He always wanted to land that big shot that would get the crowd going, but the challenger wouldn’t let him. In the early rounds, he would land jab after jab after jab to the face of the champion.
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He had about a six-inch height advantage, outweighed the champ by eleven pounds, had a reach that was a full foot longer, and he knew just how to use all of them to his advantage that night. That was the problem with just about anybody who had previously fought Mike Tyson. It was evident from the first bell that Douglas wouldn’t be intimidated on this night. Let’s just watch this poor guy get knocked out. But when you’re an eleven-year-old kid, do you really think I gave a damn about any of that at the time? Absolutely not. Perhaps the downward spiral that would plague Tyson throughout the 90’s started earlier than we all thought. The man who had taken him in and taught him how to be a man, Cus D’ Amato, was now gone. His ex-wife, Robin Givens, had humiliated him on national television during a very public and very messy split. Oh, and did I forget to mention that his mother had died only three weeks earlier? He really had nothing to lose.īut what gets lost sometimes when this fight gets mentioned is that besides the title, maybe Mike Tyson didn’t either, and he just didn’t care. The outcome was so easy to predict that only one Las Vegas casino, The Mirage, put odds on it. Holyfield awaited the winner of the fight, which everyone knew would be Tyson. But it was supposed to be a tuneup for the champ. He was a crazy pay-per-view draw and every fight generated millions in revenue. But this was basically another payday for Tyson put together by Don King. But he had won 29 of 35 fights, including his last six, and had earned his way here in the eyes of some. Nor was the number one contender, a young man who sat at ringside named Evander Holyfield. Hell, he was a top ten heavyweight, but he wasn’t Mike Tyson. James “Buster” Douglas came to Japan with little fanfare. He would walk into the Tokyo Dome with a record of 37-0, 33 KO. Mike Tyson is officially the “baddest man on the planet”. Others looked at Michael Spinks, who had won an Olympic gold medal and was 31-0 in 1988 when he ran into Mike Tyson. He would go on to unify the WBA/WBC/IBF titles and was recognized as the undisputed champion of the world, but some still thought he wasn’t the best in the division. And you couldn’t even think of him as a kid, but he was. The way he could dominate anybody put in front of him was mesmerizing. I know what the general consensus is about “Iron Mike”, but back in the day, you weren’t missing a Tyson fight. And for my generation, the biggest reason to watch boxing was simple: Mike Tyson. But it ties into what I’m writing about today, because back when I was growing up, boxing was still the cool thing to like. I still believe it’s an art form, but interest in the sport has been diminishing for years, and at some point, I’d like to just write about that. Believe me, I still want it to as I’ve always been a big boxing fan. While I’ve eagerly awaited boxing’s return to the glory days, it becomes more and more apparent that day may never come. I know we now live in an MMA society and that boxing has taken a back seat in the sports world. If you’re one of our younger readers and you only know Mike Tyson as that boxer from The Hangover, then I feel sorry for you.
Welcome to Binge Sports and our look back at this historic boxing match that unbelievably celebrates its 25th anniversary this week. On February 11, 1990, Mike Tyson would defend his undisputed world heavyweight championship against James “Buster” Douglas from Tokyo, Japan. But an event that undoubtedly deserves to be in this conversation turns 25 today. The heavy favorite in this category is the “Miracle on Ice”, which celebrates it’s 35th anniversary this year. State to an unlikely title game victory over Houston and Phi Slama Jama. Or two years earlier when the late, great Jimmy Valvano led N.C. Some would go to the NCAA Tournament in 1985 when Villanova defeated Georgetown to become one of the most improbable championship teams of all time. What is the biggest upset in sports history? Many would argue Super Bowl III, when Joe Namath guaranteed his New York Jets would defeat the heavily favored Baltimore Colts and then delivered. The debate has been going on for decades.
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