Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990 as a massive underdog, but a controversial referee count and neutral-corner error nearly cost him the title. Mauricio Sulaimán says his father's handling of the review was one of his biggest mistakes for delaying Douglas's recognition as champion.
And the count of one began.
And then he turned around and mistakenly wanted to send Tyson to another corner.
Douglas stood up and knocked Tyson out. Two rounds later, my dad said Douglas.
Is not a champion, even though he had knocked Tyson out.
When Tyson lost, it was an incredible thing because he lost in Tokyo with a controversy, because he was losing the fight. He was undefeated. He.
He was invincible.
No one thought Tyson could lose, but he didn't prepare. He was in a very bad mental.
State with a divorce and issues there.
So Boster Douglas was beating Tyson up. He had his eye like this.
And in the eighth round, Tyson connects with him and knocks him down.
And the referee, who was Mexican, makes a major mechanical error. When a boxer falls, the referee sends.
The neutral corner and does that. And then he turns to look at.
The counter, who is a person who.
Keeps the clock and tells you how many seconds they have been on the canvas.
And he didn't look at him.
And the count of one began.
He gave him more time when Douglas.
Was already on the canvas for five seconds. And then he turned and mistakenly wanted to send Tyson to another corner because he was in neutral. And there he lost more seconds.
In short, Douglas stood up and knocked.
Out Tyson two rounds later. It was a monumental scandal.
Donking filed a protest right there and.
Then, and the Japanese commission accepted it.
Then my dad says Douglas is not the champion, even though he had knocked out Tyson. Let's see the protest, let's analyze it.
And then we'll decide.
Right. Imagine that, you know, in sports, when the favorite loses. Yes. The bets. Right. And the story of Douglas greatness. Or when someone beats the super favorite, the underdog. The underdog is the best thing that.
Can happen in sports.
And this happens, and they finish my dad off, especially in the United States. What did they argue? That he was bought. How was that possible? Yes, that Don King was using his.
Influence and buying things there. And that they were going to strip Douglas of such an incredible triumph.
As it was the flight back. A couple of days later, my dad.
Arrived and he was in bed.
We thought it was because of the jet lag, but no, a whole day. And then they had the meeting and ratified Douglas as champion. But those days when Douglas was not champion, my dad later acknowledged that that.
Was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
He took the glory away from a boxer. Strictly speaking, it was appropriate, because when someone asks for a review, it is appropriate. Review. Right. He handled it badly, and that made.
Him suffer a lot and have.
