeah lmao. God forbid a prize fighter does what he's paid to do and knocks his opponent out
@@deondrerobinson4486 very disrespectful. Don't be mad on a man in his prime moment.
@@samiecock i hope your kidding .
I was so upset when Tyson lost. I just watched this for the first time. If I saw this live back in the day...man! A man that fights for his mom... he is going to win! He did just that. Now watching this, I'm so happy he won. Totally deserves this win and being champion.
Correct 💯
The person who wrote this comment is delusional..saying that Douglas was the deserving winner ya kidding me right ,look wen an individual who gets knocked down and then the referee gives a ten count oops!! Wait a minute im sorry it was a 13 count”!!!😮😮 well look that individual is not the deserved winner I’m sorry i don’t care how sad the individuals backstory is but Douglas did not win plain and simple and clear cunt…..
Oops sorry too the comment i just wrote right above this comment in the finishing line i was trying to say it is clear cut….!!!
Not really then he took his bis check and dove down to Holyfield. That's no inspiration for anyone
I watched a man fight in front of his entire family for a belt, he was actually knocked out within the first 10 seconds of the first round. It was wild
Seeing this again, i noticed a few things very early in the match that were telltale signs of what was to come. First, Douglas was using near perfect lateral movement in the ring, therefore not giving Tyson a stationary target. Second, Douglas did something that no one else had done against Tyson. He established his jab, and it was a hard, snapping, accurate jab that scored points and set Douglass's range for the ensuing combinations. And when Tyson tried to launch an attack, Douglas was able to smother it out in the clinches with his size and strength. Which would wear down Tyson in the later rounds. Douglass's performance that night in Tokyo was literally boxing 101 on display.
Spot on comment. It's almost as if Tyson was unprepared to compete against larger opponents who was exhibiting sound boxing skills as opposed to an opponent who was cowering in fear.
Once the intimidation factor wore off, Tyson was extremely vulnerable
@@fishbone3333 it was only this case where he couldn't do it because he came in unprepared
Tyson beat many solid opponents without any intimidation factor
same can be said for ali
ali was extremely vulnerable when his trash talk and media hype fact was worn off he got whooped straight without that
@@fishbone3333 razzor Ruddock not scared same with Trevor Berbick Tonny Tucker Tonny tubbs frank bruno
@@ctapuk3754 Agree with you there Resena, I never bought into that " Tyson scared/bullied his opponents
schtick.....Tyson just did his thing.......if fighters were scared, that was their fault. A great philosopher once said....
...no one can insult you without your permission.
@@jimred5700 i mean tyson was scared too but he make fear into fire not his fault that others boxers cant
His mother’s death made buster fearless of the scariest man on the planet at the time. You couldn’t write a better script than that
You could tell Douglas wasn't scared of Tyson like most of his previous opponents. Not saying that's the main reason he won, but that factor undoubtedly contributed a bit to his victory.
Buster Douglas mom died before the fight and before she died she told her friends that Buster would beat Tyson. But Buster Douglas dad Bill Dynamite Douglas was the same type of fighter Tyson was.so he had plenty of experience training Buster back in the day
@Don Jon Spare us the 'if this' / 'if that' alternative history lecture. Everyone can play that game. Back in reality Tyson got knocked on his ass in the prime of his life by a supposedly lesser man. Myth busted. Turns out he just wasn't that great.
@@jimhacker6983 I wish people would let go of the should've could've would've and what ifs and only also. That's all speculation and fantasy. A real professional trains hard. A real professional takes their job seriously. A real professional conducts himself accordingly. Tyson got whipped pure and simple by a very prepared professional.
@@chuckweiny3367 Exactly ... I don't care who Tyson 'could have' beaten, show me who he actually beat. Bums and av fighters, Tucker probably the best. Fact is he met 2 other greats of his era. Both were older and both starched him, convincingly.
@@jimhacker6983 right, when the going got tough, Tyson mentally and emotionally crumbled. I think his early career of fighting the old Holmes era were soft touches for him and he was spoiled. He was so media hyped that he actually bought into the hype himself. But as soon as the 90's came along, so did the better competition and when those fighters didnt go along with the media hyped script of just laying down and surrendering before the bell rang, Tyson had a real fight on his hands and we saw the results. People say Tyson was out of his prime, he was 23 when he fought Douglas, Tyson didnt get worse, his competition got better.
Beautiful performance. The combinations Buster threw in this fight were a thing of beauty. Super fluid punching technique.
YEP
Thrown fight bro. Zero head movement from Tyson.
“I’ve never seen such finger speed before.” -Tyson
@@AgnosiaAgnosisit's of Tyson's own doing. he bought into his own hype. he was also on a bunch of hard drugs (not on the night of the fight though) and was generally destroying himself with self-destructive drinking, partying and drug habits.
@@Psitau good story
How does this video only have 35K views? This is by far, the clearest, most complete and comprehensive video out there on the Tyson-Douglas fight. Great job!
Nearly 2million views now lol
Never underestimate a man fighting for the love and memory of his Mom .
The wise man has spoken.
I disagree a man fighting for the love and the memory of his FATHER would have devour that guy.
@@Damiana362 lol Not all but that's what happened.
Lost my mom in March an yes Dont underestimate me im Ready!!! Buster fought with Real Heart this night for his mom!!!
@@jbl7946 I'm very sorry to hear that God Speed to both your mom and you.
I wish I could relive those years 88, 89 and 90, those were the days... heaven on earth compared to nowadays...
Sports, entertainment and culture-wise, yes. Other than that, them years were crazy
Agreed. Nothing is perfect, but at least we were free
@@phazonclash yep, that s a sad statement
@@phazonclash dang
I was born after 2000 and I feel somewhat envious of the people who got to witness these events live...
I remember this night.. I was in shock watching it then... and 34 years later... I'm still in shock watching it now... the greatest upset in sports history...
Buster Douglas may not be remembered for much else, but this fight is really all he needs.
Pure grit
He was down 13 secs so I don't even count it
@@edwardmorales8144The referee is the ultimate authority. Douglas got up at 9. That is fact.
@@acejumper1681🎉🎉
If you read the details of this bout, before and after it, you'd realized that Douglas never was to Tyson's level. A number of factors led to Tyson's loss.
Never seen so much hugging in all my life , esp. From Tyson.
