Editing Mike Tyson (section)

===Early career===
Tyson made his professional debut as an 18-year-old on March 6, 1985, in [[Albany, New York]]. He defeated Hector Mercedes via first-round TKO.<ref name="Puma" /> He had 15 bouts in his first year as a professional. Fighting frequently, Tyson won 26 of his first 28 fights by KO or TKO; 16 of those came in the first round.<ref name="rec_0">[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tysonrec.htm "Iron" Mike Tyson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219043356/http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tysonrec.htm |date=February 19, 2010 }}, ''Cyberboxingzone.com Boxing record''. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> The quality of his opponents gradually increased to [[Journeyman (boxing)|journeyman]] fighters and borderline contenders,<ref name="rec_0" /> like [[James Tillis]], [[David Jaco]], [[Jesse Ferguson]], [[Mitch Green]], and [[Marvis Frazier]]. His win streak attracted media attention and Tyson was billed as the next great [[heavyweight]] champion. D'Amato died in November 1985, relatively early into Tyson's professional career, and some speculate that his death was the catalyst to many of the troubles Tyson was to experience as his life and career progressed.<ref>Hornfinger, [http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing-article/Cus-Damato-Mike-Tyson.html Cus D'Amato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914172613/http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing-article/Cus-Damato-Mike-Tyson.html |date=September 14, 2010 }}, ''SaddoBoxing.com''. Retrieved March 27, 2007.</ref>