This earned him a shot at the International Boxing Federation championship that Michael Spinks was stripped of for refusing to defend it. In 1986, Douglas fought only three times, defeating former champion Greg Page and fringe contender David Jaco in two of the fights. The next year, he fought up-and-coming contender Jesse Ferguson. Douglas defeated the former heavyweight contender by winning a majority decision. Berbick pulled out of the bout three days before it was scheduled and Randall "Tex" Cobb elected to take the fight in Berbick's place. On November 9, Douglas was scheduled to fight heavyweight contender Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas. In his last fight of 1983, Douglas was dominating opponent Mike White, but White knocked him out in the ninth round. Two of his wins were against Jesse Clark who Douglas had already defeated by knockout in 1981, all told Douglas knocked him out 3 times in his career in just 7 total rounds of fighting. He was penalized two points during the course of the fight which proved to be the difference.Īfter the draw Douglas beat largely journeyman fighters over the next fourteen months. After six more fights, all wins, Douglas fought Steffen Tangstad to a draw on October 16, 1982. Bey knocked Douglas out in the second round to hand him his first defeat. He was managed by John Johnson (former Ohio State assistant football coach.) He won his first five fights before coming into a fight with David Bey twenty pounds heavier than he usually did in his early fights.
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