That uppercut from Douglas rang his bell
tyson fought as usual very dirty headbutting fight with so much hugging, otherwise it would be much shorter!
There was a lot of that in the holyfeild fight aswell though
@@vigorkomar7296 exactly he has the nerve to say Holyfield headbutts and Tyson is not a dirty fighter
@@vigorkomar7296 ...Michael Gerard Tyson had always initiated the headbutting.
I'd like to see you in that ring with buster 😂😂
Knowing Buster lost his mom recently before this fight was a motivation on another level. He was fighting through grief, but also trying to win for his mom! 👏👏👏
🎯 . I was 10 yrs old when this happened and I still remembered it and I cried when Tyson lost. I thought it was impossible for him to lose.
Buster had nothing to lose and he was going to fight to his death.
Seen what Mike did the day he lost his mom?
Proves Mike Tyson was Not all that.
@@bbu2101 no one cares
@@yungahmed3263 your mother cares!
In Bobby Brown’s memoir he said”Mike and I were out partying until around 4am and I said Mike don’t you have a fight today? You need to get some sleep. Mike said don’t worry this guy is a tomato can. I’ll knock him out in 3 rounds.” Mike ended up getting some sleep alright…😴🥊
So he says. Mike has come up with so many excuses on this fight over the years. I don’t know what to believe honestly.
@@patrickhunt6055 No need for excuses, anyone who knows boxing and understands Mike's style knows Mike was in no shape to be fighting here. Douglas looked good cause Tyson came in totally unprepared as much as you may not wanna hear that. It's not excuses, it's reality.
He's obviously totally out of shape here whether you like it or not. Mike had to be at his absolute worst whilst Douglas at his best to Douglas to win. It is what it is.
@@billmurray7721 yes it is what it is, Mike got his ass whooped.
Still one of the greatest sports moments of all time
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
@@erickjoseph65 Dude...Tyson couldn't box....he was just a hard punching fighter. When he came across heavyweights with actual boxing skills, he was defeated.
Lennox Lewis, the greatest heavyweight of the post-Ali-Frazier-Foreman era is OLDER than Tyson and knocked him out. And Tyson lost to Holyfield twice. Did Tyson defeat anyone who is now considered great? Or even good?
The Tyson mystique was built on a bunch of mediocre boxers.
@@fishbone3333 prime mike can destroy what boxer than you went
@@fishbone3333 tyson cant box???🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@fishbone3333 fight mike for 15 sec lest see
I have to say after watching the rise and fall of Mike Tyson's boxing career, I am pleasantly surprised at his successful life after boxing. It's a credit to his tenacity. And hats off to Buster for winning it all for Momma! It really is inspiring how he channeled his personal loss into such a beautiful victory in her honor!
but he will die a convicted rapist who claimed to have done 5 bigger crimes than that rape according to his words
@@vincentvangogh8092he’ll die more of a changed man
@@vincentvangogh8092 he didn't rape anyone. That much is very clear if you read anything about the trial.
This is what happens to a man who has nothing to lose, and isn’t afraid because of it. Amazing.
52:49 - 53:00 he should've lost buddy Douglas was down for more than 10
@@xBE4STCLAN Better look at that again. I counted "10" along with the ref
@@xBE4STCLAN The rules don't say 10 seconds count. It says 10 count. 10 COUNT.
@@xBE4STCLAN LOL! Douglas beat The overrated Tyson every inch of the fight! I see you are still hurt?
Why people are shocked that Douglas won is because boxing has a reputation of being "dirty". Big money wasn't on Mike that night? We'll never know. Douglas did look like it the real deal in that fight. I don't want to take anything away from Douglas, he outboxes Mike fair & square.
Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson to the punch and completely smothered him. This was a man that lost his mom 3 weeks before the fight, his son's mom got diagnosed with a kidney disease, and he struggled with stamina issues. He was on penicillin all through the camp. Kudos to Douglas.
Douglas losing his mom may have contributed 1% to his victory, but 99% of it was due to Tyson being completely unprepared and off his game. Anyone could be beaten when they aren’t focused, even Mike Tyson.
"Mike Tyson has been knocked out"..great line by Lampley in its simplicity as Tyson getting knocked out was such a far fetched idea at the time. One of the greatest upsets in sports history and all credit to Buster.
Lampley's the best.
Why buster cry cry cry interview on larry? Instead happy because a new champion?
@@pingmercury0126 Because his mom died.
@@uncletony6210 Yes uncle hes my idol best boxing analyts or commentator.
The irony is I've seen him get quite emotional when talking about Gatti ward and Hagler Hearns,yet here he Cooley says " Mike Tyson has been knocked out" calm as you like,a line never forgotten in one of if not biggest upsets in boxing history.
I remember watching this when I was 21 on HBO.This was insane I never seen ANY fighter land the hits,combinations as clean and hard on Tyson as this.And seeing him hit the deck was unreal.Tyson was an unbeatable beast up to this point
What??? You look 30
Yo you old as shit
@@bajlevrai2623 I'm 53.That pic of me is from 2017
After this Douglas learned from Tyson and lost himself to Holyfield in 1 or 2 rounds
Age like fine wine, good sir. Lots of carrots?
Tyson was my childhood hero, I remember watching this fight and crying when he lost. Now as an adult and learning what a story behind it all. Buster saying he went all in for his mother that had just passed. These are the moments that shock the world. Awesome!
Tyson still caused damage though.
The dog in him is unreal
Douglas lost in the 8th rd
I cried too.
@@lonewolfshay7712 ...What kind of "damage" are you talking about? To himself?
I cried as well
I was 16 when this fight took place. I didn't watch it live, but my dad's friend came over the following day to see my dad. I remember he said to me, "Hey, did you see that fight last night?" I asked, "What fight??" He says, "Oh, you didn't hear?!? Mike Tyson got knocked out last night by Buster Douglas!". I was in total disbelief, literally. I thought he must be talking about a different Mike Tyson. He had to keep telling me, "Yes....THE Mike Tyson, heavyweight champion of the world, lost, got knocked out." It was just so totally unbelievable at that time. It took a full day for it to fully sink in for me that Mike Tyson lost and got knocked out.
Man, none of the announcers had any faith in Douglas at ALL. I'm glad he proved them all wrong. It is still inspiring all these years later.
