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

[Ghazan]

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??

lol ****** americans..they think superbowl is the most watched sporting event in the world.

[Citizen Koba]

Why doncha read what Mike has to say about that part of his life or better still, go watch him on stage. Living that kinda excess ain't what you think. But you never realise 'til you've lived it.

[Weebler I]

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.

This is a good post (imo)

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

Tiger Woods but not these two, the last basketball player on that level of global fame I think was Michael Jordan.

[Alx.]

Noone obviously

[Szef]

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

Not at all, it's either Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo - two biggest stars of the most popular sport in the world.

[dc3383]

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

Tyson is my fav fighter ever; but he wasn't bigger than Jordan ever

[sammiza567]

Tyson is my fav fighter ever; but he wasn't bigger than Jordan ever

that's close. might even lean toward tyson. the list is 1. Ali 2.Babe Ruth 3. tiger woods 4. mike tyson 5. michael jordan. the best guys in sports today arent really on that status. I mean that's basically the end of the list. As much weight as guy' names like /gretsky, nicklaus, pepe, ronaldo, mickelson, manning, ronaldo/ carry its not the same thing. Babe Ruth has a still popular candy bar named after him. no one else can say that!

[Szef]

that's close. might even lean toward tyson. the list is 1. Ali 2.Babe Ruth 3. tiger woods 4. mike tyson 5. michael jordan. the best guys in sports today arent really on that status. I mean that's basically the end of the list. As much weight as guy' names like /gretsky, nicklaus, pepe, ronaldo, mickelson, manning, ronaldo/ carry its not the same thing. Babe Ruth has a still popular candy bar named after him. no one else can say that!

Please ask anybody outside of US who Babe Ruth was... 9/10 this will be the answer for your question

[dc3383]

that's close. might even lean toward tyson. the list is 1. Ali 2.Babe Ruth 3. tiger woods 4. mike tyson 5. michael jordan. the best guys in sports today arent really on that status. I mean that's basically the end of the list. As much weight as guy' names like /gretsky, nicklaus, pepe, ronaldo, mickelson, manning, ronaldo/ carry its not the same thing. Babe Ruth has a still popular candy bar named after him. no one else can say that!

Jordan is more populat than all of them

[JoeKidd]

Early Foreman.

Ali took him to the hottest place on earth and killed the legend.