He was managed by former Ohio State University assistant football coach John Johnson. JSTOR ( February 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭouglas debuted on May 31, 1981, defeating Dan O'Malley in a four-round bout.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. He moved back to Columbus to focus on boxing. He also played basketball at Sinclair Community College from 1979 to 1980 in Dayton, Ohio, before attending Mercyhurst University on a basketball scholarship.

He is in the Coffeyville Community College Men's Basketball Hall of Fame. After high school, Douglas played basketball for the Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens in Coffeyville, Kansas, from 1977 to 1978 the 17-year-old was a 6'0' power forward. He attended Linden McKinley High School, where he played football and basketball, leading Linden to a Class AAA state basketball championship in 1977. His father ran a gym at the Blackburn Recreation Center near Downtown Columbus and subsequently introduced young James to boxing (in the same way James would later bring his son Lamar to the same gym). The son of professional boxer William 'Dynamite' Douglas and Lula Pearl Douglas, Douglas grew up in Columbus, Ohio, in the predominantly black Linden neighborhood of Windsor Terrace. Retiring shortly after the loss, Douglas returned to boxing between 19 until he retired a second and final time.

He reigned as the world heavyweight champion for eight months until he was defeated by Evander Holyfield in his only title defense. Defying expectations, Douglas would knock out Tyson in the 10th round to claim the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles. He also defeated heavyweight world champions Oliver McCall, Trevor Berbick, and Greg Page.ĭouglas was a 42-to-1 underdog going into his 1990 fight against Tyson, who was undefeated and considered to be the best boxer in the world for his domination of the division over the previous three years. He reigned as undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 after knocking out Mike Tyson to win the title. James ' Buster' Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 19.

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