can there ever be anyone cooler than the 1995-1997 version of Mike Tyson?

[CrookedRain]

He wasnt making the money, but its inflation and a worthless dollar that has given rise to huge paydays,,,,

Tyson was the biggest athlete on the face of the planet,,,
floyd or manny cant say that,,, its now tiger or lebron or kobe.....

Tyson was the MAN in the 80's

pepsi commercials
video game...

has anyone played manny or floyd's video game,,,,

Tyson was the last true global boxing superstar,, him and ali are about the only 2,,,, everyone else is domestic

Lebron or Kobe? haha! outside of America they're basically unknown. Most people in the UK have never heard of them. America is not the world...

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Lebron or Kobe? haha! outside of America they're basically unknown. Most people in the UK have never heard of them. America is not the world...

Well they are the most recognized athletes at the last olympics in China,,, they are far more known than you think,,,

you have heard of them, right?

And i would say tiger woods is the most well known athlete right now....

tyson was known by everyone,,,

[edgarg]

None of what you listed really makes anyone "cool" per se. That's just a bunch of shallow stuff, and being cool is the antithesis of shallow. You can be homeless, broke and be the coolest person on the planet.

Cool is sort've like an effortless heroism. It's about class, grace, generosity, wit, style, humility, economy of moves, integrity, respect, behavior under pressure, versatility, etc.

None of those things apply to a 95-97 Mike Tyson. If you had said "can there ever be anyone more terrifying than the 1995-1997 version of Mike Tyson?," you might have a case for that. But even then I would say a 88-89 Mike Tyson is genuinely one of the most terrifying people in recorded history, if not the most.

I though that title belonged to Genghis Cohen......

[Interloper]

I though that title belonged to Genghis Cohen......

Thanks for the laugh.

[SouthPawHitman]

That wasn't even the coolest version of Tyson.

The coolest boxer ever is Joe Calzaghe.

[RA-Box]

None of those things apply to a 95-97 Mike Tyson. If you had said "can there ever be anyone more terrifying than the 1995-1997 version of Mike Tyson?," you might have a case for that. But even then I would say a 88-89 Mike Tyson is genuinely one of the most terrifying people in recorded history, if not the most.

Wholeheartedly agree. That version of Tyson is the man you would send in to do battle with Gods.

[Jedi Vader]

Wholeheartedly agree. That version of Tyson is the man you would send in to do battle with Gods.

86-89 Tyson was terrifying.

He took that youthful fearlessness, coupled with his ferocious power into the ring.

The fear in Michael Spinks' eyes epitomise this.

[cameltoe]

Mike Tyson was at one point the most well known athlete and easily one of the 3-5 most recognized people on the planet.

Can't get any better than that.

This is true. My good old Mrs couldn't pick Floyd Mayweather out of a line-up, although she knows the name and realises he's the best fighter on the planet, but even my 80 year old Nan knows who Mike Tyson is.

I can't think of any other boxer my 80 year old nan would be aware of, except perhaps Ali.

[cameltoe]

Lebron or Kobe? haha! outside of America they're basically unknown. Most people in the UK have never heard of them. America is not the world...

This!

I have heard of Kobe, I heard he got accused of **** but that's as far as my knowledge goes. Never heard of Lebron.

Sports fan from an English speaking country, you'd think I should have heard of them.


"Most recognisable athletes at the last Olympics in China"? First off, the last Olympics were in London, last year, secondly, I've no idea how you would measure that, and thirdly, shouldn't that title belong to Usain Bolt??

[Cardinal Buck]

None of what you listed really makes anyone "cool" per se. That's just a bunch of shallow stuff, and being cool is the antithesis of shallow. You can be homeless, broke and be the coolest person on the planet.

Cool is sort've like an effortless heroism. It's about class, grace, generosity, wit, style, humility, economy of moves, integrity, respect, behavior under pressure, versatility, etc.

None of those things apply to a 95-97 Mike Tyson. If you had said "can there ever be anyone more terrifying than the 1995-1997 version of Mike Tyson?," you might have a case for that. But even then I would say a 88-89 Mike Tyson is genuinely one of the most terrifying people in recorded history, if not the most.

That's, like, your opinion, man.