Boxing fans since the 80's, how popular was Mike Tyson at his peak?

oh i totally agree, i was only talking fame, his fame was great for whatever many reasons, like Ali, people on the other side of the world knew his name.

 

Point being gents, is that if Tyson is being compared to entertainers, then it does allude to his fame/infamy.
Has any boxer since been as well-known outside of boxing circles?

 

That's because the majority want to see him lose.Hes easily more talked about than Ali ever was.

 

The first big show was wrestlmania that led to ppv.that is where it all started from WWE actually.

 

Is there anything you're clued up on? Tyson was immensely popular and well known and rightly so for his fighting style,but Ali was simply the most famous man on the planet. Even now i would say worldwide among the whole range of the population he would still be better known.
Surpassed Ali? You really haven't got a clue.

 

I think in 1988 Tyson was much more popular than Ben Johnson or Car Lewis.
Now ? Usain Bolt looks much more popular than the glass-chinned Puritty victim wladimir klitschko .This says all.

 

Well, on films you can still see his charisma in the ring. And before Douglas there was a real aura of invincibility about him with a ferocity and deadliness second to none.

The first time I saw him live on TV was his fight against Bruno. There was just something truly electric about him and he was very good at working that image. Black shoes, no socks and just a linen instead of a robe. He looked very much the part of a true bad ass.

 

Are you on drugs of the Class A classification?? nut

 

Boxers and sports figures should be compared to entertainers because sports is entertainment. As to you question the only guy who I would say comes close to Tyson in terms of fame after him, would be Foreman. He's now on tv regularly doing commercials and that Foreman grill is pretty much a household product. My guess is that his net worth, isn't all that far behind Mayweathers.

Speaking of net worth do you realize how much Michael Buffer is worth since he patented the phrase "let's get ready to rumble" it exceeds 100M.

Michael Buffer earns a salary of $5 million every time he utters those 5 famous words. Buffer's net worth is $120 million.

 

That's crazy!! He's worth more than most fighters...

 

He's worth more than all but a handful. Guess he's got more business savvy than the vast majority of them and he's certainly had a longer career than virtually all of them.

Much of his revenue comes from licensing this phrase to video game makers.

 

Ali/Inoki was in 76/77, it first showed it could work as a worldwide event. CC goes back a long time; Liston and Patterson fronted a bill in the early 60s.

The early Wrestlemanias made a lot more money due to CC, it was WrestlemaniaIII that the balanced tipped. Showtime competing with HBO and duly creating SET and TVKO in the late 80s was the next step. But due to mismatches HBO often put Tyson on the pay channel rather than PPV.

This of course changed after the Douglas defeat, but by then in the States PPV had found its feet.

Now if you argue Tyson had a lot to do with first pay TV and then PPV in the UK, you may have a point. As Tyson/BrunoI was SKY's first attempt for mainstream appeal, and Tyson/BrunoII was SKY's first big step into the PPV market.

 

I'd say John McEnroe was as famous as Mike Tyson, at least.

 

How old are you Termite? Were you around in the 60's and 70's when Ali was at his peak because if you were you should know the impact that he had on the psyche of the whole world due to both his boxing prowess as well as his political stance. Mayweather has nothing on Ali and has had nowhere near as much impact. You constantly seem to occupy the contrary position in every discussion and I find this puzzling.