When did Mike Tyson become a superstar??

[VatoMulatto]

At what part of his career did he become a global superstar and the baddest man on the world?

When did media start hyping him up? Was it after or before the Berbick fight?

[wolfang82]

Marvis Frazier fight.

[Team Reek]

He got mainstream attention early 1986 being on the cover of SI, and a lot more when he won the wbc title at the end of the year.

Then the next year he got a video game which definitely helped his appeal to younger audiences.