42 to 1

Dec 11, 2018

0h 51m

★ 7.0

The safest bet in sports was anything but

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Victory Pictures

42 to 1 Trailers

Cast

James Douglas

Mike Tyson

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