I don't think it was lack of faith in Douglas. Tyson had never been hurt in the ring before. Most people thought he was indestructible. When Tyson briefly got rocked by Douglas in the 5th round, that was shocking. That had never happened to Tyson before. That's when I really started thinking Douglas might win. There will NEVER be a bigger upset in boxing than this one.
@@DubyaDaLastRepugPrez Indeed. 100% agreed friend.
In the words of Teddy Atlas, he made him”walk through a bad neighborhood to get inside” with that jab lol
Indeed. His jab was super crisp in this fight.
1st: 21:52
2nd: 25:52
3rd: 29:52
4th: 33:52
5th: 37:52
6th: 41:52
7th: 45:52
8th: 49:52 (52:47)
9th: 54:02 (55:51)
10th: 58:02 (KO: 59:01)
1:00:51 for the slow-mo
Your a real one man thanks
@@blue5371 This is just a community service I hope someone has done for me but this time it was up to me.
Bless you. I specifically came to comments because I knew someone had time stamped the rounds. Excellent!
thank you
ty!
When he says, “God bless her heart…”
I just cry with him…
This was the first boxing match I ever watched. I was 9 years old. It taught me that anything is possible in sports.
Mike Tyson wasn’t even in his prime.Plus he didn’t even train for this fight and his promoter witch was a snake fired mikes og coach.
@itzthelight ...Tyson knew all about King's track record. The former accepted the latter's offer, anyway!
@@itzthelight fact
This is the first fight I've ever watched, no, am watching right now lol
Umm anyone know this mike Tyson ring entrance song at 14:21 ? please i need this
Buster Douglas’s movement in this fight was incredible, the way he stepped in with a perfect jab then immediately stepping out the danger zone, beautiful.
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
@@erickjoseph65 Granted Holyfield won with head butts but I think Douglas was clearly beating Tyson to the punch
To be fair he tried to do the same thing with Tony Tucker but he was beaten by the superior fighter
@@DanielSong39 ...Tyson initiated those headbutts. The latter lost, PERIOD!!!
It's beautiful but what is more beautiful is 52:49 - 53:00 Douglas was down for over 10
this is one of the best matches i've ever watched. insanity. gotta give credits to buster douglas. he may not be the all time great, but he was very good, and that night he was the best in the world.
@jeff afe Your comment isn't exactly perfect English and your arrogance is matched by your rudeness.
Hell nah , mike was not train and is was not in is prime i dont know men but when is left rooney is was the same
@@m17jr-m Douglas fought well and Tyson had lost his self-discipline which led to a falling out with his original management team and trainer
Too easy to blame Don King but he had a good track record of working with top fighters and getting them connected with great trainers. If Tyson still had the fire and the discipline he would've made it work with the management team he had.
Thats what im saying. This was actually a great fight
@@chillout5218 Yeargh, cuz his shit STANK!!! >: P
Besides from the fight, I really like the raw 90's live broadcast. Everything is so much different now
One of the most brilliant boxing upsets, driven by spirit, motivation, and knowledge of how to neutralize your opponent's strengths. Buster's apotheosis.
I'm not taking nothing away from buster or the skill/effort/game plan BUT you can definitely see from the beginning that Tyson wasn't really in that ring and wasn't there to win. The whole commentary was like a foreshadowing of what was going on and what was to come
@@kylemiller6606 Tyson WAS there to win, but he had become the victim of his own reputation as a destroyer. He was there to win a fight a collect a paycheck. He was without D'Amato, just a corner full of yes men. When he ran into a motivated heavy weight boxer who had an answer to his game by getting off punches first, and keeping him at a distance, he had no answers.
@@kylemiller6606 It's amazing how Tyson fans always have an excuse for Mike but never have any excuses for the boxers Mike defeated, some of which were so old they could biologically have been Mike's Dad.
@@TonyEnglandUK not making an excus. Just stating a fact. I knkw the bister story as well so its not like he just lucked into a win.
However. Comparing a fighter who lose in the later rounds after a long count should have won it for them to any boxer getting knocked out in rhe 1st rounds is like comparing corn to watermelons and saying they are both fruits because you can eat them both
@@kylemiller6606 Here. Look at some of the boxers Mike beat. And look how much older than Mike they were.
Tony Tubbs, 8 years older
Pinklon Thomas, 8 years older
Mitch Green, 9 years older
Jesse Ferguson, 9 years older
Michael Spinks, 10 years older
Trevor Berbick, 12 years older
David Jaco, 12 years older
James Smith, 13 years older
Larry Holmes, 17 years older.
If you're going to invent excuses for why Tyson lost fights, invent them for why he won them, too.
Buster is an inspiration and a motivation to everyone in the world to keep on going no matter how tough is the enemy you are facing
And then he fought Holyfield and all that motivation went straight out the window.
Tyson is an inspiration and a motivation to everyone in the world to keep on going no matter how tough is the enemy you are facing
@@13Gangland Except Marciano, who had zero losses, every boxer found his nemesis. Nobody is invincible.
I cried tears of joy when watching Douglas win.
This is right up there with the 1980 U.S Hockey team.
@@mikeroagreschen5350 There’s no way you just adored Douglass that much. So, what was it? You hated Tyson that much?
Buster put all his tools together this night. He was never really able to do this before or since, but this night he looked like an all-time great. The jab, the combinations, the movement, the power, it was all there.
Yes, he was very well prepared.
his mother passed away that same night
@@eliisaac7933 No, no she didn't.
@Pacific Palisades 83 Buster was leading for most of the fight.
He got in too close near the end of the eighth and got caught with a Tyson uppercut.
Then he recovered to win in the tenth.
I made so much money on this fight. I love Tyson. Once he hooked up with DON "THE DEVIL" KING he wouldn't be the same. His new trainers changed h8s style, convincing him to rely on his incrediblepunching power, ROBIN "THE HARLET" GIVENSmessed his mind up, King indulged him with any and every decadence, salacious, carnal, gluttonous pleasure. He always had trouble with fighters who could land punches on him.
The huge upset took away from the fact that this was an all time great fight.
