I think there are only 2 househol names in boxing....

[Johnnybur]

And that is Tyson and Ali....

When you say Tyson... it means boxer Mike Tyson.
When you say Ali, it means boxer Mohammad Ali
And most people around the world are familiar with these names...

They are like Jordan, Jabbar, and Magic Johnson in Basketball.


Dela Hoya, Marciano, Duran, Leonard, Foreman, Jones are not too strong and too popular to be a household name IMO...

Your crazy dude, De la Hoya is more of a household name than Tyson is. Theres a reason why hes the all time leader in pay per view revenue, De la Hoya is alot more popular than you think.

[gopi11]

I agree. those are the only two names that are known by ppl who have never watched a single boxing match in their lives. I started watching boxing in 95, but before then I had already heard the names Ali and Tyson.

Even though DLH and Mayweather have the ppv record, I doubt non boxing fans really know who they are.

I bet there's one mythical boxing name that is well known even by people who have never watched a single boxing match in their lives, and that is Rocky!

Balboa to be precise! LMAO

[Chr0nic]

Your crazy dude, De la Hoya is more of a household name than Tyson is. Theres a reason why hes the all time leader in pay per view revenue, De la Hoya is alot more popular than you think.

if i mention de la hoya somewhere people will say ''oh yea.. that little mexican guy? or some****??''

if i mention mike tyson ''yea, that kid is build, ****in killin everybody, see his last fight?'' blah blah

and the thing is, most people just know the heavyweights of the sport

it's hard for the majority of the public to look up to a fighter that is 5'7, 5'8

[lizard_man]

why are all you guys forgetting Roy Jones Jr?

[Chr0nic]

why are all you guys forgetting Roy Jones Jr?

i mention him, people know the name(few still), but even they dont really know/have'nt seen any of his fights

[putangina]

Yes that's right someone mentioned the foreman grill.most of all the people i know have one.

[putangina]

why are all you guys forgetting Roy Jones Jr?

YEAH!....YA'LL MUSTA FORGOT!

[Titing Kabayo]

Your crazy dude, De la Hoya is more of a household name than Tyson is. Theres a reason why hes the all time leader in pay per view revenue, De la Hoya is alot more popular than you think.

Read my post again..

I partly disagree... Many people who knows tyson and ali don't buy ppv... and many people who are not fans of boxing knows ali and tyson... dlh is known only to boxing fans...

My sister who knows Tyson don't buy ppv... 98% of people in the Philippines who knows Tyson don't buy PPV. People in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, etc knows Tyson but don't buy PPV.... not tell me that delahoya is popular because he is a bigger PPV draw... LOL

[Pullcounter]

foreman is a pretty big name. so is holyfield.