Most popular fighter after Ali's retirement

HAHAHAH! yeah i kn for a min. i thought the whole board was going cazy!:warning: anyway De LA Hoya gets my vote. he has more housewives and grandmothers as fans than anyone! gold metal put him on a world stage. Latino fan base is 60% of Boxing fans; the face of over 16 countries around the globe!:stir:

 

Any answer other then Tyson is the wrong answer.

Ali, Louis, and Tyson are the 3 biggest names in the history of the sport.

 

I'm sure if Manny had changed his last name to "Lee" as in "Manny Lee", he would've been more famous than he currently is.

 

george foreman should be under consideration

 

Amir Khan

 

That is completely idiotic

Tyson was never universally loved at all, not even close... go back and read news stories about tyson at the peak of his success, before the rape trial, and he was regarded even then as something of an animal by the majority of the public

 

Tyson is loved. He's a big loveable rapist

 

Not true. Tyson was loved my friend and still is. People see him as crazy but he's still very popular and always was.

 

No. Just like Ali in his prime, there were several people who loved to hate Tyson. Everybody watched him but not everybody wanted him to be successful. Some odd people don't like raping, harassing, cannibalism and that kind of stuff

 

:giggle:

Ali in his prime was hated but in the 70s and beyond there's been nothing but love. Tyson (in his prime) was never hated the way Ali was hated so throw that not so clever analogy out of your Helsinki window for a moment. There is a segment that hated Tyson after the bite incident and even before that for the alleged rape....but the majority remained fans of Tyson and there were VERY FEW that hated him in his prime (pre-Jail).

 

More people loved Tyson & more people hated him simultaneously.

 

Sly,

You mean rape conviction, not alleged rape, I think? Unless you're referencing another incident I cannot recall off-hand?

 

Yes, Rape conviction due to an alleged rape. Not everyone who is convicted is guilty in the same way that not everyone who is acquitted is innocent...

 

Mike didnt rape that trick.

 

Tyson can not have raped the girl because he was a good boxer

 

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No, I believe Tyson raped her, or at least tried to, to hide his homosexuality and to avoid fighting Holyfield:boohoo:

 

This is idiotic.

Tyson was Tiger Woods before Tiger Woods. he was Jordan before Jordan. Easily.

The one thing he didn't have was longevity at that level. the apex was the Spinks fight...do you recall the Diet Pepsi commercials he had?

The public was fascinated with Mike...so much so LONG after he was relevant as a fighter he made money.

Oscar was popular and made tons of cash but he never caught on with the general public like Mike. Mike can barely go anywhere without being recognized or mobbed. i doubt DLH has that kind of a presence outside of the latin community...and even within that community he's not revered like Chavez or other Mexican fighters.

BTW...

Tyson and Chavez going into the hall of fame at the same time will certainly be the biggest weekend they've ever had.

 

:atu::atu:

 

She was in his hotel room in the early hours of the morning. Perhaps she was there to play chess?

 

No...remember she said she went to his room to take pictures for her father.

:dunno:

 

I'd stick with the chess excuse if i was her.

 

I don't think he raped her per se. I think it got got rough and it got a tad too rough for her and she wanted out but Mike was too honry to stop. It was a case of her wanting to fuck but on her terms but Mike don't play that. Hence in my eyes not really rape. Tyson did his time so if really thought he raped her would have admitted it by now. He never did.

As far as the homosexuality I think there is something to it. Just the way he is and everything about him says he either is in the closet or he had sex with men before or got molested and he hates himself for it. That's why he was so angry all the time. Plus he said to a reporter "I'll suck your dick till you love me" I mean cmon who says that.

 

Tyson said, "I will fuck you until you love me."

That was at the press conference scuffle with Lemmon.

 

Oh my bad that is MUCH MUCH MUCH less gay :hump:

 

He also said he wanted Ruddock to kiss him with those big lips:dunno: And remember how after the Lewis fight he went to lustfully kiss Lennox in front of the cameras, again he was too horny to help himself. Also notice that he has a Rubio-like voice and that his marriage ended inside months because of some problems, probably in the bedroom. I think the conclusions should be pretty obvious

 

That's just more fuel for the gay flame :bears:
I bet you he had several bitches in prison back in the day. Soon enough one of his cell mates will come out with a book . "Baddest man on his knees The Mike Tyson story" By Big Bubba

 

I think of Jordan and Tyson as contemporaries.

Tyson could have been bigger than Ali with only a few changes. 1. No rape case. 2. Better training during the 90's. 3. Beat Holyfield at least once.

 

Tyson without a doubt. He's done so many things, good and bad, that people in African huts with no TV know who he is.

 

Even the average person has surely heard of his name.