Tyson shoulda threw more uppercut
My father had been sparring and weight lifting when he was young. He had a extreme hard natural punch. When I was a child, I always thougt, he was the strongest man alive. But he alway said, even the strongest man in the world will someday face his master. Everytime I watch this fight, I remember my daddys words.
your dad actually was the strongest man alive, and that’s just a basic dad fact
The will is the biggest weopon
Desire
@Streetlife361;you SAID it man!! In November 2001while a Detroit firefighter who smoked from sunrise to 4 a.m,I was stationed near downtown at Engine Company 5 when we recieved a report of passers-by seeing amber lights flickering from the top floor of a 20 story apartment tower!! I thought:"There hasn't been a high-rise fire downtown since 1982 when some dude tried to kill his lawyer by pouring gas on his desk and lighting it on the 23rd floor of the Buhl Building so this has got to be a false alarm!!" But as we reached Woodward Avenue from Larned and I looked north,there WAS indeed an amber light flickering from the 20th floor window!! I was STILL smoking on the outside of the rig on my "jumpseat"when we reached the front door,and threw the cigar into my bunker-pants pocket to finish it after I doused the blaze,then I yelled at people to clear a path,ran inside,hit the stairwell like a ROCKET and TOLD myself I would NOT run short on breath,but PUSHED myself to attain the 20th floor wearing a heavy fire-coat,fire-pants,boots and heavy oxygen tank on my BACK!! On my way up,I passed 3 firefighters who didn't smoke or drink heavily,like I did,and at the top floor,my sergeant and I looked at the door waiting on the backup which would never COME!! He walked back to the stairwell door,looked down the stairs,then listened intently before walking back through the door with:You might as well take that door man;I don't hear nobody ELSE coming up those stairs."So with lungs filled with smoke.I WILLED myself up TO the top floor!!
That and an overrated chump.
If you consider how much shorter Mike Tyson was than most of his opponents and how he used his small reach to his advantage in a league that had previously been dominated by long reach, you can see quite a will.
@@SuperDetroit9 you are a damn LEGEND. Thankyou for all you have done 🙏❤are you still a firefighter?
Can't believe it's been 30 years. Man, time files. It seems like only yesterday, me and John Mark were at my house to watch Mike Tyson knock out this Buster Douglas guy in a round or two, when a fight broke out. I remember Mom coming to check on the commotion when Buster got knocked down, with me and Eddie yelling at the television for him to get up; and then again, two rounds later when Mike was fumbling around on the canvas trying to find his mouthpiece, only to put it in backwards. Great night......one I'll never forget. Also, props to Larry Merchant for the best post fight interview I've ever seen. He knew what he had in front of him and kept pushing for that "moment" which reflected the magnitude of the event. Overall, just a great memory I'm glad to have.
Was 16 watching on my couch. I can't believe it 30 years. Crazy
Woflman Joe
Look up Gene Kim
Does anybody have the number of Sherlock Holmes because I’m still trying to figure out the mystery of who the fuck asked
I didn't get to see this live. I was a big fan of boxing as a kid and also a fan of Iron Mike. When I read the early edition of the sports section and saw that he lost to "Buster" Douglas, my 13 year old self was devastated and could not believe. Insane that Mike is trying to put on a comeback at 53... he looks ferocious and good for him to regain that fire and turning his life around.
Wow. Thanks for uploading. I didn't remember this fight being this one-sided. Buster is dominating every round, except one. His footwork is excellent, his left jab is great, combinations are fantastic. He came to fight, that night. Tyson seems out of it, like he doesn't wanna be there, no movement, walking into combinations, throwing one punch at a time.. The ref did his job, the count when Douglas went down was not strange. In the next round the ref actually keeps Tyson in the fight, when Buster has him backed up against the ropes, and Tyson looks about to fall. Then comes round ten, and just textbook jabs and combinations from Douglas, the devastating uppercut, and finally that very last left jab or cross on Mike's way down to the floor...Man, that's a killer.. This was boxing history, sports history and just history. Boxing was changed forever. Wow.
They were both long counts. 13 seconds when he got to 9, both times.
Larry Merchant “I’d be willing to say it’s the greatest upset in boxing history” nobody argued
When a boxer start looking for a mouth guard after being knocked out, u know he is badly hot
Badly hot?
@Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Osas ...I second emotion.
Yeah they weren't glued in!
Kinda looked like tyson didnt train or he didnt rest he didnt look like his normal self in this fight but uknow round these times the mob was tied into boxing so maybe just like today he didnt take a dive but just promised to go all rounds & not win at all
@@liltexazboi361 Douglas could have had all the excuses of the world but he just fought a fantastic fight and ate a prime Mike uppercut.
Buster was looking crisp af. Fast, accurate and snappy punches throughout all 10 rounds.
Edit: to all the Mike Tyson fanboys in the comments... the better fighter won that night, simple as. Mike got beat fair and square so stop pulling out excuses 31 years later.
I totally agree. Douglas couldn't be beaten that day.
That because mike gave him the win
@@mauricio1315ify I agree Mike was not 100% like the commentators said he was static, not moving his head and upper body like he usually does for whatever reason and thats why he had to tank all those hits, that said even if he was it would have been close Douglas was really strong that day
He looked slow as usual in this rigged ass fight.
59:00 The announcer says "one eyed fighter"
Dunno bout you but that's obvious all-seeing eye symbolism.
@@dragonknightofamiraka3636 I think it’s cause mike had a ballon on his right eye 😂
Wow... Buster Douglas was completely in the zone the whole time. You could see him talking to his mother when he was in his corner. He was a master that night. Incredible.
Famous words of Larry Merchant: " This makes Cinderella look like a sad story, what Buster Douglas has done here tonight! "
I still don't understand what he meant by that.
@@1981lashlarue what he meant was Buster beating Tyson was a happy and positive story. Especially by him losing his mom just a month before the fight. So Busters story and Cinderellas story was no comparison!
@@francisbethel6277 That's a good explanation. Thanks.
@@1981lashlarue Your welcome. That sure was some night!
Larry Merchant always says shit that don't make sense.
As a Boxing fan, I feel embarrassed and ashamed at some of the comments here. Tyson didn`t just lose. He had his ass handed
to him on a plate. Buster smacked him from pillar to post. There was NO long count.
I am a HUGE Tyson fan. But here , he was given a LESSON, a lesson he brought upon himself.
Well said...Tyson was beat every round
Did we watch the same fight? 🤣
It’s just Joe Rogaine fanboys who buy into his hype and have only watched Tyson highlights, don’t mind them
Jim red ...You are absolutely and positively correct, Jim!
Their was a long count just watch the ringside official and his count he was 13 seconds on the floor before he fully stood up.
