The fight is still remembered as one of the most spectacular upsets in sports history. He had technical skills his father had taught him from childhood.
Douglas Signs Richest Pact For 25 Million Undisputed heavyweight boxing champ James. James Buster Douglas had the potential to be a very, very, good, even a great, boxer. “It was a relief and then it was upsetting, too, because of how it all came to an end,” Douglas said.Ī short reign, with a long legacy. Champ Buster Douglas shows off one of his three title belts to his. After all, a James Buster Douglas uppercut. “Something I always looked forward to becoming one day and then you get it and it turns into a nightmare really quick.”ĭouglas said he was almost relieved when Evander Holyfield knocked him out in the third round of their match-up a little over eight months later, taking the title. You can forgive Iron Mike Tyson for his momentary confusion that fateful night in Tokyo 25 years ago today. “Believe it or not, I was where I really didn't care about anything,” he recalled.
The dispute over the fight's outcome - combined with lingering grief over his mother's death shortly before the fight - sent Douglas into a slump, he said. On February 11th, 1990, in Toyko, Japan, James Buster Douglas as a 42 to 1 underdog pulled off the biggest upset in boxing history, arguably in the.
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