Does a person have to be a legend to create history?

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It is not always legends who create history. I don’t know how many people remember Buster Douglas. Buster Douglas was responsible for creating one of the greatest upset in sports history. He took on Mike Tyson in the boxing ring on February 11, 1990. Within the last 10 seconds of the 8th round Mike Tyson had knocked down Buster Douglas but he got up after 9 seconds and then “Ting Ting Ting”, he was saved by the bell. Nobody has ever got knocked down by Mike Tyson and ever got up. Everyone was certain that Mike Tyson was going to end the fight in the next round. As expected Tyson landed punch after another into Buster Douglas ribs and held him up against the rope. Another 30 seconds of this brutality, Buster Douglas was done and dusted. But that’s not what has happened. One thing that no one has noticed including Mike Tyson was that, Douglas’s burning desire to win is hitting him harder from the inside than Mike Tyson’s punch. Buster Douglas was knocked down for probably the second and final time but he got up again and when asked why won’t he give up and end this beating from Mike Tyson he said “Before my mother died she told the whole world that I was going to beat Mike Tyson”. Two days before the fight Buster Douglas mother died. He was left with two choices, either to give up the fight letting his mother’s dream die along with her or he can wake up and live his mother’s dream. In the 10th round, against all odds Buster Douglas has knocked out Mike Tyson. How could an underdog like Buster Douglas knock out Mike Tyson.? What gave him the confidence and strength to knock out a heavy weight world champion?