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Tyson vs. Douglas: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Mike Tyson (Iron Mike) defends his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and IBF belts against James Douglas (Buster). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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23
Mar 6, 1985
37-0
10
33 (89.2%)
178 cm
180 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jul 21, 1989
6m, 21d
37
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
May 31, 1981
29-4-1
1
19 (55.9%)
192 cm
211 cm
19 cm
Orthodox
Jul 21, 1989
6m, 21d
6
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
HV
w1
d8
HV
w1
d9
HV
w1
d6
HV
w1
d2
heavyweight
Sunday, 11 Feb 1990
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
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Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas

Date

This fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas took place on at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 192 cm, Buster Douglas is the taller of the two by 14 cms; Mike Tyson is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 211 cm, Douglas also has an incredible reach advantage of 31 cms over Tyson's 180 cm. On top of that, Douglas also has a 17 cm ape index advantage over Tyson.

Tyson is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 37-0 (33 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 21 days ago against Carl Williams, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Carl Williams' boxing career

Douglas comes in with a record of 29-4-1 (19 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 21 days ago against Oliver McCall, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Oliver McCall's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tyson will be 23 years and 7 months old. Douglas will be 29 years and 10 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 60-40 in favor of Mike Tyson. Here is the prediction for Tyson vs Douglas.

Mike Tyson is likely to win. Unless Buster Douglas puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson via 10th round KO to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. Tyson's undefeated record of 37 wins comes to an end, and Douglas advances his win streak to 7. Douglas is now 30-4-1, and Tyson 37-1.

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