Evander Holyfield Vs James Buster Douglas, Brutal Third Round Knockout, Heavyweight Boxing Title

[@robertshaefer7760]

For his size, Holyfield was an amazing fighter. Way better than given credit for. Tough as hell!!

[@marc7983]

I don’t think you thought that through. He got all the credit he deserved. Find someone, anyone online that knows anything at all about boxing that doesn’t rate him.

[@tonyarellano4194]

Shut up for a sec, and let me enjoy this fight !!!

[@jeffeverett274]

Evander had the heart of a lion. Smart boxer, puncher.

[@jlove8445]

I probably watched Douglas fight 6 or 7 times back in those days and could never understand how he performed that night against Tyson. Watch the full replay of the Tyson fight. The speed, the combination punching, the endurance and grit he showed, i always thought he was on something Lol looked totally juiced and looked great. Then this fight vs a prime and hungry Evander holyfield it looked like Douglas didnt train much since the title victory. it was crazy to watch both events unfold.

[@dawoool]

He showed up in the best shape of his life because he figured this was his big chance. Tyson showed up in the worst shape of his life, and hung over from the night before. Overconfident, he never even watched any video of Douglas.

[@SouthernGent44]

Tyson partied literally all night with Bobby brown the night before the fight.

[@lowestcommonDenomanator]

Buster Douglas, that night, in Tokyo, was the best heavyweight on the face of the earth that night. His mom passed just 12 days before the fight, and he promised her he'd be the man to beat Iron Mike. He fought nearly a perfect fight, especially against the style that Tyson used. Of course he got caught at the end of the 8th, but he made the count (IMO easily, he used the rather slow count to have time to recover, he was ready to get up nearly immediately.) and survived to the 10th, where he landed one of the most brutal combinations I've ever seen in boxing history. 'Tokyo' Buster Douglas would've given nearly any heavyweight champion in history a hard fight, win or lose. A damn shame we never saw anything quite like that in his career before or after.

[@samlott99]

That's easy. Tyson had been "owned" by Don King for sometime when he fought Douglas. That night was probably Tyson's worst performance, while it was Douglas' best. Plus Douglas was motivated by his mother's recent death. Tyson didn't need any money. He had become arrogant under Don King. No discipline as taught by Cus D'Amato. Worst of all, when Don King took control of Tyson's life, Tyson lost Kevin Rooney as a trainer. So, nah. Tyson wasn't performing at any kind of normal level that night.

[@adamshort2534]

Douglas never really trained hard, that was his achilles heel. The only reason he was able to get up in the 8th round of his fight against Tyson was because he came into that fight in really good shape. In general he would dominate for a few rounds and then tire. Against good fighters, he always got knocked over.

[@EvertonGaua]

Buster Douglas' victory over Tyson was an accident, with an unrecognizable Mike in the ring. Against Hollyfield there was no mistake, the best won and Douglas lived his 15 minutes of fame.

[@geirjohansen7375]

Holeyfield also a much much better boxer than Tyson

[@ricktaylor3748]

@@geirjohansen7375 Not when Tyson was in his prime. In his early 20's--late 20's, he was unbeatable.

[@ricktaylor3748]

Douglas was paid $22 million for this fight. 6 months later, he weighed 400+ pounds.

[@dawoool]

Douglas made the same mistake against Holyfield as Tyson made against him; he showed up in lousy shape. Douglas's victory over Tyson was no accident. Douglas was in the best shape of his life, and Tyson spent 2 weeks partying before the fight, including staying up all night doing shots and lines the night before the fight.

[@aarongerrish8930]

Douglas was no bum, lucky? No if you fought Mike Tyson and won that would be lucky 😂 Douglas beat champions and was boxing ever since he could walk, Douglas was pushed into boxing by his father, Douglas did not even care about boxing. Douglas was showing up for paychecks and did not care if he lost. Douglas lost his mother just before this fight and Douglas wanted the victory and he got it! Yeah Mike was lazy around those times and going through BS with Givens but Douglas didn't just beat Tyson with one wild punch, Douglas beat Tyson about every round leading up to a knockout. Sorry but that is not luck when you win 8 out of 10 rounds and knock out your opponent, if it was a luck, Douglas landed a 1,000 lucky punches, nobody was going to beat Douglas that night

[@bradteddy3645]

Great fight.👍👍

[@patrickreedy1176]

Evander and Lewis was the best in my life time, True champion's.

