Referee Octavio Meyran called the fight off and Douglas was the new heavyweight champion. Douglas immediately followed this with four punches to the head, knocking down Tyson for the first time in his career. Douglas once again countered and landed an uppercut that stunned Tyson. In the tenth round, Tyson, who was hurting, attempted to win the match with a knockout. Douglas countered this and eventually was able to close Tyson’s eye with another jab. Tyson tried to capitalize on this in the ninth, coming out aggressive. Controversy struck as many, including Don King, said that the referee gave Douglas a long count. The road to Tyson-Douglas (1:10) The ESPN Films 30 for 30 presentation of '42 to 1' maps out the events leading up to Buster Douglas' historic upset of Mike Tyson in 1990. In the waning seconds of the eighth round, Tyson hit Douglas with an uppercut that knocked the challenger down. Tyson’s corner was not prepared for this and had to use a rubber glove filled with ice to reduce the swelling. Tyson’s eye began to swell, making it difficult to see Douglas’ jabs and punches. A huge part of the fight occurred when one of Douglas’ jabs caught Tyson in the eye. Douglas continued to be the leader of the fight, well into the middle rounds. Douglas, who was a huge underdog, knocked out Mike Tyson in the 10th round of their world heavyweight championship boxing match in Tokyo. Sugar Ray Leonard, who was commentating the fight, noted Douglas’ success with his jabs and right hand punches. Douglas was able to recover though and last the third round. In the third round, Tyson began with a left punch that seemed to hurt Douglas. Early in the fight, Douglas landed more punches than Tyson, including a shot to the chin right before the second round ended. Tyson, who was known for working so well inside the body, found trouble as Douglas would quickly tie him up. Douglas came out fierce and used his quick jabs to prevent Tyson from hitting him hard inside. That quickly changed as the fight opened. With such great odds, it seemed like Tyson should have no problem with Douglas. Once again, the storyline surrounding this fight was Tyson’s ferocity. Credit: Michael Brennan/Iconic Images Buster Douglas Shocks the World By Knocking Out Mike Tyson This fight was expected to be somewhat of the same, as analysts Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley described it to be “another 90-second annihilation” before the fight began. In fact, he had knocked out Carl Williams in 93 seconds in his previous fight.
Tyson entered the fight with a 37-0 record with 33 knockouts.Įven with Tyson’s reputation tarnishing his legacy, he was still the best boxer in the world at the time. On paper, he looked completely outmatched, as Tyson was the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion. James ‘Buster’ Douglas stunned the world when he knocked out undefeated champion Mike Tyson in 1990 A minute into Round 10, Douglas slammed ‘Iron Mike’ Tyson to the ground with a flurry. Douglas came in with a 29-4-1 record, with 19 knockouts. Today in sports history (1990), Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
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