If 80's Mike Tyson was fighting right now, would he be more popular than Pac & Floyd?

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  1. Rob887

    Rob887 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He'd be a million more times popular than the both of them.
     
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  2. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :D Floyd started it with his egotistical quote


    Could you imagine Ali in the era as well ?

    He could walk up to Floyd talking and shut his mouth right up.
     
    Caelum, Apr 26, 2012
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  3. valleyfightfan

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    Just imagine him in today's 24/7 HBO era. The ratings would bury Mayweather's ratings as well as ppv buys. He'd be a juggernaut. In the late 80s, he was arguably the most famous athlete in the world, even bigger than Jordan. Someone said even their granny knew who Tyson was, and thats true. That's how big he was at the time to people who didn't know anything about boxing but still knew who he was.

    Imagine how big a Tyson/Klitschko(either bro) fight would be in Vegas or MSG today. The hype/anticipation/money/ppv buys would be bigger than a Pac/Mayweather fight easily.
     
    valleyfightfan, Apr 26, 2012
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  4. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Those are some big numbers..Well desewrved for two warriors !
     
    Imperial1, Apr 26, 2012
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  5. dmaq

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    word makes sense.. good looks! :good
     
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  6. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    People of this era like to bring up streaming but in Tyson's era, I can't remember a single person who paid. Everyone I knew had a "black-box." Not that I would partake in something illegal. That would be wrong. Just wrong.

    Now going to fights...I don't know. Maybe people were more willing to go back then. I just don't know.
    Way back when, going to fights was huge. Big time Fights, local...
     
    Caelum, Apr 26, 2012
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  7. Cellz831

    Cellz831 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    hell yeah. he can talk trash AND knock u the **** out
     
    Cellz831, Apr 26, 2012
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  8. valleyfightfan

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    One big reason could be that Tyson's PPVs never had HBO 24/7 type of shows to hype his fights like they do now for big time PPV fights. PPV landscape is way different now. Even prime DLH would do bigger numbers than he did if he had shows like 24/7 for his earlier fights(Trinidad, Vargas, Mosely,etc)
     
    valleyfightfan, Apr 26, 2012
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  9. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    You revealed yourself in the Ali vs SRR thread. :deal

    You're putting me in a difficult spot here. :-(
     
    Hands of Iron, Apr 26, 2012
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  10. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Altho I had some venom for Ellerbe's quote in regards to SRL.
     
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  11. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Prime Tyson would be the most famous man on earth today just like he was in his prime. He would even be bigger than Klitschko's in germany/russia/ukraine. If the Klitchko's fought like prime Tyson they'd enjoy the same fanfare.
     
    Royal-T-Bag, Apr 26, 2012
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  12. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Time....6:25...remembering how big Tyson was

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhwTN9EQunk[/ame]
     
    Caelum, Apr 26, 2012
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  13. valleyfightfan

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    That's true. Can't argue with that. Under today's landscape, the PPV numbers that either of them would do would be bigger than Pac or Mayweather.
     
    valleyfightfan, Apr 26, 2012
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  14. JASPER

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    The only number that counts is the green kind. These guys are prize fighters and they do not really give a **** if 24 million people are watching for a buck or one person pays 24 mill to watch the fight.

    Of that 24 million how much revenue was generated. The reason why I ask is in todays market people vote with their wallets (a totally different paradigm).
     
    JASPER, Apr 26, 2012
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  15. KOTF

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    I can't see Floyd or Pac traveling to Tokyo and have 30,000+ seeing his fight against a nondescript opponent
     
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