[@roderickjackson380]

Buster was a one hit wonder 😢!!

[@DeionHarris]

did u see his record thats not a one hit wonder a one hit wonder is 10-24 and then u knock somebody out

[@scorpionofallah]

he was the world champ u fool

[@ronsmac]

His conditioning for this fight was disgraceful.

[@leostawicki7283]

He took a Dive...

[@jeffvanmeter1330]

Douglas fought the fight of his life, against a Mike Tyson who didn’t take him seriously. It was kind of performance that a fighter can only give once. It was the absolute peak of his career. By contrast, Holyfield was on his way up, and had trained with the mentality of “This is my time.” If anything, he may have seen it as a mere tuneup for Tyson. The casual fan might have believed the hype of this being a fight with “No clear favorite; but real fight fans knew that Douglas had no chance.

[@LuisGomez-pg2qk]

Tyson was distracted by the ho's givens and desiree (how he found givens attractive is beyond me) and he still uppercutted one trick PONY DOUGLAS n beat him but referee didnt know how to count.holifield fought tyson after prison n tyson was not in his PRIME anymore, prison changes people for worse holifield hugged,wrapped, held headbutted tyson in both fights as in a streetfight that's why mike bit his ear off

[@samy5930]

@@LuisGomez-pg2qk Tyson was distracted by the ho's givens and desiree --> Robins Givens and Desiree Washington RIght ??

[@oluwaseyifunmiadekoya722]

@@LuisGomez-pg2qk Why rematch didnt happen between Douglas and Tyson?

[@edwinjones1000]

Agreed. Douglas was at his best and highly motivated because of his mother. Tyson had not been training plus he was with Japanese hookers the night before.

[@alistairbartlett6569]

​@@LuisGomez-pg2qkTyson raped Desirre Washington. That's why he went to prison.

[@osvaldosa9696]

Mesmo sem entender algo relacionado à esporte ' sempre admirei o desempenho do pugilista rolifilde ele é 10 sem dúvida!

[@lowestcommonDenomanator]

Never heard the commentators praising Mills Lane in that one part around 7:40 . He truly was one of if not the best ref to ever do it. He was never scared of the heavyweights he was in there with, and was tough but fair. Him standing up to Tyson after the ear bite was so brave and showed what a great ref needs to do. Tyson says "I didnt bite him, that was from a punch" Mills simply says "Bullshit! 2 points!" Fly high Mills Lane, we lost the best when we lost you at the end of 22. Such a long career of diligent refereeing!

[@Edward-lf7ms]

You're talking ruins the clip 😢

[@onemondaynight]

"your"

[@realjudah2412]

Absolutely

[@timbrown5576]

Yeah, the dude was F'n annoying!

[@johnlathan7513]

​@@realjudah2412 😅

[@bramandlazitha5865]

Why is this dude talking with his boring voice

[@kjwalters4417]

The real deal Holyfield

[@optimusprime9721]

Buster was the luckiest non champ champion.. He even changed Tyson's history

[@DeionHarris]

yep he broke that spell that people had of him that he was a machine a animal cant be beat busta soften all that up

[@Equalizer01]

He was not lucky. His mother had just died, he trained hard and was focused.

[@dawoool]

Tyson changed Tyson's history. He stayed up all night doing booze and cocaine the night before the fight. He didn't train for the fight. He never watched any video of Douglas. And Douglas showed up well rested, and in his best ever shape.

[@6galaxy]

Holyfield's team won the lottery

[@oldmanJ]

The fact is Holyfield wanted it and deserved more than Douglas.

[@ismaelcruz7194]

Por essa luta da para ver que a luta do Douglas vs tyson foi armação

[@friendsgroup3330]

There was no attack, no effort from Buster Douglas. It was a waste of time to watch this bout :(

[@kevinnugent6530]

Holyfield had a deadly counterpunch.

[@aaronribnicky9917]

Too bad it's attached to his neck 🤣

[@necdetyenidogan7710]

HOLİFIELD NUMVER ONE👍👍👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@mrs.6813]

I wonder where Holyfield's mother was watching this fight from? She must have been proud of what he did that night.

