The judges said not so much, though Glen Feldman turned in a horrid card and saw AJ the winner. Heavyweights Mike Tyson and James Douglas fight in Tokyo for the. Nine months ago, Joshua hoped a new trainer would help him adjust to battle the skilled pugilist. Mike Tyson vs James Douglas: With Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield, Don King, Jim Lampley. He's looked just fine in his last two fights, handling Anthony Joshua with relative ease in both their 9-25-21 and 8-2-22 contests. ![]() Maybe Dubois is hoping the southpaw Usyk is an “old” 36. Judging by the Instagram post (see below), Dubois is amped to get this step up opportunity: 3, 2022, and Dubois got rocked plenty in that tussle. He’s beaten sub stalwarts Bogdan Dinu, Joe Cusumano, Trevor Bryan and Kevin Lerena, in his last battle. Usyk holds a 20-0 (13 Kos) record, and will be a favorite in the eyes of plenty, seeing as how Dubois’s opposition hasn’t been in the Oleksandr Usyk skills range too much.ĭubois has momentum when he got stopped by Joe Joyce in Nov 2020. The WBA has deemed Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) “mandatory challenger” for their strap. Usyk, age 36, holds the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts. Students say he's kind, tough, generous and “very genuine.” It's all enhanced by what he accomplished in 1990.Oleksandr Usyk very much wanted the stern test that is Fury next. He staged a six-fight comeback before retiring from boxing in 1999, then launched into his work with the city of Columbus. ![]() It was either get back into life or cash it on in,” he said. Again, life presented him a mountain to overcome. In 1996, he woke up in a hospital on death's door. Douglas entered the fight as a 42-1 underdog. He said he gave up on his life and health for a period after the fight. FebruHBO Broadcast Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Widely considered the biggest upset in sports history. Inside a training ring at Columbus' Thompson Community Center, Douglas towers over most of his students, chanting, “Left, right, left, right, left, left” as they punch away at the pads on he wears on his hands in place of gloves. Mike Tyson kod by Buster Douglas, I put 350 bucks on Tyson and the bet was Douglas wouldnt last 4 rds with Tyson, I knew after the 2nd round I was going to lose, that was Busters night. He said working with kids is one of his favorite things to do. In one of the more spectacular upsets in sports history, Douglas defeated Mike Tyson, the reigning world heavyweight champion on Feb. 4, 2020 photo, James "Buster" Douglas, the former world heavyweight champion, works with a student at the Thompson Community Center in Columbus, Ohio, where he teaches youth boxing. Douglas' victory was ultimately upheld, but not before months of drama and expensive litigation. Sometimes reported as Douglas pro debut, his earlier fights being exhibitions / Rodgers fails to answer the bell starting the 3rd round. Tyson and fight promoter Don King challenged Douglas' victory, claiming Douglas had gone down first in the fight but been given more time than allowed to get up. Buster: nationality: USA stance: orthodox: height: 6 3½ / 192cm: reach: 83 / 211cm: residence: Columbus, Ohio, USA. ![]() But what followed was anything but a celebration. : MIKE TYSON V JAMES BUSTER DOUGLAS 1990 (TOKYO) BOXING PROGRAMME: Official on-site souvenir program for the World Heavyweight Championship. Only one Las Vegas bookie - whether brave or stupid - would set odds on the fight: 42 to 1.ĭouglas won, stunning the sports world. Tyson was the reigning undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, and a frightening opponent to boot, when he entered the ring against James “Buster” Douglas on Feb. ![]() "It might have just been luck, but I can tell you that Coach worked hard for it even if it was luck.” Relive Buster Douglas' 10th-round knockout of then-unbeaten Iron Mike Tyson in their heavyweight title fight in Tokyo, Japan, on February 11, 1990. It's crazy that Coach, like, just beat him," he said. This item has a Beckett Witness Authentication. “Really, Mike Tyson was the second-most greatest boxer in the world still to this day. This is a Hand Autographed 16x20 Photo of Buster Douglas and Mike Tyson inscribed with Tyson KO 2.11. “I mean, I really look up to Mike Tyson, but I don't look up to him as much as Coach," said 11-year-old Colton Matson, who has worked with Douglas since he was 6. RT Blackhawkswin16: Mike Tyson kod by Buster Douglas, I put 350 bucks on Tyson and the bet was Douglas wouldnt last 4 rds with Tyson, I knew after the 2nd round I was going to lose, that was Busters night.
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