![]() ![]() Honda is charging $1,035 for a ringside seat today, $635 more than he got for Tyson-Tubbs. In other words, seldom will so many have paid so much to see so little. If Douglas goes in on Mike Tyson, the best guess is that the trend of short heavyweight title fights in Japan will continue. “And I’ll show him some movement outside, but I want to go in on him, too.” “The first thing is to hit with a lot of power, that’s the main thing,” he said. His game plan, he said, will be a mix of power and movement. well, let’s just say I’d do things a little differently,” he said. for all the power he has to influence young people. In what is still considered boxing’s biggest upset, the underdog Douglas knocked Tyson out in the 10th round, handing him his first ever professional defeat. “I don’t think he’s been a good heavyweight champion. The entire boxing world came to a halt after Mike Tyson lost his heavyweight title to Buster Douglas in 1990. He started to knock Tyson, then pulled up. ![]() All we wanted Buster to do was win, and not get caught with anything.”ĭouglas was asked to comment after an angry Tyson had uttered an expletive before about 500 Japanese reporters at a news conference. The event was historically significant, as the then-undefeated. “But (Don) King had told us we’d get a title shot before that fight, so we fought McCall conservatively. James Buster Douglas takes the count after being knocked down by Tyson in the eighth round. “Buster has taken some heat for his performance against McCall last summer,” Johnson said. He insists that Douglas is prepared for the assignment at hand. Johnson calls himself “a disciple of Jesus Christ and Woody Hayes.” McCauley, and is managed by John Johnson, who was an assistant football coach under Woody Hayes at Ohio State in the 1970s. Satan knows that, and he knows I’m a great guy, so he’s always out there, coming hard after me.”ĭouglas, the son of 1950s middleweight and light-heavyweight Bill Douglas, is trained by an uncle, J. “I took the Lord Jesus into my life last July 22. “I’ve had personal problems, but I’ve used them to motivate me for this fight,” he said. And several months ago, Douglas’ wife left him. I’m in the best shape of my life.”ĭouglas has had to overcome the death of his mother last month, which delayed by several days his departure to Japan. I needed better conditioning and I got it. This time, I’ve trained as an athlete, not just as a boxer. “When it came time to suck it up in that fight, it just wasn’t there. “I just ran out of gas against Tucker,” he said. This time, Douglas says, he brings better physical and spiritual armament. After appearing on five Tyson undercards, Douglas steps up today to the main event. King signed Tyson instead to fight Razor Ruddock in Edmonton, Canada, last November, but that fight was postponed indefinitely when Tyson became ill.Īt that point, Douglas was available for the Tokyo date King had promised Honda. Michael Dokes overpriced himself with King, demanding $3 million to fight Tyson. I have always believed Mike Tyson should have been awarded the winner in an 8th round stoppage during their 1990 Japan fight, as Douglas was given a 13 second (long) count when Mike knocked him down. Some thought Douglas had blown his title shot with that showing, but other events played out in his favor. Buster Douglas long count against Mike Tyson. ![]()
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