[@ericlawhan7486]

I knew that Holyfield would eventually end up winning a heavyweight title even though he wasn't a true heavyweight, great fighter! 😊

[@wilfredosantillan6679]

Bravo Evander, vengaste a Tyson

[@travzimmerman1340]

Not at all

[@estasquecrujes]

Beautiful set up. Feinted a jab to draw the counter and then busted him with the right.

[@optimusprime9721]

When boxing had substance and was worth watching.. You couldn't miss a second of it

[@TEXCAP]

How about the Middle weights in the 80s. Hitman Hearn, Boom Boom Mancini, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Terrible Terry Norris. Those were the days.

[@DW-nb2zc]

The Tyson fight was personal for Douglas and absolutely nothing to lose so even had he lost and looked good he still would've been applauded

[@kelvinhooks9399]

people saying that douglas could have gotten up after that KO and that he was just out for the payday😂😂😂😂 dude was in lala land and was seeing stars and shit. Buster didn't know where he was at that moment, that was a very clean KO, well timed and well landed!

[@SilverBullet22250]

I agree 1000%, not 100%. His @$$ hit the canvas at 10:00, then his @$$ hit the stool at 12:00. 🤣

[@vernonandrews6310]

Yeah, he was definitely hearing birds chirping!

[@marceltresvant8581]

That's true and let's be honest, Douglas wasn't really a great boxer, he had the fight of his life against a Tyson who stopped training correctly and understimated him.

[@SilverBullet22250]

@@vernonandrews6310 LOL!!!!!!

[@LASTDAYSWATCHMAN777]

Great video but please leave the commentary to the professionals.

[@gutemberg777]

Holyfield looks like 40 years old😂😂😂

[@ericcrabtree7404]

You can tell, especially from the overhead view, that uppercut had no chance of landing. Buster alligator-armed the shit out of it.

[@michaeltrenier]

It was the feint with the left that setup that knockout. He baited Buster perfectly. Times him. Executed.

[@maurojuliano7698]

Douglas was never in the game, Holyfield too brilliant

[@rwcrsarrc]

1990s best #1 Lewis, #2 Holyfield, #3 Tyson, #4 Bowe

[@nasser-2517]

#1تايسون و البقية تأتي👍.

[@SandraGarcia-pn8zs]

Buster Douglas salió a perder y a sacudirse la presión que supuso ser campeón del mundo por casualidad. Su forma física con más de once kilos de más era toda una declaración de intenciones.

[@raylafehr8061]

you just need one more commentary while the fight is going

[@mmm-ie5ws]

notice the referee giving buster the 10 second count. he didnt turn his back or slow down his counting like the ref did to mike tyson.

[@DeionHarris]

it didnt matter knock him down again in the net rd u just did it but busta knocked his ass ass flat on his back and then he turned into a child right before our eyes tyring to pickup a dam mouthpiece shows that man has never ever been down and out until he met big bad bussa bussa

[@SilverBullet22250]

@@DeionHarris Yeah, kinda like this fight when Holyfield laid "big bad obese fat @$$" on his back as well,who then laid there for two solid minutes straight. If it had been a few hours later in the evening when this knockout occurred, I would have swore that Douglas actually believed he was at home laying on his bed instead of on the canvas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TEXCAP]

LOL. Holyfields ring man and trainer nearly stepped on Douglas while the count was still going on when they went to congratulate their guy.

[@michaelh1889]

That fude got clocked !! 😮

[@adamdesanti6713]

The beginning of PED Holyfield. When he was on them in the 90s he had power, stamina and a chin. When he wasn't (during Bowe II) he was mediocre. After that fight he let it slip that he lost because he was "smaller". Douglas hadn't trained for this fight at all. He took the money and ran.

[@bigbadbootydaddy515]

Dumb comments

[@DeionHarris]

holy could fight dam aped and not true that shiii would have been came out

[@roysullivan900]

You can see the way Buster Douglas was breathing when he was sitting on the bench before the last round started he was in no shape for that fight.

