did mike tyson rematch buster douglas

[13] Tyson's cornermen were caught unprepared; they hadn't brought an endswell or ice packs, usually standard equipment for a fight. Tyson withstood the punishment and barely survived the 9th round. Seeming to regain his form, Tyson landed a punishing left to the body that had Douglas look at his corner. An overweight Douglas, weighing 14.5 pounds (6.6 kg) more than the Tyson fight, was knocked out by Holyfield in the third round. On February 11, 1990 Mike Tyson fought Buster Douglas at The Tokyo Dome. Buster then revealed that he ended up giving King $4 million to "go away." The event is historically significant, as the then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by knockout to the 42:1 underdog[1][2] Douglas. “We basically stayed up all night partying with maybe 12 Japanese girls and just me and Mike. Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson Is Back!, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. We hooked up [there],” Bobby tells Questlove, Phonte, Laiya, Suga Steve, and Unpaid Bill near the end of their interview. Instead, they filled a rubber glove with ice water and held it on Tyson's eye between rounds. Both men traded punches before Douglas connected on a four-punch combination that staggered Tyson back to the ropes. [6][11] Additionally, the mother of his son was facing a severe kidney ailment, and he had contracted the flu on the day before the fight. The fight is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history. [14] Tyson promoter Don King would later argue the validity of the referee count in vain.[15]. Why would he be mad at me?”, Johnny Gill Reveals What Was True & False About The New Edition Story (Video), The cast of interviewers ask what happened next. As Tyson began to reel back from the uppercut, Douglas immediately followed with four punches to the head, knocking Tyson down for the first time in his career. I was just like, ‘Aw sh*t.’ Then them punches came—boom, boom, pow, boom, BOOM, and I just started cryin’ like a baby. In the time leading up to the fight, Douglas faced a number of setbacks, including the death of his mother, Lula Pearl, 23 days before the fight. In this clip, Buster Douglas addresses Don King suing him over a contract dispute following his fight against Mike Tyson. ", Within the last 10 seconds of the 8th round, Tyson, who had been backed onto the ropes, landed a big right uppercut that sent Douglas to the canvas. I can understand where you’re coming from, as it was such a massive shock- in fact the biggest ever in terms of pure statistical probability. I kept tellin’ him, I kept tellin’ him, and I kept tellin’ him…I was like, ‘Mike, you need to go get some sleep; you got a fight tomorrow.’ He’s like [mimicking Mike Tyson] ‘Bobby. The undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion lost to Douglas, an underdog with four losses and a draw to his name at the time. [24] Douglas retired after the fight. Going into the fight, Mike Tyson was the undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Boxer "Sugar" Ray Leonard, at ringside doing commentary for HBO, noted Douglas' dominance with the jab and right hand and said Tyson was having one of those occasional days in the ring where "you just don't have it...things just don't click in". “I’m sittin’ there at this emperor’s place and he has [the fight] on his big screen. And I had to go on stage. The fight is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history. In the eighth round, a round Douglas dominated until the last few seconds, HBO's Larry Merchant noted "Douglas is asking of Tyson, some questions he hasn't been asked before...in the last few rounds of a fight you have to come back and win it. In Don King and Tyson's foolishness, they never included a rematch clause. Confusion and panic grew in his corner as the fight went on. "[34] The song also features audio of the commentators for the fight. I think that’s when I started having panic attacks. I don’t want them to see me go down like Tyson. “That hurt. [30][31][32][33], The fight appeared in the Mike Tyson Mysteries episode "Help a Brother Out.". For Tyson, though he retained a menacing aura for years afterwards, "the mystique of the untouchable, invincible 'Baddest Man on the Planet' had been shattered. We had a ball, but it was just the funniest night ever. He fought for the last time in 1999. So did Jerry Izenberg, who commented:[16]. In the in-ring celebration, Douglas' 11-year-old son, Lamar, wearing a Buster Douglas cap, was hoisted onto his father's shoulders. The WBA and WBC initially agreed and suspended recognition