Is Floyd a bigger star than Mike Tyson ever was?

[JakeTheBoxer]

In Europe nobody knows who Floyd is.

Mike Tyson is one of the most worldwide famous boxers.

Imagine prime Tyson fought in internet era. he would be even more known than Ali ever.

[Roy Keane]

Tyson was earning crazy money back in the late 80s earlier nighties. To Mayweathers credit his ability and longevity allowed him to take advantage of modern media and the PPV structure but Tyson is a bigger name.

[dibzvincent143]

Really simple question and I’ll add a poll too

Nope.. if tyson fought today he’d make greater numbers than floyd.. they were doing million ppvs in a non social media era... where news travelled slow lol And tvs here in the phil were black and white.. and you still hear his name in the jungles

Floyd was carefully promoted, helped by HBO story telling, 24/7 and all.
Floyd engineered his career brilliantly, made a persona and became a star.
All tyson did was just fight, no tricks in the social media... No mexican date.. no youtube rants.

[nikolainikolaev]

Tyson have to thanks for his crimes and scandals. He is famous only with this and he will stay in boxing history like the younger heavyweight champion and biggest excuses why he failed Other is big entertaiment because hw division was scrap in 80s. He is Deontay Wilder for 80s.
He never win vs top level boxer.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Tyson have to thanks for his crimes and scandals. He is famous only with this and he will stay in boxing history like the younger heavyweight champion and biggest excuses why he failed Other is big entertaiment because hw division was scrap in 80s. He is Deontay Wilder for 80s.
He never win vs top level boxer.

So in 30 years time, Deontay Wilder will still be a sporting/boxing Icon.

Not bad.

It is almost impossible for fighters these days to reach the level of recognition Mike Tyson & Muhammad Ali reached 'They existed at the right time in history'.

[Split Decision]

I think Floyd may of been the better technician.

gee ya think ? lol

[The Big Dunn]

I don’t think Floyd was as big a star as Tyson was at his apex. Tyson was a hwt champion so you expect him to have more worldwide notoriety.

Reading some of the comments from the hatin f@gs trying to minimize Floyd‘s popularity is hilarious.

[Monzon99]

Tyson was as a big a sports icon as Jordan and Ali. Floyd is a WWF rigged fraud coward pretender who was installed by the establishment which needed a counterfeit American star to sell to the masses. Floyd's career was rigged to not lose, so as to sustain the revenues.

Anybody who compares Tyson to Floyd is a maximum idiot.

[llll]

It is around that figure


Remember most top national boxers are national icons in their home country, not the case with Mayweather.


Guys like Marciano, Frazier, SRL, Duran are more known than Mayweather.

You just invalidated your own argument.

Every single person in the philippines knows who mayweather is because of pacquiao

I don't live in the UK, but I'm guessing on top of having a boxing culture, everyone knows who mayweather is because of hatton.

Every person who's a boxing fan appreciates mayweather's skills and every fight fan knows who mayweather is.

[Richard]

gee ya think ? lol

Definitely 😉