[@christopherbako]

You almost made it. Respect. 👏

[@jesuscampos8136]

That wasn't a brutal knockout, that was a heavyweight that refused to defend the title. That's why Douglas was never from again. Dead weight was more like it👎

[@trailblazer1047]

Bernie Pacheco and Gil Clancy were the best,and boby Czus

[@TheStarflight41]

Douglas was fighting for his mom in the Tyson fight.

[@garyphillips620]

The ongoing commentator is annoying!

[@allthingselderly]

Tyson threw the fight w Douglas...the whole universe knows it.

[@waynefoote3781]

NOPE Buster surprised him no excuses.....tyson would never lose on purpose.

[@octaviantarabuta3015]

Telling me what I see... Nice.

[@joirsantana]

Busyrr Douglas muito fraquinho... Ganhou de Tyson porque o árbitro contou muito devagar quando caiu no chão.

[@Solodolobell]

Holyfield hit that 🥷 with a guitar 😂

[@shawnecmc5190]

I see you have no consciousness, you sellout

[@nasser-2517]

#ما زلت لم أستوعب😲 كــيـف🤔 إستطاع دوغلاس إسقاط الأسطورة تايسون و الفوز علية.

[@Sean.thegreat]

Buster Douglas one hit wonder in boxing.

[@94462]

but a helluva of a hit we must admit lol he beat the baddest man who arguably ever lived when he was undefeated, undisputed and on top of the world

[@grantross2609]

​@@94462 Tyson took the Douglas fight very casually & reputedly was up very late partying the night before the fight !

[@francotrovato5386]

Hoooo JAMES BOOSTER JUNIORS de la rivera del riachuelo de BsAs..

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

That idiot putz arron snowel cost tyson the fight with douglas

[@ardinsyah1123]

Versus tayson, doglas very power fuli. Versus holyfield, rest skill, n power

[@nasser-2517]

10:36# نام يا صغيري نام😴 فإن تايسون لا يكرهك.

[@todd3563]

Could've done without the obvious commentary.

[@christopherbako]

Cmon. After a drink, it's lovely 😊

[@davidfumosa3792]

Buster was waiting to get beat!

[@ВоинДобра-я3б]

На этот раз Бог Дугласу не помог победить (Дуглас уверял, что победить Тайсона ему помог Господь))

[@HardCold-Alquan]

This was the fight that proved that Douglas was a busta and the Tyson fight was thrown by Mike! No fighter who does not want to lose, gets knocked down then goes for his mouthpiece before trying to beat the count. You beat the count, then they give a tin bit more time by getting the mouthpiece washed off and put back in your mouth. They told him to throw the fight since people were tired of quick Tyson KO's and Douglas was a nobody who would not hold the belt for long.

[@Pat4HUMANITY]

It's pretty well known that Douglas didn't want the championship. He merely went through the motions with this fight.

[@1982asd]

Holyfiled's neck is at least as thick as Mike Tyson's, which is quite noticeable at the beginning of the video. Although everyone is interested in Mike Tyson's neck, it is because of his very compact body and aggressive boxing style Douglas received a quick chin from the front at the end, he wasn't world champion for long

[@frankguidera6828]

The truth is Iron Mike one this one too

[@nikolaivista920]

Douglas lost the fight before it even began! He was already defeated in his mind! I was a kid watching this and I am surprised it went more than one round.

[@dawoool]

He got fat meeting with lawyers fighting Don King instead of training.

[@henrymoralez7100]

Ridick Bowe is the best

[@vanceb1]

So what's with the unintelligible voice that crops up every few seconds?

[@Pug351]

Buster Douglas was the Holly Holm of boxing, or maybe Holly is the Buster of MMA.

[@CombatSecurityPolice85]

Douglas' mother died and that inspired him. In this fight he went back to the man of old.

[@LuisGomez-pg2qk]

Let the fight speak for itself!

[@shaheemali7541]

Nice fight holyfield. Did better than tyson. Your defence and attacks were all just amazing 😮

[@kevindensmore2493]

No need for your commentary ruined it for me

[@eddieburgett2368]

realy

[@kirozinovitch4370]

Funny how thousands of idiots who know nothing about boxing say " oh, douglas is a one hit wonder and was lucky.." just because they heard other idiots saying so.

