THE BADDEST MAN ON THE PLANET Edition 195/250

On February 16th, 1986, Mike Tyson squared off against Jesse Ferguson in his national TV debut in a heavyweight matchup at Houston Field House on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Tyson entered the bout with a perfect 16-0 record, but some posited that Ferguson would present problems for young Mike Tyson. These skeptics were soon put to bed, as although the fight did enter the 6th round, Tyson absolutely dominated the bout, pummeling Ferguson through the first 4 rounds before landing one of the most devastating sequences of punches in boxing history: an onslaught of body shots and deadly uppercuts that would ultimately break Ferguson's jaw and send him boun...View all