Introduction

Mike Tyson versus Jesse Ferguson. Heavyweight bout crowd of 7,500 people at the Houston Fieldhouse on the Rensler Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, New York. Tyson's national TV debut. The year before in 85 Ferguson had beaten James Buster Douglas in a 10 round decision. This fight though by consensus will be the most famous fight of Jesse Ferguson's boxing career. Unfortunately, that's because Mike Tyson breaks his nose in the fifth round.