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Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield
Buster Douglas vs Evander Holyfield, billed as "The Moment of Truth", was a professional boxing match contested on October 25, 1990 for the WBA, WBC, IBF, ''The Ring'' and lineal Heavyweight championships. The bout took place at The Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA and saw Douglas making the first defense of the titles he won from Mike Tyson in February 1990.
==Background==
After becoming the first boxer in history to win all three major sanctioning organizations' world titles in the cruiserweight division, Evander Holyfield decided to move up in class and take on the top heavyweights. In his first fight at heavyweight he defeated James Tillis by knockout and then knocked out former champion Pinklon Thomas before the year was out. Shortly after that Holyfield became regarded as the #1 contender to Mike Tyson, who was the undisputed champion of the division and who in 1988 won the lineal championship from Michael Spinks. A match between the two was signed for June 18, 1990, and Tyson elected to take a tuneup fight on February 11, 1990, against fringe contender James "Buster" Douglas in Tokyo. Despite having been regarded as a top contender for the title in the past, Douglas' reputation was as a lazy, out of shape fighter who did not pay much attention to his training. As a result, most casinos didn't even bother to make odds for the fight. The only one that did so, The Mirage, installed Tyson as a 42-1 favorite. Douglas was not given much chance to last against him. Not only had Tyson never been defeated, but he had only gone the distance four times in his career and had not gone past the fifth round with an opponent since Tyrell Biggs took him to the seventh round in 1987.
Douglas, however, had other plans and subjected a stunned champion to a severe pounding. Tyson was so unprepared that his corner did not bring proper equipment to the fight, with no ice bag or endswell, and was forced to use a latex glove filled with water to try to reduce the swelling to his eye. Despite being knocked down in the eighth round, Douglas bounced back and knocked Tyson out in the tenth round to claim the title in what was called by Jim Lampley, broadcasting the fight for HBO, as "the single biggest upset in the history of heavyweight championship fights." The fight was not without controversy, however, as Tyson's promoter Don King, claimed that referee Octavio Meyran had not properly counted the knockdown on Douglas from the eighth round (saying that Douglas was down for ten seconds and not the eight count he received), and that the result should be reversed and Tyson should instead be declared the winner. The WBA and WBC initially agreed with King and announced that they would not recognize Douglas as champion until they reviewed the allegations, though the IBF accepted the result as valid.〔(Boxing Officials Could Overturn Defeat of Tyson ), N.Y. Times article, 1990-02-12, Retrieved on 2013-05-13〕 After much public backlash, King rescinded his protest and both organizations officially recognized Douglas as champion.〔(What They Really Meant to Say Was . . . ), L.A. Times article, 1990-02-14, Retrieved on 2013-05-13〕 Though Tyson and his camp had hoped for a rematch〔(Tyson Concedes; Wants Rematch ), N.Y. Times article, 1990-02-14, Retrieved on 2013-05-13〕 Douglas ultimately decided to defend his title against the top contender and signed a fight with Holyfield.〔(Douglas Shuns Tyson For Holyfield ), N.Y. Times article, 1990-02-19, Retrieved on 2013-05-13〕 Prior to the fight, it was announced that Douglas and Holyfield would split a then-record $32,100,000 purse with Douglas guaranteed $24,075,000, the largest purse ever paid to a single fighter at the time. Holyfield, meanwhile, would earn $8,025,000.〔(Record Jackpot for Douglas ), N.Y. Times article, 1990-06-11, Retrieved on 2013-05-13〕
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