But a tragic turn of events before the fight completely changed that when his beloved mother Lula Pearl suffered a stroke and passed away just 23 days beforehand. But despite a 29-4-1 (1 NC), 19 KO’s record, Douglas had ability, he had just never been as motivated and focused before. He wasn’t particularly in love with the sport and trained accordingly. That fight had displayed the best and worse of Douglas, boxing well early before running out of steam. Douglas had been toiling away on Tyson’s undercards, steadily putting together a run of six wins, including points wins over former and future WBC champion’s Trevor Berbick and Oliver McCall, since his only other previous title shot, a tenth round stoppage loss to Tony Tucker for the vacant IBF belt. The choice of Douglas as challenger was viewed as merely a way of keeping active, and also as a warm up to a blockbuster June fight with number one contender Evander Holyfield. Those that had lasted the distance had done so by spending the majority of their fight holding Tyson so tight that you would have thought they were in love with him.
His power and speed electrified audiences worldwide as he breathtakingly left opponent after opponent in a crumpled heap. Tyson, who was making the tenth defence of the title, was 37-0, 33 by KO, and was the biggest name the division had seen since Muhammad Ali, drawing attention like no other heavyweight could. £20.It is incredible to think that it was 29 years ago that one of the most monumental upsets in all of sports history happened when 42-1 underdog James “Buster” Douglas did the unthinkable, and to many the impossible, when he knocked out the seemingly invincible “Iron” Mike Tyson to become the Heavyweight champion of the world. This poster we call Type A, and is one of 3 variants produced for this fight, with Type A being viewed as the premier poster of the 3 made available. Buster Douglas thus became the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. The champion attempted to make it back to his feet to continue fighting but referee Octavio Meyran counted him out. In a famous scene, Tyson fumbled for his mouthpiece on the canvas before sticking one end in his mouth with the other end hanging out. As Tyson began to reel back from the uppercut, Douglas immediately followed with four punches to the head, knocking Tyson down for the first time in his career. As Tyson walked forward, Douglas measured him with a few jabs before landing a devastating uppercut that snapped Tyson's head upward, stopping Tyson in his tracks. It was all Douglas! Who was dismantling Tyson before our very eyes! Then in the 8th round as Douglas moved in for the kill, Tyson unloaded an uppercut from hell & down went Buster, he got up at the count of 9 & was saved by the bell.But in round 9 it was business as usual for Douglas as he pounded Tyson all over the ring & in the 10th he dropped the axe onto the "Baddest Man on the Planet". What followed left us all with our jaws sagging wide open as Buster Douglas proceeded to dominate the action from the 1st bell smashing punch after punch into Tyson's head. Buster came into the ring looking trim & focused for the 1st time in his life & Tyson looked totally disinterested as if he'd just came from a late night party. Additionally, the mother of his son was facing a severe kidney ailment, and he had contracted the flu on the day before the fight. In the time leading up to the fight, Douglas faced a number of setbacks, including the death of his mother, Lula Pearl, 23 days before the fight.
This fight had everything by way of drama, during & after.
Description : Here we have an original Onsite poster, titled "Tyson Is Back!", that took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on February 11, 1990, in which then undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson lost via knockout to the 42/1 underdog Buster Douglas in what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history, never mind boxing history by far! Who on earth would have believed that Iron Mike Tyson was going to be defeated by a 42/1 underdog in Douglas who justified these odds by his hot & cold approach to the sport.
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