who is the most popular boxer in history

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  1. jyuza

    jyuza Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali. I can't think of another boxer who sold his name for 50M$ 30 years after his career.
     
    jyuza, Jun 18, 2007
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  2. Cruiser1

    Cruiser1 Champion Emeritus Full Member

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    Tyson overtook Ali albeit dubiously. Mostly due to his exploits out of the ring.
     
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  3. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Right at this moment in time, I would definitely say Ali.
    Certainly not at the time, but he is now!
    Wheras Tyson, rightly or wrongly, still has a pretty negative image.
     
    DamonD, Jun 18, 2007
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  4. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Ali - people died knowing Ali and never knowing who Tyson was. This thread doesn't take much thought. It's Ali and then Tyson. Then everyone else is arguable.
     
    achillesthegreat, Jun 18, 2007
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  5. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    ali hands down
     
    bigjake, Jun 18, 2007
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  6. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    on this board i did a survey on who got them started on boxing and a clear majority of the ESB board members starting watching boxing not because of Ali and Rumble in the Jungle.

    they started watching Boxing because of Tyson because most that are here on this board of are a younger generation.

    i think it was about 80% answered Tyson got them into boxing.
     
    BoppaZoo, Jun 18, 2007
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  7. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    ali would **** tyson up in the head so bad.
     
    bigjake, Jun 18, 2007
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  8. Bananas

    Bananas New Member Full Member

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    1st Tyson
    2nd Ali
    3rd De La Hoya
    4th Foreman
     
    Bananas, Jun 18, 2007
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  9. Bananas

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    As it seems to me, some are mixing things up: it's about who is the most widely known, not who is the most loved one.
    It is Mike Tyson. He is the most popular in America, Asia, probably Europe. In Africa, it should be Ali by a wide margin. Not sure about Australia, probably Tyson.
     
    Bananas, Jun 18, 2007
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  10. lamont zero

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    tyson is a poor man and ali shines over him.
     
    lamont zero, Jun 18, 2007
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  11. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Golota????
     
    Smazz20, Jun 18, 2007
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  12. K0NPHL1C7

    K0NPHL1C7 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Keep telling yourself that. Tyson would smother Ali, confuse him, and knock him flat on his draft-dodging ass.
     
    K0NPHL1C7, Jun 18, 2007
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Infamous rather than famous maybe!

    Ali - and Ali by such a huge difference that nobody has ever reached anything like the same level of popularity world-wide.

    Joe Louis would probably be second.
     
    McGrain, Jun 18, 2007
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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    If it is indeed most widely known rather than popular as it says in the thread title, Tyson would be a close seocnd to Ali in terms of world-wide popularity.
     
    McGrain, Jun 18, 2007
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  15. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    The younger crowd doesn't understand the Ali thing, but it's Ali by a landslide.

    Tyson is a distant second compared to the level Ali reached.
     
    nervousxtian, Jun 18, 2007
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