42 to 1
The safest bet in sports was anything but
51 mins
On February 11, 1990, while the odds were technically 42 to 1, it was the impossible that happened in a boxing ring in Tokyo, Japan, when James "Buster" Douglas defeated Mike Tyson for the heavyweight championship of the world. Fallen from a top-10 heavyweight contender in the mid-1980s to a stepping-stone for the champion, Douglas was lightly regarded. But a series of extraordinary circumstances would lead to an unimaginable result.
Gentry Kirby
Supervising Producer
Ben Houser
Director
Michael Sciallis
Editor
Michael Bollacke
Director of Photography
Ben Houser
Producer
Michael Sciallis
Producer
Mark Ciardi
Executive Producer