On February 11, 1990, Mike Tyson (37-0, 33 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and IBF belts, defends his undisputed championship against fellow American challenger, Buster Douglas (29-4-1, 19 KOs).
Mike Tyson is coming in to the fight on a 37-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Carl Williams, 6 months and 21 days ago. Buster Douglas is on a 6-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Oliver McCall, 6 months and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.9-21.1 in favor of Buster Douglas. It is going to be a competitive fight and Mike Tyson will put up a very good fight, but Douglas will prevail.
Buster Douglas stopped the champion via KO in the 10th round, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion. Douglas improves his record to 30-4-1 (20 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 37-1.