Comments Thread For: Douglas KO's Mike Tyson 27 Years Ago: CompuBox Looks Back

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By CompuBox - James "Buster" Douglas was a 42-1 underdog - that's according to the sportsbooks that were taking action on the fight. Most of them weren't. We're flying all the way to Japan for what, two or three rounds? Douglas is sure to wilt under Tyson's pressure a lot sooner that he did against Tony Tucker three years earlier we thought to ourselves. We had reason to think that...
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[sammybee]

As a teenager by then, I could not watch the fight but woke up that morning to hear the news.. I couldnt believe it..

[OctoberRed]

Almost seems like yesterday. Man I feel old.

[APBrooklyn]

Was an unbelievable one......this was outright outrageous when it happened. wild times. buster was an alien that night....props to mike for making me a young fight fan- and the fan i still am

[KennyPowers]

And then Buster Douglas got a video game on Sega Genesis. Those crosses were wicked

[Marvlus Marv]

What a brilliant boxer Douglas was for a guy of 6' 5''. That jab was one of the very best and he sure rode through the storm that night. Shame he got fat and then ko'd by Evander.

[Sadiqkingofko]

This fight is a blueprint for how Wlad to beat Tyson

[The plunger man]

This fight is a blueprint for how Wlad to beat Tyson

What the hell you talking about lol...on that january night douglas was an all round superb boxer with incredible footwork and landing super quick jabs and blinding combinations and with that kind of boxing klitchcko has never possesses that kind of blueprint to beat him ....after gaining more experience he might be able to lean on him and octupus his ass to victory but thats his only way of beating...i watched purity, sanders and brewster walk right through him as a young fighter and if he was that kind of fighter in with tyson he also would have been blitzed

[Sadiqkingofko]

What the hell you talking about lol...on that january night douglas was an all round superb boxer with incredible footwork and landing super quick jabs and blinding combinations and with that kind of boxing klitchcko has never possesses that kind of blueprint to beat him ....after gaining more experience he might be able to lean on him and octupus his ass to victory but thats his only way of beating...i watched purity, sanders and brewster walk right through him as a young fighter and if he was that kind of fighter in with tyson he also would have been blitzed

I mean Wlad from 2006-2012

[Weltschmerz]

Douglas fought a fight he would fight only once and never under any other circumstances.