I'll never forget this fight. I remember Lampley and Leonard commenting that it was a Saturday Morning in Japan so the fight could be shown live in the US on Friday Night. Tyson was so feared at this point in his career and Douglas was a boxer with potential, but could never finish. It was apparent early into the fight Tyson was off and Douglas would fight, the fight of his life! It was so exciting to see Tyson get knocked out and obviously his career never recovered. Two years later going to prison and many personal demons to battle. I am glad to hear Tyson has found peace and appears to be happy these days.
I think you should take memory enhancers because 52:49 - 53:00 Douglas lost he was down for over 10 seconds
Fight was on Sunday afternoon in Tokyo for a Saturday Night HBO telecast. I had been out working a wrestling tournament as a media representative all day(mainly to avoid paying to get in, I was cheap that way LOL) and was home in time to see this fight on HBO.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
It remains the single most exciting sporting event I've been privileged to witness in my 73 years.
Tyson's old "crew" would have NEVER let this happen.
"would" 😂😂😂😂
Absolutely agree
Tyson didn’t even try he was so non interested. Buster is a joke.
@@jasonmcg31 buster has beaten a top 20 all time heavyweight. Mike hasn’t beat a top 50 all time heavyweight
@@benjamincorbett Ummm, Larry Holmes….
I watched it live and was getting my father out of bed in the middle of the night and I was jumping up and down like crazy. It was a tremendous performance by Douglas, he had great footwork, head movement, jab, and speed to his punches and good variety, used his strength, size and reach well... Tyson was tough and brave as he was taking a lot of big shots. Great upload, as we need to here all the context of the build up. It would be good to see the live British Sky coverage of the fight.
My friends and I watched this live and laughed at Tyson’s totally unprepared trainers. They didn’t even have anything for his swollen eye. Looks like they made something on the spot for it.
That used a balloon hahahaha
GullyBop latex glove. Just terrible corner people.
@@dbrian56 yeah filled with air and water...if it was helium it would have floated away lol!!
Trump paid them off
Cause they underestimated Douglas, they thought Tyson would have easily knock Douglas out in the early rounds, they didn't need to bring anything for him.
I'll never forget my brother telling me in the morning that Tyson lost. I was shocked, and then saddened. I love Mike. He was an animal in his prime. SO exciting to watch. ❤💔
Douglas had fought on all the Tyson undercards from 86 to 89 so he had seen Tyson alot and wasn't intimidated like others plus he used his height and reach to perfection .
Did not know that, cool.
Bro was lookin like clubber lang at the start of rocky 3
Buster was in control of this fight from start to finish. Even when he got knocked down he slammed his fist to the mat in disgust. The only real mistake he made that fight but it also gave Tyson a false sense that he'd finally taken control of the fight.
This shit was pathetically fake. Anyone that cant see that, has to be blind.
@@jaseallenson316 your so silly 😜
@@jaseallenson316 Ahhh...the little child who thinks the whole world is a giant conspiracy all because his life is SO worthless that he has to tell himself that there are evil powers that be controlling everything. so it is not his fault that his life is not worth living
@@FUGP72 Fuck man, I have been WAITING to see someone else completely shut down one of these idiots and put them in their place with such savagery. You fucking destroyed him
Cap. You guys dont know much about boxing. Buster was giving the fight away in the 7th 8th and 9th. Tyson began sneaking in shots, and Buster began to revert back to his loser mentality. Almost as if he expected the clock to strike midnight. He was disgusted with the knockdown because he knew he was blowing it, but he still came out in the next round and was givin the fight away. It wasn't until late in the 9th when he decided to stop being a loser and go for broke.
Buster Douglas was like Muhammad Ali on his prime that night... I don’t think anybody could have beat him that night
tyson did...he beat him....13 seconds?
@@zorankostur stop bitching
@@zorankostur Liar! Douglas was following the referee’s count and rightly got up before he reached ten. At worst, he picked up the count only one second late, but the point is the fighter that has been decked has to follow the finger count of the REFEREE, not some numpty like you, who was not involved in the action.
@@zorankostur ...It's the referee's ten-count. Douglas won fair and square.
Why are you all argue when the whole world know tht is ref.mistake.....13 seconds are fakt,not bitcing
If it Bleeds, It can Die - Buster Douglas.
52:52 the count is slightly slower than the outside ring count clearly. But Douglas was aware of where he was and was tired. He used the count to get a rest and the ref in the ring saw that. He wasn’t out of it or unaware like Tyson, he was just exhausted and was taking a mid fight rest before the bell sounded.
İt does not matter.
When Douglas went down he pound the ring with his first at the count of two and it was apparent he could have gotten up at that point. He waited, like you said.
@@theanimekid5407 Kid, you will learn, everything matters all the time.
Doesn't matter a 10 count is a 10 count, those are the facts. Rest or no rest
Buster Douglas’ jab in this fight was so good that it would make a young Larry Holmes jealous
Fast and plenty of snap on it.
Yep. Tyson was at his best moving forward, and Douglas continuously broke his rhythm with the jab until Tyson stopped moving forward.
Let’s not go too far here; decent jab, but Larry Holmes from 1979 would have finished Mike much quicker, THAT was a real great jab!
@@carlcafagna1953 there was nothing “decent” about Buster’s jab this fight. It was a work of art.
@@steelerfreak1977 I agree it looks good, anything that keeps hitting the target looks good, but watch this fight again, & try not to watch Buster, just watch Mike; he was never this easy to hit until the Lewis fight over a decade later; Buster had this robotic, deliberate way of throwing punches, he pumps his arm idly before throwing a jab, which wastes a lot of time; against Mike in Tokyo he got away with it, cuz Mike didn’t move; against Holyfield, he tried throwing the same jab, but it almost never connected, cuz Evander saw the double-pump and moved out of range, like many others did against Buster - Buster was his fastest ever in this fight, because of being 20 lbs lighter, but I still say this fight is at least 60% about Mike sucking; don’t get me wrong, I hate Tyson, I was dying for him to lose, & I’m thrilled for Buster, a genuinely good man, that he had this moment in the sun - but let’s get real, he wasn’t a great fighter, he fought his best fight against a champ who was a chump, especially that night! Kinda like how Floyd Patterson won the title against Archie Moore, & when he had to fight someone great, he wasn’t good enough, he & Buster belong in the same box, & they were both hella good dudes
Thanks for Uploading.
