Who is more famous worldwide:Mike Tyson or Michael Jordan?

[Curtiz]

I see your point, Boxing is more mainstream outside of Usa, it's very possible that Tyson is more well known in outside of US.
However I think it's a very close race..in which the only person I would have no doubt about is Ali, I don't think any athlete is more known than Ali. In any country.

Well i don't know if you've realised this yet but the rest of the world is BIGGER then the USA.

[croz]

The first page is hilarious. One guy mixes up Jordan with Jackson then the rest follow like Lemmings incapable of reading the actual thread title.

Tyson is bigger though. It's a case of Americans over estimating how popular basketball is outside the US. Back when Tyson was fighting people across the world would stay up late to watch him. Do you think anyone outside the US cared when Jordan was playing? Almost 40 million people in Japan tuned in to see Buster vs Tyson. Do you think they'd give two ****s if Jordan was playing in Tokyo? Few people outside the US have even seen Jordan play basketball. More people probably know him from that Space Jam movie.

[mezoomozaa]

Tyson easy ... At least in my world !!

In continents like Africa,Asia and south America it is like 1000:1 for Tyson

In Europe it is 55 : 45 for Tyson

In North America it is 55:45 Jordan

So the total is like 200:1 for Tyson


No contest

[mezoomozaa]

The only american icons to beat Tyson are :

Michael Jackson and Muhammed Ali " in order "