On this day the unthinkable happened

[2-0-Sixx]

(02-11-1990)

Arguably the biggest upset in sports history, Tyson a 40-1 favorite to beat the unknown buster douglas.

Did you watch the fight? Do you remember?

I remember watching with my family, my two brothers and my pops. When Tyson went down, I remember being genuinely upset and in disbelief. When I was little, like everyone else Tyson was invincible. No one could fuck with Tyson! After the fight the excuses started to come out, that douglas got more than 10 seconds when he was knocked down, etc. But the truth was douglas was beating the shit out of tyson the entire fight and that he truly put on a masterful performance.

Whenever they show this fight on ESPN Classic or wherever I can't watch it all, as amazing as it was that was the beginning of the end for tyson...goes to prison shortly after and was never the same.

 

[MRTHECOSE]

one of the most shocking things i ever seen as a child.

edit : i was prepared for my dog to eventually get ran over when i was a kid (which it did in fornt of me )

but growing up watching tyson box i never in a million years thought id see him get knocked out like that in his prime.... man i think i even said "oh shit!" in fact i did say that because my mom and dad both looked at me like boy you lucky tyson getting knocked out warrents and "oh shit" from your 8 year old mouth! lol

 

[B-Buzz]

my dad told me he lost and I started crying lol

 

[2-0-Sixx]

the only times I was near tears from sports when I was a kid was once when da bears lost to the dolphins I believe and failed to make the playoffs, when the #1 sonics lost to the #8 denver nuggets, and when tyson got ko'd. gutted!

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

We were too poor to order the fight so I had to listen to it on TV and try to decipher the images through the blur. Like the spice channel...

I didn't really care that he lost either. At that age the only thing I knew about boxing was Mike Tyson though. I didn't know about weight divisions, etc. I just thought he was the champ of boxing.

 

[bigface]

Tyson getting knocked out just hurt my soul. Then Roy Jones Jr had to go and get put to sleep that hurt my soul again and by Traver of all people that just hurt.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

for some reason I was never a fan of jones oh yeah that's cuz I'm a hopkins fan lol so I laughed when that happened. the one that really shocked me was Rahman KO'ing lennox lewis. I always hated lewis but it was unexpected.

even sadder though was tyson getting his ass kicked by lewis. man, drugged up tyson was a pathetic version of Iron Mike. very depressing

 

[bigface]

Lennox knows in his heart that his glass jaw ass couldn't beat the real prime Iron Mike. Mike took the ass whipping for the tax man.

 

[T-Rip]

I didnt see the fucken Tyson fight i think it was on HBO didnt have that shit, remember seeing the breaking news on like a commercial break from a show and i was blowed. lol, a lot of people hate Lewis. I hated him around the time he fought Holyfield but after that i started really gaining respect for the guy.

 

[heyzel]

biggest upset ever in boxing and tyson has a legit beef with that slow count on the douglas knock down

 

[Count_Slapula]

Why was the fight over when Tyson was standing up on the 9 count?

 

[heyzel]

idk but this refs gave douglas 13 seconds to get to his feet horrible job by this ref

 

[Stony Gwynn]

thats the coldest 3-piece i can remember seeing in a boxing match

 

[WYNO707X4]

MIKE TYSON THE ONLY EXICTING BLACK FIGHTER I SEEN IN MY LIFE.AND ROY JONES JR......MANNY REMINDS ME OF TYSON VICIUS

 

[HERESY]

I will never forget the KO. He muscles him back, keeps him at bay with five or six jabs, takes his head off with an uppercut and tacks on a few extra for good measure.

Two things to remember about that fight.

1. No matter who Tyson fought that night he was going to lose. His training was fucked off, he had too much on his plate and he was a train without brakes.

2. No matter who Douglas fought that night he was going to win. His mother had recently died, the mother of his child was diagnosed with a life threatening disease, he was the biggest under dog in boxing history. What did he have to lose?

This shit was like when JFK got his scalp parted. Everyone remembers what they were doing, where they were, etc.

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

i remember i dam neared cried i was hella sad

 

[HERESY]

MIKE TYSON THE ONLY EXICTING BLACK FIGHTER I SEEN IN MY LIFE.AND ROY JONES JR......MANNY REMINDS ME OF TYSON VICIUS

That you've seen in person or period? Because I assure you that Ray Robinson, Armstrong, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Louis, Leonard, Hearns, Hagler and Pryor were exciting.

 

[mocheezkc]

i was in the pen, when Tyson got knocked out............

it was like hitting the lottery for everybody that placed a bet against Tyson.... lol....

 

[Tragedy]

tyson is / was my all time favorite boxer. i grew up on hagler, hearns, leonard, sweet pea, de la hoya and the list goes on but for some reason i knew he would lose that night. i seen him whoop on so many dudes it's not like i predicted it i just knew no one is unstopable. and i was hatin that night! just a lil kid feel'n like i wanna see him lose just this once and from the way buster douglas was fighting i knew it would be a bitch for him to get him off his ass!

long story short i had a packed house in our living room mad and my dumb ass was the only one screaming.

i just had it for him that night but i will always be a fan. he's the main reason i watch boxing. lil kid in the 80's growing up just watching the sport. it's my favorite sport actually.

oh and for the record i predicted o.j. would be found "not guilty." i have witnesses the moment it happened watching it at school lol.

and roy jones i think he's cool but as far as history's shocking moments. i had a friend who seen it live and in person in vegas.

real talk. shit's crazy.

 

[EVERgREENRIDER]

Quite possibly the beginning of the end for boxing as it was once known