Don’t sleep on how popular Tiger continues
To be. He may be a white girl loving c00n but dude had TRULY transcended his sport.
To be. He may be a white girl loving c00n but dude had TRULY transcended his sport.
Brehs in 2018 who is the most famous living athlete in the world, current or former? (Poll added)
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OJ is INFAMOUS more than anything....
As it was mentioned in this thread, boxing is no longer popular as it once was, and its popularity certainly pales in comparison to football/soccer, as is the case with most American-centralized sports. I mean if you asked this same question in India (whose population dwarfs this country), there probably wouldn't be any American athletes listed in the poll.
Khan's an interesting one, I think he suffers from being too old, and the generation that's most familiar with him is dying off, and he obviously can't compete with other athletes who've got the hold on all the younger generations. Tendulkar would be more famous in 2018, in fact, he's more famous than a lot of the athletes listed in this thread.
Football/soccer is bigger than basketball in Europe and China; it's bigger than basketball almost all over the globe. I don't think China is the "tie breaker" either, as India has a comparable population, and you still have countries like Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria who collectively are comparable too. @19- mentioned a former cricketer/current politician which is trending in the right direction, as cricket is arguably the second-most popular sport in the world.
But at the end of the day, it comes down to Ronaldo or Messi - nobody else is in the conversation.
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ronaldo has the most instagram followers or second most over 100 mill
i'd say him and then i'd say Jordan
i'd say him and then i'd say Jordan
ronaldo has the most instagram followers or second most over 100 mill
i'd say him and then i'd say Jordan
i'd say him and then i'd say Jordan
Jordan isn't fukking with Ronaldo/Messi. Stop it. He's not even in the conversation.MFs in China still wearing this and making knock offs shoes.
Jordans are worn all over the world.
nikkas know the logo and they no the name. Jordan hands down
Jordan is leading the poll with 48% of the votes, only on......
yeah i brought him up because he would be known by those younger people in southeast asia not because hes an athlete so much as because hes a PM.
wasnt tyson popular just before boxing really dropped off?
as far as american athletes go basketball is pretty popular in china. i know when i was there there were still kobe posters like everywhere (in 2014). partially i think that was because they had all those kobe-messi ads around the time though.
Second only to football/soccer, and football/soccer is only second to cricket in India - that's basically 2.5 billion people (30% of the world's population) who in a general state, would know Ronaldo/Messi over any basketball player. To take it even further, if we take the combined population of Asia, Africa, and Europe who make up 80% of the world's population, in a general state, they'd all know Ronaldo/Messi over any other athlete.
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
michael jordan could walk by most of asia and europe and no one would blink.
ronaldo would have mobs of people following him
ronaldo would have mobs of people following him
Black Bolt
Superstar
This is the correct answer although Bolt in addition wouldn't be superfluous
Want to say Ronaldo,. But voted Messi. Would probably change to Ronaldo