Three lessons in life to be gleaned from this fight and Buster Douglas's performance:
1) Play to your strengths. Douglas was taller and had the reach advantage on Mike- he kept Mike at jab distance or tied him up inside, shutting down Mike's lethal uppercuts save for that one in the 8th.
2) Control the tempo. Douglas dictated the pacing of every round and his energetic footwork made him seem like a circling shark compared to Tyson. Once Douglas got a couple of those gnarly left-right-left combos in early, Tyson's head movement all but disappeared, and once his left eye swelled shut, he was done.
3) Stick to your guns. Douglas was ready to go all 12 rounds, and I'm not sure if he would have even quit then. He truly did fight with heart and he gave every ounce of himself in the ring.
4) Don’t come to a fight unprepared. Your first three mean nothing. This fight was lost not because Douglas was a good boxer, but because Tyson was unprepared.
Douglas boxed a beautiful fight. Every time mike got in range he touched him with the jab and threw punches in combinations which made it harder for Tyson to counter didn’t let tyson get into a rhythm. . And yea Tyson May have not been in his best shape but it was good enough because buster was catching him with solid punches and to stay in there for 10 rounds means Tyson was in some kinda shape if it was bad shape Douglas would’ve got Tyson out of there earlier. Mentally Tyson expected an easy fight n that’s what hurt him.
james has shown more top boxing in this fight than tyson in his entire carear!
@@vigorkomar7296 To Vigor: Buster was boxing beautifully in this fight, but I beg to differ regarding the gestalt of Tyson's career.
tyson was in his fucking prime but his prime was ridiculously overhyped&overrated as he fought only bums and has beens!
@@vigorkomar7296 being the youngest boxing chakp ever makes him a bum? And beating larry holmes makes him fighting bums, you prolly believe wilder is a good fucking boxer
@@cameronpitcher4024 he fought only BUMS and HAVE BEENS like holmes so being the oldest or youngest is totaly irelevant as he was FAKE - dirty fighting COWARD! not champ!
Easily one of the greatest boxing matches of all time. James "buster" Douglas will always go down in history as the David who brought down Goliath (Mike Tyson). Despite the long odds, he somehow put everything together in a brilliant match against what people at the time said was an unstoppable force and he changed boxing history because of it.
He lossed the fight buddy stop rambling non sense 52:49 - 53:00 Douglas down for over ten.
@@xBE4STCLAN
That means absolutely nothing. It’s a 10 count not “10 seconds”. If that was the logic they used then Deontay Wilder would be 45-0.
@@bigboris5774 but if you see in background the judge was already 1 ahead of the referee in count.
I am a Tyson fan, but when you analyse this fight it wasn't actually a shock when you see how Douglas fought throughout. The actual shock was that Tyson managed to get the uppercut in, in the 8th round!
Douglas down of the floor mor than 10 seconds. The fair, Tyson in real won this fight with a knockout!
@@shpejtimavdyli5199 buster got up before the count of ten.
@@BreaksFast please recognize the seconds once and they will come out more than 10. That's the truth, tayson lost by the judge
@@shpejtimavdyli5199 please learn the rules and stfu: it's the referee's count, not some invisible timer, the count is never litterally ten seconds.
Tears, too. The size of that man's heart. My friend came over my house the next day after the fight, "You got to see this! You got to see this!", VHS tape in his hand. Blown away!
You need someone in the corner yelling at you, not someone telling you how great you are.
This comment right here sums up this fight! At this time in Tyson career he had a bunch of yes men in his ear!!
What could have been if he had a good corner. What could they have told him to cruise through a round or 2?
It was pretty evident that Don King's guys were a bunch of schmucks! Mike expected a quick knockout and clearly didn't know what to do against Buster completely forgetting to go to the body! Keven Rooney would have gotten Mike back on track pretty fast!
@@JonBeenHereDoingit1423 get your shit together mike you are looking like a fool where your head movement at ... you should have knocked him out in round -1 scrub.... thats how Cus did it
Like AJ Usyk. Usyk outboxing him whilst AJs corner yelling "brilliant AJ" throughout the fight
Douglas was not going to be bullied or intimidated by Tyson as so many other fighters were. An outstanding inspired performance by Douglas that still ranks as boxings greatest upset..
That's funny because he was down for over ten seconds buddy 52:49 - 53:00 buster lost
@@xBE4STCLAN Same comment by a butthurt. Dude, get over it. Tyson lost and was killed by Buster. End of story.
@@xBE4STCLAN damn this guy is riding mike tyson
@@xBE4STCLANyou do know it’s a ten count not a ten second count.
@@xBE4STCLANMan, you must have really cried when Lennox Lewis beat Mike like a schoolyard Bully. Mike talked all of that Nasty Talk up to the fight and got straight up embarrassed.
Because this is the first time Tyson lost, it is easy to overlook just how good Douglas was in Tokyo. He moves
beautifully, tee-ing off with the jab. Supreme lateral movement., near - perfect balance. He is landing very
powerful, damaging blows from the very beginning. This is one of the best displays of Boxing I have ever seen.
When you hear those shots.
I agree, most of the time the fight gets billed as "the (first) one Mike lost" ...but Buster was indeed extraordinary.
Right. as everyone can see, Douglas was perfectly prepared, he countered everything that made Tyson dangerous. He didn't wait and react, he punched first and hit first, he was a split second faster in almost every action, he did not stop after he landed a punch etc. Tyson became more and more a stationary target from round 5 on (which of course was uncharacteristic for him) but it was NOT because there were 3 ladies in his bedroom the night before (as some are claiming), it was because Tyson had to take countless heavy punches from Douglas in that fight so far. Tyson was outclassed because Douglas was incredible.
But compare the count when tyson went down to the count douglas went down not the same. Plus douglas was hitting while they ref breaks them like a stealing punch.
@@jaquescopoggenpoel4606
People have had 32 years to analyze & dissect the whole count factor, it's just simply a non issue.
Hitting on the break, wow, cuz Tysons literally built his whole career on that type of dirty of boxing.
Look, I love Mike but no, just no - he lost... period.
God Bless
I love the post game interview, here’s a man who took some serious damage and is riding the biggest high of his life and listen to how eloquent he is, how many points he makes and how he answers every question quickly and honestly.
Class act man
I believe two things can be true, Douglas fought a BEAUTIFUL fight that also coincided with Tyson’s clear lack of training and conditioning. even the commentators point it out the absence of his signature hooks to the body, his head movement was inconsistent, he was extremely slow with his counters during exchanges.
