The images of Tyson bucking from a big Douglas uppercut, then, vulnerable standing with his guard down for a finishing Douglas hook and finally, on all fours trying to put his mouthpiece back in backwards and beat the count is still stunning to see three decades later.
He sued Don King in Federal Court to break his promotional contract not wanting King to have the rights to multiple fights down the road. An out of court settlement gave King the right to promote a potential Douglas-Tyson rematch, but that Douglas would first defend against 1 contender Evander Holyfield that October at The Mirage, a promotion in which King would have no direct involvement. That interest would go to Steve Wynn, then owner of The Mirage, who cut out the middlemen and promoted the fight himself.
A woefully 15 lb. He eventually ended up in in a diabetic coma for several days and was near death before making an almost miraculous recovery. The near-death episode was a wake-up call for Douglas to lose weight and get back in shape and he fought more in the mid-to-late s before retiring. Having grown up in tough. His weight has continued to fluctuate too well over lb.
Two of his wins were against Jesse Clark. Douglas fought him a total of three times and knocked him out all three times. In his last fight of , Douglas was dominating opponent Mike White, but White knocked him out in the ninth round.
Douglas defeated the former heavyweight contender by winning a majority decision. The next year, he fought up-and-coming contender Jesse Ferguson, In Douglas fought only three times defeating former champion Greg Page and fringe contender David Jaco in two of the fights.
This earned him a shot at the International Boxing Federation championship that Michael Spinks was stripped of for refusing to defend it. Douglas started well against Tony Tucker and was ahead on points, but he ran out of gas and was stopped in the tenth round. A fight with light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr. In Douglas was knocked out in the first round of a fight with heavyweight contender Lou Savarese.
Douglas subsequently had two more fights, winning both, and retired in with a final record of 38—6—1. Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Buster Douglas celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year. The defeated Tyson clamored for a rematch and Douglas was offered more money than he had ever made for a fight. Douglas went into the October 25, fight at pounds, 15 pounds heavier than he was for the Tyson match and also the heaviest he had weighed in for a fight since a bout with Dion Simpson, in which he tipped the scale at just over pounds.
Originally, Tyson was scheduled to be the guest referee, but following the upset, the WWF scrambled to sign on Douglas for the event. At the end of the match, Douglas was provoked into a kayfabe punch and knockout of Savage, who was the heel wrestler in the match.
Almost everyone assumed that the bout was going to be another quick knockout for the champion. No challenger had taken Tyson beyond the fifth round since Many thought it was just an easy tune-up for Tyson before a future mega-fight with undefeated Evander Holyfield, who had recently moved up to heavyweight from cruiserweight where he became the first boxer to be the undisputed champion of the weight class.
Douglas was given so little chance of lasting against Tyson, let alone beating him, that nearly every betting parlor in Las Vegas refused to hold odds for the fight. The one casino that did, The Mirage, made Douglas a to-1 underdog.
He then had wins over Randall Cobb and Dion Simpson. Before this, he defeated Greg Page, who was a former champion.
The winner of the match will become the undisputed world champion and will also book a fight with the undefeated Evander Holyfield. Later, he made the biggest upset by defeating Tyson. He lost the title to Evander Holyfield after eight months.
In the s, he almost died from a diabetic coma. He retired from professional boxing in with a career record of 38 wins and six losses. In his career, he has boxed with several top boxers of the world. Buster Douglas is one of the most famous boxers in the world. In his career, he has been involved in only one draw.
He has successfully appeared in movies and has boxed with many big names. Buster, I have always been in your corner. I enjoy reading all of the positives in your lifetime career. Where is your boxing gym?
I have a 6 year old great grandson that loves sports including boxing. Is is gifted with athletic skill.
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