What made Mike Tyson so popular ?

they articles about him everywhere... about his tiger mansion, pigeons...one of the best covered athletes of his time. Pretty overrated as a boxer for me

 

I bet your family and friends also know who O.J.Simpson is but they haven't seen him play football.

 

But they knew Tyson before before all the crap. Even ny nan knew exactly who Mike Tyson was in 1988

 

Yes - Tyson was so famous becuase he liked pigeons atsch

Why do you think there were features on Mike Tyson and about his life etc, when they never did it about prior or subsequent champs?

It was his perfromces in the ring that made him famous - end of!

 

Tyson was entertaining not just in, but outside the ring

 

:deal Plus, every one of my friends had his video game.

In pretty much every way possible, Tyson is the polar opposite of Wlad.

 

Flesh turned in to aggression - small sized beast from hell

everybody seemed to fear this adrenaline packed bomb of a man

baddest man on the planet in his prime

when he fought it was medieval war in there, the beast was in for the kill

and it wasn´t Douglas who beat him, it was the wife and family life (beware of the dangers of sex lil boys)

 

People still name their dog tyson today! Thats being popular

 

Toss in how many twenty-something and younger Mikes there are, and :shock:

 

:smoke His promotors and the right place at the right time ! Similar to hulk hogan and ARNOLD ect .

 

Yeah, the youngest ever unified HW champion is similar to a guy who just playacted at being an athlete and a guy who is the GOAT in something that shouldn't even be considered a sport. :roll:

 

His fighting style, simple as that. There has never been a fighter as explosive as Mike Tyson, he had skills, power, defense, stamina, movement and insane speed for a heavyweight. People tend to forget all of that and remember Tyson from 1999-2005.

 

The Jack Johnson of the 80's, in and out of the ring....

 

Exciting style, a smaller hw who fought just about anyone,a dominant champion and controvesial life outside of the ring.

 

Very simple, he was black, American, in shape and knocked mother****ers out