Is AJ the most popular heavyweight of all time?

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Is AJ the most popular heavyweight of all time?

  1. Yes

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    12.2%

  2. No

    65 vote(s)
    87.8%
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  1. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mike Tyson will always be the most popular and most remebered heavyweight, he was just unique.

    But .. AJ is unique too and in time of social media he gathered a fanbase around him that's just INSANELY big. AJ is the most popular fighter of all divisions in this era and thanks to him boxing is becoming big again in the US.
     
    GGGunbeatable, Jul 24, 2018
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  2. DoubleJ

    DoubleJ Active Member Full Member

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    Or when TV was prevalent but only had 3 channels.

    Ali is and will always be the most popular heavyweight but literally a third of the airwaves in the US showed his fights at the time.
     
    DoubleJ, Jul 24, 2018
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  3. DoubleJ

    DoubleJ Active Member Full Member

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    Ali was the most popular man in the entire world in the 70s and 80s.
     
    DoubleJ, Jul 24, 2018
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  4. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No way. Michael Jackson was more famous in the 80's.
     
    GGGunbeatable, Jul 24, 2018
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  5. Yizzy

    Yizzy Member banned Full Member

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    Puerto Rican boxing is dead. No good fighters no more.
     
    Yizzy, Jul 24, 2018
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  6. DoubleJ

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    DoubleJ, Jul 24, 2018
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  7. yeyo monster

    yeyo monster Boxing Addict Full Member

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    4 world champions right now sucker!!
     
    yeyo monster, Jul 24, 2018
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  8. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m not sure there is much understanding or appreciation for exactly how god damned famous and beloved the great Joe Louis was in his day.
     
    dan4579, Jul 24, 2018
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  9. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Ali, Tyson, Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Holyfield, all more popular.
     
    OvidsExile, Jul 24, 2018
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