You nailed it!
Accurate jab and distance maintenance did it.
do you think his training rigor dropped off later on?
...and the bell 53:06
Tbh, cardio is one of the hardest thing for any athlete. Going 10 rounds is quite an accomplishment for heavyweight class.
Something that gets lost about this is how good of a fight it was for Buster strategically. Heavyweights nowadays can't keep up that type of pace.
We used to go bowling every Saturday, and we watched this before we went. My dad got me hip to boxing, we watched this fight. It broke my heart when Tyson lost, but Douglas deserved this win. With a heavy-heart he won, congrats, Buster. R.I.P., popps.
58.50 buster Douglas giving a clean head kick to mike tyson, both Douglas and Holyfield won the match by just fucking him up with their frontal bones 🦴.
Douglas was the better fighter on that day by a country mile
Damn what a late night of bowling. This was at 2 am
Or maybe you watched the replay on a Friday night which was at 9 or 10. Saturday wouldn’t have happened
The memory of you and your dad is a false memory. No disrespect. You’re just saying something that never happened
@@oldironsides4107 They fought in Tokyo.
Never get rid of the people in your corner that got you where you are.
I watched this whole thing when it was live. My dad let me stay up and watch it together. Unbelievable that this actually happened. Quite the indelible memory.
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Part of the reason why Tyson was as badass as he was was not only his ability to intimidate, but the fact he was very difficult to hit on top of hitting as hard as he did. Dude almost never stops moving. Thing is, neither did Douglas in this match. He kept Tyson either at a distance or tied up, playing the match his way the entire time rather than Tyson's way. He was completely in control of his side of the fight, projected the image of a boxer who knew everything there was to know about his opponent's fighting style, and was ready to counter it.
Sad to see Tyson hanging out with Don King and having fun not knowing what he would do to him
Poor pitiful Mike not responsible for one thing he did in his life. Must be nice
@@bobber0623 ...Michael Gerard Tyson was definitely responsible for his youthful errors. The latter knew all about Don King's track record. Tyson is a grown man.
@Your Neighbor use your brain. He didn't train, he didn't even care to watch buster fight others, both of his OG trainers were gone, left with a greedy scumbag who basically told him all the wrong things so he could get money, and trust me, he did. It was Tyson's downfall, and you can't take away from Buster's victory, but you still gotta look at the facts.
@Your Neighbor how'd you gather that?
@@nathanstarkey23 We all know he did train, as we all know he got knocked down by Greg Page while doing so lol
I’ve watched this a million times but it never gets old. Thank you, Buster-Douglas, for arguably the most entertaining fight and upset of all times.
Watching Douglas fight this fight always makes my hair stand on edge. On that night Buster displayed a true masterclass effort, and any heavyweight in the long history of professional boxing could have fallen to Douglas then and there.
Tempest ye, because his mama
Beautifully said.
Buster did have these tools.
Only showed us one time.
Douglas was no joke. At his best, I think he was better than Tyson and Holyfield. I wish Douglas had trained seriously for the Holyfield fight, I think Douglas would have beaten him pretty easily with that left jab. Holyfield never had good defensive skills, he took a lot of punches.
Tokyo Douglas would've been a problem for anyone in the last 70 years of heavyweight boxing. It's too bad the depression over his mom sank in once the high of winning this fight wore off. He clearly showed up in Vegas for the Holyfield fight for a payday.
Those last 4 - 5 punches Buster threw were HAMMER BLOWS!!!
Yeah it's funny because 52:49 - 53:00 he was down for over 10 seconds but Tyson got "knocked out" after barely 9
@@xBE4STCLAN 1. Buster was down until he heard the ref say "9", then he rose. 2. The ref could have counted
to "30" and Tyson would still have been unable to continue.
@@xBE4STCLAN Tyson on the floor couldn´t put the mouth guard properly because he was mentally in another galaxy, dude lol
@@xBE4STCLAN hey buddy boy rewatch and count how long Tyson was down he got a long count too only difference is that buster was able to get back up after
@@xBE4STCLAN nah they both got long counts
Never underestimate a man who has nothing to lose. Mike learned this the hard way.
Honestly, the foreshadowing by the commentators during the build up might be the best I've ever witnessed.
It's all so perfect.
This is what I love about Japanese crowds during fights they reserve their cheers and they’re also very passionate and informed about fighting and the warrior spirit. So you can hear so many of the punches cuz it’s so silent.
52:49 - 53:00 Douglas down for over ten. Tyson won.
@@xBE4STCLAN shut up
I think a few more cheers and some noise would have been good for such an upset match tho IMO
@@xBE4STCLAN buster was waiting the ref to count to 9 to stand up. Buster clearly wasn't done yet
The fact that Tyson didn’t train at all for this fight was an utter disgrace. He got exactly what he deserved.
He did, but at the same time... He knocked buster down and that was more than a 10 count so technically, he still should had won the fight
Douglas did what he wanted with Tyson. Rewatching this, Tyson's head was somewhere else but not in the ring
As much as im a Tyson fan at heart, Buster Douglas owed his mother this victory and it was well deserved in that case.
They literally show a clip of tyson training for this fight in the video, dumbass.
@@Mufc479 lol aint no 'technically' nothing. Douglas got up at 9 so that's what the count was. Still crying about this shit 30 years later.
The magnitude of this fight cannot be put into words. I watch it about once a year and I'm always stunned lol
Should've been watching closer buddy 52:49 - 53:00 Tyson won
@@xBE4STCLAN ...No, he didn't! Douglas beat Tyson, fair and square. The latter had taken the former for granted, and paid the ultimate price for it, PERIOD!!! It's been thirty-three years, now! Get over it!!!
That's what makes sports so entertaining. " any underdog can beat on a good night & anyone great can get beaten in a bad night."
Max lost money, take it easy on a sore loser.😅
I love the water balloon. Really shows preparation from the passengers in Tyson's corner.
