Editing Mike Tyson (section)

====Tyson vs. Douglas====
{{See also|Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas}}
By 1990, Tyson seemed to have lost direction, and his personal life was in disarray amidst reports of less vigorous training prior to the [[Buster Douglas]] match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=2080998|title=The Upset: Buster melts Iron Mike|work=ESPN|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019071212/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=2080998|url-status=live}}</ref> In a fight on February 11, 1990, he lost the undisputed championship to Douglas in Tokyo.<ref name="Kincade">Kincade, Kevin., [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4063&more=1 "The Moments": Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130145640/http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=4063&more=1 |date=November 30, 2010 }}, ''Eastsideboxing.com'', July 12, 2005. Retrieved March 26, 2007.</ref> Tyson was a huge betting favorite; indeed, the Mirage, the only casino to put out odds for the fight, made Tyson a 42/1 favorite. Tyson failed to find a way past Douglas's quick jab that had a {{convert|12|in|cm|adj=on}} reach advantage over his own.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/13/sports/tyson-failed-to-make-adjustments.html | work=The New York Times | title=Tyson Failed to Make Adjustments | date=February 13, 1990 | access-date=October 22, 2012 | first1=Berger | last1=Phil | archive-date=May 24, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524231249/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/13/sports/tyson-failed-to-make-adjustments.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Tyson did catch Douglas with an uppercut in the eighth round and knocked him to the floor, but Douglas recovered sufficiently to hand Tyson a heavy beating in the subsequent two rounds. After the fight, the Tyson camp would complain that the count was slow and that Douglas had taken longer than ten seconds to get back on his feet.<ref>Bellfield, Lee., [http://www.saddoboxing.com/2811-month-boxing-history-buster-douglas-mike-tyson-1990.html Buster Douglas&nbsp;– Mike Tyson 1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522204024/http://www.saddoboxing.com/2811-month-boxing-history-buster-douglas-mike-tyson-1990.html |date=May 22, 2010 }}, ''Saddoboxing.com'', February 16, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2007.</ref> Just 35 seconds into the tenth round, Douglas unleashed a brutal uppercut, followed by a four-punch combination of hooks that knocked Tyson down for the first time in his career. He was counted out by referee [[Octavio Meyran]].<ref name="Kincade" />

The knockout victory by Douglas over Tyson, the previously undefeated "baddest man on the planet" and arguably the most feared boxer in professional boxing at that time, has been described as one of the most shocking [[Upset (competition)|upset]]s in modern sports history.<ref>Staff, [http://static.espn.go.com/page2/s/list/010523upset.html Page 2's List for top upset in sports history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609110553/http://static.espn.go.com/page2/s/list/010523upset.html |date=June 9, 2009 }}, ''[[ESPN]].com'', May 23, 2001. Retrieved March 26, 2007.</ref>