20 years ago today... I remember it like it was yesterday

[Baill Inneraora]

Columbus's own James Buster Douglass stunned the world by beating the invincible Mike Tyson to be the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

For those only old enough to remember the freak, in 1990 Mike Tyson was invincible, he won most his fights in the first round, he was an assassin, his competitors were scared to death of him, most people thought he was by far the greatest boxer…..ever.

 

[L3ggy]

He also eat ears

 

[Baill Inneraora]

He also eat ears

Not at the time 20 years ago.

 

[habo9]

I can remember that.......

20 years already............:eek:

Damn , Im getting old.....:helpme::weeping:

 

[meesterperfect]

me too, i remember where i was and that i was pissed because the place wasnt showing the fight.
i figured it would have been just another 1st round KO.
then a bunch of guys came in saying tyson lost, got Ko'ed.
then i was more pissed that i'd missed it.

good fight, ive seen it many times, i liked the fight where holyfield beat him too.

"it was twenty years ago today"
buster douglas made tyson pay
he's been comin in and out of jail
cause his mentality is kind of frail

take it away frankie!

 

[dadolfo]

I was 2.

 

[Jagger69]

Yeah I remember it well. I wish I would have had the balls to put down about $10 grand on Douglas at a 42-1 shot. One of the greatest upsets in all of sports history.

 

[Skyraider22]

I was 8 when that happened and I remember watching the fight with my ****** and bothers and thinging to myself Tyson is the greatest and baddest man on the planet,and then watching him go down like I did was like what the fuck just happened.It is fuuny with both of them where are they now.:hatsoff:

 

[roronoa3000]

I was 2.

me too.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I can remember a time when I believed "Mike Tyson's Punchout" was the pinnacle of video game evolution. I hated Soda Popinski.

 

[anomaly]

Buster Douglas has also gone on to be a successful businessman. He is not selling grills, biting ears, having numerous ******** with several different women, he is not losing his mansion, has not had a dishonorable discharge from the army, he was not believed to be secretly gay, nor has he broke down ****** in the ring.

 

[habo9]

Tyson never recovered from that fight , he became mediocre after being knocked on his arse , this fight was the beginning of the end of Mike Tyson

 

[Baill Inneraora]

I was watched the fight at a buddy's place on campus of OSU. After the fight everyone puored into the streets and we were all celebrating pretty late.

 

[meesterperfect]

Buster Douglas has also gone on to be a successful businessman. He is not selling grills, biting ears, having numerous ******** with several different women, he is not losing his mansion, has not had a dishonorable discharge from the army, he was not believed to be secretly gay, nor has he broke down ****** in the ring.[/QUOTE]

man that was just sad, i liked oliver mccall and really never understood why that happened.
maybe the fix was in.
he did beat lewis a a couple of years earlier.
only video i could find of it.

 

[BlueBalls]

^^^^ Ever any explanation as to why that happened?

 

[meesterperfect]

^^^^ Ever any explanation as to why that happened?

not really BB, never have heard an actual reason.

mccall is a strange guy, but considering lewis couldnt even hurt him while he was just standing there tells me he could have won.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1997/02/09/1997-02-09_boxing_is_crying_now__why_wa.html

 

[meesterperfect]

who was believed to be secretly gay?
Larry Holmes?

 

[Facetious]

There are no truer words to be spoken than ~

Time flies - make the most of it while you can.



I was standing in my driveway... I could point out the exact spot, in fact, when I heard that Douglas KOed Tyson. 20 years huh ? We're soo dead ! :o

 

[Baill Inneraora]

Way back then, I used to watch a lot of sports, ***** a lot and chase women........ummm.........err.....

 

[Ace Bandage]

I was 7 years old at the time, but I remember going to watch the fight at my parents' friend's house. That night ended up being the 2nd time I cried after a sporting event - I was devastated when "Iron Mike" lost. Nine months earlier, I had cried when Emerson Fittipaldi put Al Jr. in the wall at the Indy 500. I think this was the beginning of my obsession with sports. And it isn't always healthy...