Tyson aint do a lick of training for this fight 😂
@@difuzedbirdy8813 Tyson Excuse Generator
1. Cus died.
2. Rooney.
3. Givens.
4. King.
5. Prositutes.
6. Past his best (at 23).
7. Long count.
8. Alcohol
9. Drugs
10. Hookers
11. Unprepared
12. Partying with girls
13. He Didn't train
14. Too much sex
15. Trunks too tight
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@@cone78omdiaco21 lmao he could have been the greatest by far so easily because what kind of boxer do you know thats prime is from 18 to 23 years old? It’s so obvious if you just look at his career when he stopped giving a shit about boxing because of cus dying and losing everyone close to him. If we would have stayed on the same path and developed even more he would have wooped holyfield, lennox lewis, everyone. But of course all of that shit was his own fault when he chose don king over kevin rooney like a dumbass but still had a phenomenal career. Youngest heavyweight champ👑
@@difuzedbirdy8813 Tyson was finished at 23 after Buster pulverised him and never fought anyone good aferwards until he got his arse kicked by washed up Holy and old Lennox. Mercer, Tua and especially crazy Ike would have killed him. Bowe at his best as well.
@@difuzedbirdy8813 yea yea I've heard that excuse a million times, LOL.. Tyson lost cos he's been champion for long, Tyson lost cos Cus just died, Tyson lost cos Rooney this n that, Tyson lost cos blah blah blah!🤣🤣🤣.. WHY can't u fanboys just face and accept the fact that he lost cos he's overrated and was outclassed and not as invincible as u fanboys thought him to be!! Hahaha excuses excuses!😂😂😂
Holyfield looking on like, "this is some bullshit right here...."
He made 10million with Douglas. Instead of 20 million by facing Tyson.
@@juangarcia-ml1by suppose to make 12 million by fighting mike
At least he knew he would get his title shot finally. Tyson had been ducking him for the entire 2 years he was the #1 contender. And even though all the boxing organizations threatened to strip Tyson of the title if he didn't face him next, surely Don and Mike would have figured out some way to duck him some more.
@@FUGP72 Holyfield was the #1 since March of 89. After the Dokes fight. It was a lil over a year. He was scheduled to fight The Real Deal in June. After Douglas.
@@FUGP72
Wow you don’t know wtf your talking about. He was literally the number 1 contender for approx a year. Not two. And they were planned to fight after this fight had Tyson won. Tyson for sure didn’t duck Holyfield. If that was true , why wouldn’t Tyson “duck”him in their 96 bout re re.
This guy is something else, besides what he did. Great attitude, character, perspective. He was fearless. Smart, but fearless. I like Mike, but he's a troubled character, and James is the kind of guy you want as an example and to play the hero. Life can be very hard. A boy loves his Mother. All that was going on, 29 years old, he handled it and somehow was in incredible shape and totally focused to fight in a strange far away land, against the most feared boxer ever. All the tragedy of life, but this was the moment of triumph
RIP? If you meant Douglass, he is still living.
AMERICA FIRST!!
@@kittyhawk7060 oh, shit, he is, I don’t know why I thought he was dead, but I thought he was dead. No second thought. Yeah thanks for the correction is 63. I’ve not seen or heard from him essentially since then
@@Leon-zu1wp o7
10 punches combination has forced Mike down. Buster is a Beast.
Buster really deserved the win a credit to his character, I remember watching the match and it was incredible to watch.
I was born in 1994 but I’ve seen this fight plenty of times. Me and a bunch of my moms friends were watching this fight last night before the ncaa game. They were telling me how mike looks invincible going into this fight and how nobody could believe what they were seeing. Still one of my favorite fights tho
This is one of those moments where you remember where you were when you either watched it or heard about it.
I hate the cliche that tyson would quit whenever anybody fought back against him. He took an absolute beating in this fight and still kept trying to win. Not only the 8th round kd, but also the way he tried to get up after getting knocked down. He showed heart in this fight.
Teddy Atlas has been the main one perpetuating that notion
It’s overstated but there’s truth in it. Tyson wasn’t intimidated of Douglas and he also didn’t believe he could be beaten. When he fought Evander it was different.
@TheRealC.T. later in his career yes. But the myth has been created that he always gave up when someone fought back(and the implication being that he only won because people were intimidated). Witness the ruddock fights for someone who fought him back. As he got older he definitely lost his ability to fight through adversity, but younger Mike had it.
When Douglas was in shape he was a good fighter. Big, good movement and skill, smart, can throw punches well.
You can tell that Tyson wasn't all there that night and Douglas had a lot of training and purpose behind his performance.
Tyson gave up when D'Amato died. He was just going through the paces.
@@donsimons9810 nah dude. the "cus D' Amato died" excuse is getting old sorry. people die everyday. you cant stop living just because people die. lol
@@nicecutie Oh everyone, hey, unknown goober over here has the facts of life sorted out - Tyson went on living after Cus died, thus he could not have lost his edge and motivation from losing his parent figure who brainwashed him into being the ultimate fighter, without whom he was clearly a lost soul. Thanks goober, we all are completely automatic machines now who don't experience change. get outta here
@@donsimons9810 Might want to get your timescale right. Cus D'Amato died years before this fight. Tyson won his first title four years before this fight. So I guess he was 'going through the paces' for a good five years then 🤣 Leaving Kevin Rooney had far more impact on his style as Tyson started to neglect head movement and threw fewer combinations. Plus as the quote says "Tyson refused to go to sleep early for the fight, deeming Douglas "an amateur" he could beat "if I didn't sleep for five weeks".
@@shockedthemonkey He went downhill. His other trainers around the d'amato time helped a lot too. Leaving any of them was bad for him. My point remains, as does the "timescale" reasoning. Just because he could still win fights after doesn't mean he didn't go downhill, dmas
Buster staying relaxed was a huge component, he’s got tremendous speed for a big fighter. Beautiful boxing. Buster Bomaye ❤️
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@@xBE4STCLAN yep that's when buster Douglas beat the refs count and got up and took Tyson to school. What's your point?
D wow
Love hearing the pre fight predictions. LOL
To be fair not a single person on earth besides Buster himself (maybe not even his own trainers) thought he was about to pull off what he pulled off.
To Don't Worry: I recall that day when Warner Wolf from WABC Television in NY, stopped predicting the number of rounds for Douglas, but the number of punches: He speculated five punches.
eddyvideostar
LMFAO!!!
Predictions...Painnnn
Angelo Dundee made a prediction. I listened in well.
Douglas had occasionally shown flashes of brilliance before. But nothing like this. He just transcended everything in his prior history.
Physically he was in better shape than ever before and mentally he was a whole new person.
then Douglas gained 60 pounds and lost to Holyfield afterwards.