40 Years Ago Today: Mike Tyson Goes Pro

40 Years Ago Today: Mike Tyson Goes Pro

On this day in 1985, in Albany, New York, one of the most electrifying, most celebrated, and ultimately most hugely controversial boxing careers got underway. Mike Tyson, aged just 18, wiped out a guy named Hector Mercedes, who was 0-3, in a round. The then…