![]() Match in which he just gave up because his heart wasn’t in itĪnymore. The time Mike bit off Evander Holyfield’s ear or gettingĮxposed and dissected by Lennox Lewis. Going to prison or his comedy fight in his comeback match with Peter Life from an older kid at school when asking out loud why Tyson was Tyson would go on to disappoint me pretty much for the rest of hisĬareer after the Douglas fight. The world is a much simpler place when you are nine. Then to find out that Buster Douglas would be taking his place to referee the Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan match on Saturday Nights Main Event, I was crushed. I had seen him take out Little Mac with one punch. I had seen Tyson beat Michael Spinks in 91 seconds. When I found out that Mike Tyson had lost, I couldn’t believe it. So I was feeling pretty optimistic going into this fight. Mike Tyson appearing in wrestling was two of my favorite things coming together. Tyson was going to knock out Hogan and help Savage regain the WWE Championship. Besides, Mike Tyson was going to be on Saturday Nights Main Event shortly after my birthday. ![]() Instead, she promised to have her friend from work tape WrestleMania 6 for me, so I got over not seeing Tyson vs Douglas pretty quickly. And to be treated with a 91 second fight, the whole thing seemed hardly worth it. Pay Per View didn’t used to be so easy to order. We didn’t have HBO and my Mom remembered the pain in the backside that we had to go through when I talked her into ordering the Tyson vs Spinks fight in 1988. I had wanted very badly to see Tyson take on Buster Douglas, hoping to witness Tyson knock out some bum in about 30 seconds. All I knew was that Mike Tyson was one of the coolest guys on the planet along with Jim McMahon, Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson, and Robin Yount. In large part my love of Mike Tyson was tied closely with my love for the 1987 NES Classic Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! I had seen some boxing on tv but really couldn’t appreciate some of the nuances of the sport. I was too little to really understand some of his character flaws. Mike Tyson was one of my childhood heroes. This fight took place three days before my 10 th birthday. Personally, there are few of us who remember the first time one of our heroes let us down. No one was taking this fight seriously except for Buster Douglas. This fight against Douglas was seen as a tune up fight for a future encounter with number one contender Evander Holyfield. ![]() Tyson’s meteoric rise to the top at such a young age suggested that he would continue to be a dominate force going into the 90’s. By 22, he would defeat the lineal champion Michael Spinks in 91 seconds making him truly undisputed as the most dominate force in the heavyweight division and the Baddest Man on the Planet. By 21, he would be the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, unifying the WBA, WBC, and IBF championships. ![]() He had become the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World ever at the age of 20. Mike Tyson was one of the most dominate athletes in all of sports up until that point. On February 11 th, 1990, in Toyko, Japan, James “Buster” Douglas as a 42 to 1 underdog pulled off the biggest upset in boxing history, arguably in the history of sports. Spoiler alert for those of you who taped this fight and still haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. ![]()
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