This Thursday night is the 20th anniversary of that incredible night. And we'll hear from the man who did it -- Buster Douglas will join us as will Jim Lampley, who called the fight for HBO. It's going to be an incredible show.
As for me, I never saw the fight live. I was working at Sportsphone (anyone remember Sportsphone?) and we didn't have HBO. We received the blow by blow from a friend on the phone who was watching. We thought for sure he was kidding when he told us Tyson had been KO'd.
I had to get about 30 college basketball scores on the air in 50 seconds with no time to mention the fight. But I was determined.I blurted out Buster Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson to win the heavyweight championship in about a second and a half.
Tune in tomorrow night to talk to Buster and relive the memories.
And post your comments below. Where were you when Douglas knocked out Tyson?
2 comments:
Marc has a sexy head of hair. Too bad it's not real.
I was a little kid but I still have and old VHS tape of the HBO replay with both fighters in studio. Weeks later Don King was still complaining about the supposed long count of Buster Douglas.
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