[@ronaldmcgivney3012]

Why to you talk over the announcers?

[@kevincindy]

This video was hard to watch because you're talking when the commentators are talking

[@johnpuleo3176]

Marciano would KO a cruiserweight Holyfield. But he would need HGH and go up to 202lbs to beat him as a heavyweight.

[@BrooklynAvenue]

Douglas threw an uppercut from the outside. Basic boxing 101 blunder. He was lazy, thought Holyfield was just "tyson jr." and fought the same way.

[@Gerrygambone]

Agree it was just a big payday for Buster, his jab had no snap and just pushed it out.

[@josephkelleher8820]

Buster Douglas was way too fat and out of shape for that fight. It's his fault. He wasn't prepared for that fight.

[@chemadaskar]

​🎉

[@roeweathers]

why didnt evander fight tyson before dogulas since he was undefeated

[@raycoles6532]

Biggest upset in boxing history Douglas defeating Tyson

[@lesmondk3376]

Ali vs Liston was the biggest upset of all time

[@menzamenza6648]

wrong

[@buddhaparadox]

4:50 "You can see the jelly in his body, particularly in his breasts" 🤣🤣

[@melvinhunt6976]

Douglas kicked Tysons butt, then took a dive against Holyfield! I saw them both and l know that I’m correct!

[@ezekielrobinson870]

I agree I think Douglas did take a dive

[@nyomanrohadi6808]

The commentator said that in the end of round 2 the buster corner was satisfied with the performents of douglas. But the holyfield corner looked busy advise holyfield. But the fact in the round 3 douglas down and KO.

[@3912James]

I was BEYOND furious. Bad enough I watched on PPV Buster defeating Tyson....but it didn't even LOOK like Buster had the same urgency (mentally and physically) against Holyfield. I rooted for a guy I didn't care for and he flopped. against Holyfield (who I didn't care for until he fought Riddick Bowe and showed me how much heart he had).

[@dawoool]

He didn't have it. He spent the months between the fights in hearings with lawyers fighting Don King. Didn't have time to train adequately.

[@shaunh2371]

Douglas had great rhythm but could be discouraged when against a game challanger

[@anthonygareau5604]

Tyson mentally wasn't there when he fought Douglas,holyfield was lol

[@timbrown5576]

Buster's uppercut!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@DeionHarris]

yea from 3 point range and it suppose to be thrown from layup range busta just tried to get out of there thats all he knows thats a cardinal sin too throw that thing from that dam far 101

[@dawoool]

Worked on Tyson!

[@peanuttization]

Quit talking and listen to the fight commentators...

[@annoyingbstard9407]

I can vaguely hear someone trying to talk over the video. No idea why as it seems quite pointless.

[@rzn2258]

Customato dying and Don King swooping in.. Is what ruined Mike. Rooney was the last guy keeping Tyson disciplined. After he left... Tyson began to do as he liked for most of the time , during his training camps.

[@CarlSöderquist]

Why are there several people simultaneously commenting the fight?

[@Ahmad_Alhijazi]

اراد ان يستعمل الخطة ذاتهاا التي سبق ونفذها امام تايسون لكنن هذه المرة القته خارجا

[@PJP812]

Buster just wanted out of there - one fight wonder

[@RicardoSanchez-pu7db]

Evander un crack de la historia del boxeo

[@chrisg5248]

Same combo that got Tyson yep!!!

[@alfredoflores1246]

Que gran boxeo Búster!👍👍👏👏

[@GregZentTrumpetMan]

Fricking annoying over layed audio

[@jimmyharris2006]

Yes stopped at talkin you're ruining it

[@JoãoLuiz-n6b]

Evandro vingou TYSON

[@DeionHarris]

busta tried to get out of there why in the hell would u throw a jump shot uppercut huh a long distance 3 huh a uppercut is only and i repeat only for close range infighting and too get somebody off of you busta threw that thang knowing he was gonna get counterd he knew and he wasnt even hurt period busta could have got up and ran 10 miles

[@indiocherokee1704]

El miedo lo nokeo

[@willardelkins1922]

we should have a white bheavyweight division and a black heavyweight division.

[@ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox]

after tyson////

[@ryanhuisman5381]

Woulda been better if you weren't talking the entire clip.