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The best part of that fight was when Tyson drops Douglas, Douglas just stands up like it’s nothing and just continues to give Tyson the business...
As for the swelling, the story is that Tyson and his corner were so sure that they were going to just blow through Douglas that they didn’t even bring the right tools to the fight...
So when Tyson’s eye got busted up, they had to use a rubber glove filed with cold water to try and reduce the swelling, since they didn’t even bring an enswell.
So he was eating that Douglas jab all night and the corner had no way of keeping the swelling down. It’s no wonder it ballooned the way it did.
Buster didn’t just win the fight that night - he destroyed Tyson’s mystique. Nobody feared Tyson ever again after that fight. Before this fight, Tyson’s opponents were beaten before they even entered the ring. It never happened again though.