![]() ![]() ![]() King argued that before Douglas knocked Tyson down in the 10th round, Tyson’s knockdown of Douglas two rounds earlier should have ended the bout.Īll these years later, Douglas still vehemently disputes that. That had been disputed by promoter Don King after the bout. Hopkins, however, says that you cannot look back at the fight with 20/20 hindsight and say that Douglas didn’t win fair and square. “History can be made or broken by other people’s lack of discipline,” Hopkins added. Hopkins said that if Tyson had taken the fight seriously and was focused, “Buster Douglas wouldn’t have had a chance.” ![]() “Allegedly, he was having big fun the night before and the day before, up until he got into the ring.” “Everybody knows Mike wasn’t taking that fight too seriously,” Hopkins said. More: Boxer Patricio Manuel becomes first transgender male to debut as a professional More: As a kid, his family hid from the FBI in Mexico how'd he stay sane? Blair Cobbs learned to box. Many wonder if Tyson was just apathetic about the challenge Douglas presented. Tyson’s commitment to prepare for the fight has been roundly questioned. “I looked at my manager, John, and my eyes got big and I just couldn’t believe it.” “I remember saying, “That is the biggest upset in history,’” Moorer added. “I was like, ‘Whoooa!’” said Moorer, who was 52-4-1 during his career and held the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles in the 1990s. Moorer’s response was shared by many, and it seemingly echoed around the world. Twenty-two years old at the time, Moorer began watching just in time to see Douglas, who was 29-4-1, become the first to knock Tyson to the canvas as a professional when he hit the champ with a devastating right-left-right combination in the 10th round. Retired former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer was at Station Square shopping center in downtown Pittsburgh when he caught the fight on television. Through his publicist, Mike Tyson declined to comment for this story. “I know how it is to feed off and be motivated with energy,” Hopkins said. View Gallery: Photos: 30 years later, Buster Douglas' stunning upset of Mike Tyson More: Bernard Hopkins already has a theme for his Boxing Hall of Fame induction speech More: The UFC octagon in Palm Springs? Here are some major sporting events planned for new arena Hopkins believes that Tyson knew the fight was over at that moment, because he wouldn’t have the stamina to go the distance. That was Tyson’s worst nightmare, that he got up.” “We thought it was going to be an early night when Tyson cracked him and knocked Buster Douglas down,” said Bernard Hopkins, a former undisputed middleweight champion and lineal light heavyweight title holder. The fight lasted longer than most expected, though it almost ended when Tyson knocked Douglas down with an explosive right hook in the eighth round. In spite of that, the hotel reportedly accepted more than $160,000 in bets for Tyson. The odds of a Tyson victory were so overwhelming that The Mirage was the only Las Vegas hotel to take bets on the fight. 11, 1990, but few seem to have forgotten that historic fight and their reaction to it. Thirty years have passed since that fateful night on Feb. “My trainer John Russell put together a great strategy, and we worked it to a tee.” “I had a great game plan,” said the 59-year-old Douglas, who sat down with The Desert Sun in November to reminisce about his knockout. Not even Andy Ruiz’s heavyweight championship upset over Anthony Joshua last summer came close to being as shocking as Douglas pummeling Tyson, who had a record of 37-0 prior to the loss. The all-time stunner in Tokyo sent shockwaves around the globe and is still viewed as the biggest upset in boxing, if not all of professional sports. Each person has a story to tell him about where they were when Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson as a 42-to-1 underdog to become boxing’s undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Watch Video: Video: Buster Douglas, former heavyweight champ, talks about his ultimate goalįew days have passed over the last three decades without at least one stranger stopping Buster Douglas on the street. ![]()
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