
The biggest seismic upset in modern boxing history! No one, gave James Buster Douglas any realistic chance of beating undefeated, undisputed Iron Mike Tyson, with the bookies contemptuously setting the odds at 42-1. Faith can move mountains, even the Catskills! Buster`s Mother Lula Pearl, who´s always believed in him through thick and thin, died 23 days before the fight. He`d solemnly promised her, he´d win the title for her… and so he did! Kevin Rooney was no longer Mike´s coach or in his corner, and this proved a significant factor. Inspired as never before, or ever since, Buster used his jab and threw punches in bunches, wobbling Mike in the fifth with a short stunning right.
By this time, Mike`s left eye was swelling badly. Yet…in the dying embers of the eighth, Mike unleashed a mighty right uppercut which dropped Buster. The time keeper immediatly started the count, but the Referee Octavio Meyran seemed out of sync. Buster got up at nine, and couple of seconds later.. the bell rang.
In the ninth Buster fended off an onslaught from Mike, whose left eye was now swelled tightly shut. A four clip combination staggered Mike and he was under severe pressure, as the round ended. in the tenth Buster landed a big right to Mike´s face which momentarily froze him. Like a man possessed, Buster followed up with a four punch salvo, and Mike was on the canvass.
He woozily fumbled for his mouth guard, lop sidedly jamming into one corner of his mouth and wobbled upright, to be counted out and “Ref hugged” for protection. The bubble of Mike Tyson`s invincibility had burst. Buster wept and credited his victory to Mum, sobbing: “God Bless her heart!”
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Faith can move mountains and that night, Buster fulfilled a sacred promise to his dear Mom.
Tyson is now considered among the Greatest Heavyweights in all boxing history. pic.twitter.com/yrLHsMX307— Mauricio Sulaiman (@wbcmoro) April 23, 2022
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