Great video of Greg Page knocking Tyson down 1990

[Master]

Never seen that before. Great find mate

Really? This was all over the news and papers when it happened.

I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard about it.

One of those moments you never forget, and I was only 5.

true i remember it was on the news. All I remember tho was the sequence where Tyson is falling but it seems they never showed the whole 10 second clip leading up to the punch and the knockdown.

Yes they only showed the clip not the full segment. Tyson and his team had their head in cuckoo land and they were all disorganised, not taking it seriously and thought they had the fight in the bag. Thieving gits nearly stole the victory from Buster.

[bradlee180]

Yeah, Buster did in fact get a long count when he was knocked down. The ref is supposed to look to the timekeeper to pick up the count, but Ref Octavio Meyran started his own count instead. Behind Mehran, you can see the timekeeper's white-gloved fingers at 3 when Mehran says "one."

Tyson a day or so after the fight:
"I knocked him out before he knocked me out." - Mike Tyson.

When Buster went down, he punches the canvas in frustration knowing he made a mistake and got caught. He watched the ref, taking full advantage of the count and got up at 9. Could Buster have gotten up when Mehran was at 6 or 7 as that was the real count?

Too bad they never rematched. It's a classic fight. One for the ages.

[ICB]

Yeah, Buster did in fact get a long count when he was knocked down. The ref is supposed to look to the timekeeper to pick up the count, but Ref Octavio Meyran started his own count instead. Behind Mehran, you can see the timekeeper's white-gloved fingers at 3 when Mehran says "one."

Tyson a day or so after the fight:
"I knocked him out before he knocked me out." - Mike Tyson.

When Buster went down, he punches the canvas in frustration knowing he made a mistake and got caught. He watched the ref, taking full advantage of the count and got up at 9. Could Buster have gotten up when Mehran was at 6 or 7 as that was the real count?

Too bad they never rematched. It's a classic fight. One for the ages.

The ref counted no faster for Tyson, i remember someone done a comparison video comparing the counts for both Douglas and Tyson. And they were exactly the same speed, i don't think Douglas was that hurt as you said he punched the ground more in anger rather than being dazed or hurt. And considering in the next round Douglas battered Tyson i don't think he was that hurt.

Here's the video i just found it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHcbFUTIslI

[bradlee180]

Mitch Blood Green wasn't scared. He was trading.

[Master]

Mitch Blood Green wasn't scared. He was trading.

Yes there were many that did and still got beat, so the myth that Douglas was the first to stand up to him and won is just that a myth.

[ykdadamaja]

Mitch Blood Green wasn't scared. He was trading.

Yes there were many that did and still got beat, so the myth that Douglas was the first to stand up to him and won is just that a myth.

Yup. Jacco stood up to him. Didn't get him very far, but he stood up for what it was worth. lololol....