Editing Mike Tyson (section)

===Rise up the ranks===
Tyson's first nationally [[television|televised]] bout took place on February 16, 1986, at [[Houston Field House]] in [[Troy, New York]], against journeyman heavyweight [[Jesse Ferguson]], and was carried by [[ABC Sports]]. Tyson knocked down Ferguson with an uppercut in the fifth round that broke Ferguson's nose.<ref>Oates, Joyce C., [http://jco.usfca.edu/boxing/tyson.html Mike Tyson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621013951/http://jco.usfca.edu/boxing/tyson.html |date=June 21, 2009 }}, ''[[Life Magazine]] via author's website'', November 22, 1986. Retrieved March 11, 2007.</ref> During the sixth round, Ferguson began to hold and clinch Tyson in an apparent attempt to avoid further punishment. After admonishing Ferguson several times to obey his commands to box, the [[Referee (boxing)|referee]] finally stopped the fight near the middle of the sixth round. The fight was initially ruled a win for Tyson by [[Disqualification (boxing)|disqualification]] (DQ) of his opponent. The ruling was "adjusted" to a win by [[technical knockout]] (TKO) after Tyson's corner protested that a DQ win would end Tyson's string of knockout victories, and that a knockout would have been the inevitable result.

In July, after recording six more knockout victories, Tyson fought former world title challenger [[Marvis Frazier]] in [[Glens Falls, New York]], on another ABC Sports broadcast. Tyson won easily, charging at Frazier at the opening bell and hitting him with two consecutive uppercuts, the second of which knocked Frazier unconscious thirty seconds into the fight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=July 27, 1986 |title=Tyson Says Hello, Goodby to Frazier in Round 1 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-27-sp-1691-story.html |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928194255/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-27-sp-1691-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After his win over Frazier, Tyson was booked to fight [[José Ribalta]] at the [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino]] in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1986.<ref name="Mike Tyson: Facing a Giant">{{Cite news|url= https://fight-library.com/2024/03/15/mike-tyson-facing-a-giant/|title = Mike Tyson: Facing a Giant|newspaper = The Fight Library|date = March 14, 2024}}</ref> Ribalta would hit Tyson in the body throughout the fight. Tyson knocked down Ribalta three times in the 2nd, 8th, and 10th round when the referee called the fight off. Tyson would go on to say that Ribalta was his toughest fight commenting, "I hit Jose Ribalta with everything, and he took everything and kept coming back for more. Jose Ribalta stood toe to toe with me. He was very strong in the clinches," and "Ribalta was a game fighter who actually engaged me. I felt nauseous from all Ribalta’s body blows, even hours after the fight. I never felt that much general pain again."<ref name="Mike Tyson: Facing a Giant"/>