of Douglas as champion, although the IBF immediately accepted that the result was valid. Mike Tyson was the most overrated athlete who ever lived so let's stop calling loss to Buster Douglas the greatest upset in boxing history By Wallace Matthews Feb 12, 2019 at 1:00 AM In the dramatic 9th round Tyson came out aggressively to end the fight and save his title, hoping that Douglas was still hurt from the 8th-round knockdown. "Because of my mother...God bless her heart" said the emotional new Heavyweight Champion. We’re watchin’ it. The New Edition co-founder details what may be the real reason one of boxing’s greatest, most physical fighters caught his first L. The Real Hangover: Ed Lover Tells The Story Of His Wild Night Out With Mike Tyson (Video). He fought on sporadically for another decade and lost in another title challenge against Lennox Lewis in 2002. As Snowell moved, Tyson winced in pain as the chain dragged from one side of his injured eye to the other. Don King, promoter of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, said there will be no Buster Douglas-Tyson rematch. Lampley suggested that if Tyson were asked the same question (assuming he had read Shakespeare), he would choose something more bloody and violent, such as Henry the Fifth or Macbeth. Douglas was able to fight off Tyson's attack and was able to close Tyson's eye completely. [3][4][5][6] Japan paid $6 million[7] to boxing officials for the privilege of staging Mike Tyson's fight in Tokyo.[8][9]. That’s why Cus D’Amato told me don’t have sex before a fight.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, and you had a lot of sex too! 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As a 42-1 underdog,[17] Douglas earned $1.3 million from the fight while Tyson got $6 million. Early on Douglas was more agile than Tyson and outlanded Tyson in exchanges. As Tyson walked forward, Douglas measured him with a few jabs before landing a devastating uppercut that snapped Tyson's head upward, stopping Tyson in his tracks. Douglas continued to land hard punches on Tyson as the round came to a close. It was just the funniest night, ever. Buster then revealed that he ended up giving King $4 million to "go away." Teddy Riley Details Losing His Fortune & Moving Back To The Projects (Video), Notably, Bobby Brown recently reunited with Babyface and Teddy Riley for his single, “Like Bobby.” The song actually serves as an homage to a Questlove creation, The Roots’ “The Next Movement.”, Scarface Is Sick & He’s Asking Hip-Hop For Help, Jay Electronica Kept Fans Waiting For A Decade. Douglas would still dominate the middle rounds although Tyson managed to land a few of his signature uppercuts. Bobby explains, “After the fight he called me on the phone. Bobby Brown also addresses the story in his 2017 memoir, Every Little Step: My Story. Merchant speculated that with Rooney in his corner, Tyson would have managed to end the fight on his feet, and to change the tide of the fight to his benefit, exactly as in the Tucker fight, after he was rocked in the first round but with Rooney's help he weathered the storm and came back determined to win, outboxing his opponent. Buster Douglas was ranked as the #7 heavyweight by Ring Magazine, and had met with mixed success in his professional boxing career up to that point. Despite Tyson's inability to execute an effective fight plan, his corner continued to give him the same advice between rounds to move his head, jab his way inside and deliver a right hand. Merchant said that Tyson needed Rooney much the same way Muhammad Ali needed Angelo Dundee. Following his release from the Indiana Youth Center in 1995 he quickly regained the WBA and WBC world titles, before losing them to Holyfield and was never again a world champion. A lotta sex; it wasn’t just one person. Six years later he launched a comeback after almost dying in a diabetic coma and won a few fights against journeyman opposition. “[Mike Tyson and I were] in Japan. He used his quick and accurate jab to prevent Tyson from getting inside, where Tyson was most dangerous. They assemble a corner for that fight which looks like it was picked up out of the semi-finals of the Intercity Golden Gloves. Listen. Merchant, after saying that "this fight is over before it begins or soon thereafter" and describing Douglas as "just another frozen tuna" from the Tokyo fish market, opined that "any prizefighter with a dog named Shakespeare can't be all-bad." ... James Douglas rose from the canvas to batter Mike Tyson into submission during the … You had a lot of sex!”.

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