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James Buster Douglas Autograph
A Framed 8x10 Photo signed by Former Heavyweight
Champion James 'Buster Douglas. The Framing alone cost £50.
James 'Buster' Douglas (born April 7, 1960)
was a heavyweight boxer from Columbus, Ohio who scored one
of the biggest upsets ever in the sport by knocking out
then-undefeated Mike Tyson in 10 rounds in 1990.
Buster Douglas
£65.00
Douglas had already been fighting since the early 1980s,
but there was nothing in his record that suggested that
he was capable of handing Tyson his first loss. In fact,
bookmakers made him a 42-1 underdog for the February 10,
1990, fight in Tokyo, Japan. Douglas surprised the world
by dominating the fight from the beginning, seemingly hitting
Tyson at will with jabs and right hands and getting out
of range when Tyson launched his own punches. Only in the
8th round did Tyson come close to victory. In the waning
seconds of the round Mike Tyson hit Douglas with an uppercut
to score the first knockdown of the fight. He was up at
the count of 8, and the bell rang before Tyson could follow
up on his sudden success. After the fight Tyson and his
team would protest that the referee had started his count
too late and that Douglas should have been counted out,
but those protest were of no avail. In the 10th round, a
devastating combination from Douglas floored Tyson for the
first time in his boxing career. When Tyson failed to climb
to his feet on time, the fight was over. For that upset,
the public reaction could be typified with a cover of Sports
Illustrated Magazine with his picture and the text, "Rocky
Lives!" in allusion to the movie boxing hero who also
defeated his champion opponent against all odds.
