Lewis Black
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They more known then lebron for sure. Not sure about kobe.
Mike Tyson is/was more famous then mike jordan in their primes
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They more known then lebron for sure. Not sure about kobe.
mastermind
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Who said I grew up in America?
Maybe Tyson was more popular from your American perspective, but not from where I grew up.
I never said YOU were American, I said Americans dont (as in most of the poster in this thread).
And no, Mike Tyson, from 86-90, was more popular from any perspective of a human being.
Mike Tyson did have a more cultural impact than Jordan,
Video games, Parodies, They even made a Simpsons character based on Mike Tyson
Video games, Parodies, They even made a Simpsons character based on Mike Tyson
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Amare's Right Hook
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Boxing is WAY bigger than basketball. Please.
Lewis Black
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where are these I played nintendo ass nikkas now?
OGmittee
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so u were 10 years old at most in the late 80s and had a perspective of what was going on in Europe as far as boxing and how they viewed Jordan...keep in mind u didnt have internet back then...
ol im older now so i can talk on this shyt better than u even tho i had no idea
superunknown23
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In what world? Basketball is the 2nd most popular sport in the world, behind soccer... The 1970s are long gone.
Mike Tyson is more infamous than famous. He's been an embarrassing sideshow since 1991.
Boxing is deader than dead in Europe, ignored in Africa, South America (save Mexico) and Asia (except for the Pac fans)... and its popularity is nowhere near what it was in the past in the US.
But was he more famous than Willie Mays?
are you serious?
Outside of america, no-one give a fvck about willy mays
Lewis Black
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so u were 10 years old at most in the late 80s and had a perspective of what was going on in Europe as far as boxing and how they viewed Jordan...keep in mind u didnt have internet back then...
ol im older now so i can talk on this shyt better than u even tho i had no idea
Oh dont worry about that dude, his source is a Nintendo game lol
These clowns
superunknown23
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I'm always amazed by that assumption.
are you serious?
Outside of america, no-one give a fvck about willy mays
Tom Brady, Favre, Manning, Bonds, Griffey, McGwire, Jeter and A-Rod could walk around Paris or London and nobody would recognize them (except maybe the occasional american tourist).
The opposite mostly is true for european soccer players here.
Basketball is the only US sport that's truly international (thanks to the 1992 Dream Team and the Jordan era).
Lewis Black
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Unless its kobe or bron, nobody really recognizing them outside mayne.
ogc163
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Has Latin America been discussed? Because there was NO WAY Jordan's popularity came anywhere near close to Tyson's in that region. My fam is from Guatemala and a Tyson fight was a major event,everyone was either at home or in somebody else's house trying to watch the Tyson fight. Boxing is second only to soccer in central and south america, tyson was must see TV.
the next guy
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No basketball is global like that, just that Boxing is even more global. Look at it this way Boxing is just a small amount behind Soccer while Basketball is clearly behind soccer. 2A/2B