What he often lacked was a true commitment to conditioning - and he wasn’t always motivated. Schaap: We hope that viewers who see this will come away with a greater understanding of what made it possible for Buster to win the fight - and that we will debunk some of the myths of the fight. Woods: What should viewer takeaways be from watching this? Buster’s brother Bill and Bruce Trampler, who worked with Dynamite, had some great stories. We learned a lot about the Douglas family which I didn’t know. His relationship with his father Bill Douglas is a central part of the story - and his relationships with his longtime manager John Johnson and his trainer J.D. Schaap: My co-director Ben Houser and I spent a lot of time focusing on Buster’s upbringing and his life before the fight. Woods: I’m guessing you learned some things you thought maybe you’d already known? And a protagonist that most people, even sports fans, know very little about. To me, it’s one of the great moments in sports history. In fact, I did stories about the fight for the 20th and 25th anniversaries. Jeremy Schaap: I pitched this idea to Libby Geist. Michael Woods: Can you tell me how you came to this project, the particulars of where and when and why? I reached out to ESPNer Schaap, to get some lowdown on the project. The in-ring glory, combined with the outside-the-ring back stories, featuring characters suited for novels, put me on the fight-writer path. This win opened up my eyes to the full range of effects a thrilling prize fight could inspire. I was watching on February 11, 1990, and through the reefer-hazed frat house room, a romance was born I’d been a boxing fan, but more so an all sports fan. The film, co-directed by Ben Houser and Jeremy Schaap, chronicles one of the most famous upsets in sports history: Buster Douglas’ shocking knockout of the then-undefeated Mike Tyson. “42 to 1” drops Tuesday, December 11, at 9 p.m. Boxing fans were jazzed to hear that with the new slate of ESPN’s “30 for 30” docs comes a sweet science entry.
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