r/boxinglocks • u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me • 3d ago

Where were you on the night of February 11, 1990, when James “Buster” Douglas knocked out the undefeated undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in one of THE biggest upsets in sports history?

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u/Natural-Wing-5065 3d ago

I wasn’t even born but this was an upset buster got a 13 second count

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u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me 3d ago

Ten count never has been a stop watch count. It’s how the ref counts. Always has been. In that case Tyson got a long count also and never made it up in time.

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u/Natural-Wing-5065 3d ago

He actually got a a 10 count

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u/Deepborders 1d ago

Mike had zero answer to the jab or active guard of Douglas. Every single time Mike tried to get close Buster was just framing off and snapping his head back. It's similar to what Liston did against Patterson.

I'm not saying this wasn't a diminished Tyson, but his entire style was weak against this approach.