On June 25, 1998, a 38-year-old Buster Douglas (36-5-1, 23 KOs) and Lou Savarese met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 12 days.
Buster Douglas lost to Lou Savarese via KO in the 1st round, and adds an loss to his record at 36-6-1.
On October 25, 1990, the 30-year-old undisputed heavyweight world champion, Buster Douglas (30-4-1, 20 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Evander Holyfield (24-0, 20 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 14 days. Holyfield was on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 24 days.
Evander Holyfield made easy work of Buster Douglas, stopping the champion via KO in the 3rd. Holyfield improves his record to 25-0 (21 KOs), while Douglas adds a loss to his record at 30-5-1.
On May 30, 1987, 27-year-old Buster Douglas (23-3-1, 15 KOs) and 28-year-old Tony Tucker (33-0, 28 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF heavyweight title.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days. Tucker was on a 33-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 4 days.
Tony Tucker stopped Buster Douglas via TKO in the 10th round of the 15-round world-title fight. Tucker improves his record to 34-0 (29 KOs), while Douglas adds a loss to his record at 23-4-1.
On May 9, 1985, a 25-year-old Buster Douglas (20-2-1, 15 KOs) and Jesse Ferguson met in the ring.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 12 days.
Buster Douglas lost to Jesse Ferguson via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-3-1.
On December 17, 1983, a 23-year-old Buster Douglas (18-1-1, 14 KOs) and Mike White met in the ring.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days.
Buster Douglas lost to Mike White via TKO in the 9th round, and adds an loss to his record at 18-2-1.
On November 6, 1981, a 21-year-old Buster Douglas (5-0, 4 KOs) and David Bey met in the ring.
Douglas came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 14 days.
Buster Douglas lost to David Bey via TKO in the 2nd round, and adds an loss to his record at 5-1.