James "Buster" Douglas Interview: "Tyson and I Just People!"

What Douglas did in Tokyo in 1990 is the inspiration for stuff fake Hollywood legends strive to emulate. It took roughly one million dollars to recreate a script Sylvester Stallone wrote not long after Ali-Wepner. It took millions more to get two fighters into a ring in the early hours of the morning in Japan.

It surprises me that no one has yet attempted to theatrically capitalize on the true to life events of this bout. It would seem the logical way to go considering the odds, a lesser bout in Ali-Wepner that caused such a huge Hollywood uproar, and the respect such a motion picture would pay to the legacy, of not only Douglas, but the cult following of Mike Tyson.

Say what you will but Tyson was one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. His wins, and the nature of them, against Spinks, and Holmes emphasize it. His cleaning out of his era does the same, and so does the status to which Douglas was raised off of one day, one bout, and one, if not two moments of will, heart, and brilliance.

Like Douglas, Tyson was immortalized because of what happened in Tokyo.

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[vyceapparel]

the actual count time is 19 seconds till buster gets up

19 SECONDS..FUCKIN ROOKIE REF

[novirasputin2]

If you are counting by this video please note it is slowed down for effect :/

Do you see how this fast count crap gets started?

Paranoia, the ref had no motives. If anything Tyson was supposed to win cause a Tyson win cashed in for the whole King camp.

[greenfruitface]

When Buster went down in the Tyson fight, people say "He was down for 13 seconds!!" Come on.... He wasn't knocked out. Not even CLOSE. He propped himself up on his elbow, and was listening to the count. He was coherent, without a doubt. He waited until the refs count was almost up, then got up. He took as much time as he could. Whether the ref counted slow or not, is irrelevant. I mean, all he knew in getting up was the count he was hearing, and he beat it. He beat Tyson badly in that fight.

[LedWilde]

@truthhitmanisback You are exactly right!

[Lcowand1]

@greenfruitface Gene Tunney did the same thing with Dempsey. It was still a long count.

[cbaldwinjr]

@Sydbar8 Co-signed. I'm surprised the usual Tyson slurpers like fadethetrade aren't here to debase facts. Tyson was entertaining and a bruising puncher. No doubt. And he dominated a weak heavyweight division in the mid to late 80s. But he is not a a top 5 heavyweight

[03041976001]

@vyceapparel Actually, I'd hate to tell you my friend, but the ref in that fight, Octavio Meyran, had refereed over 20 title fights and was no rookie. If he had counted faster, Douglas would still have gotten up. The fact is: Douglas wasn't hurt enough from that knock-down.

[jasonputang]

@djteknovibe Stop making excuses 4 Tyson, look at all the shit Buster was going through, and he didnt let it effect him in a negative way.

[jasonputang]

@vyceapparel and what was the count til Tyson got up? Did u ever ask yourself that, or look into it?