Which boxers had the prime RJJ star power?

Ali, Tyson, both Sugar Rays, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey.

 

Add in Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

 

Forgot Floyd, sir, Did mention Iron Mike.

 

Lol. Reading is fundamental ... You're absolutely right.

On British Isles, for a short time, Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Ricky Hatton, Anthony Joshua have held similar star status and crowd draw.

 

he had aura
he was star of boxing

but was he ever superstar like "Fab Four ' ?
nevermind Ali ! Ali is known all of world

 

We run into the old subjectivity problem. IMHO, the most transcendent boxers were Ali, Tyson, Rocky, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Dempsey.

 

They all had much much larger cross over pop cultural and overall mainstream star power than RJJ ever had. They were cultural icons and boxing icons, RJJ is a boxing icon solely.

 

I agree. Two points. I still can't get over how RJJ was robbed at the Seoul Olympics and unless a post really upsets me I don't heatedly challenge it.

 

I never knew Jones had any real star power? The figures suggested he didn’t. Hamed was quadrupling Roy’s in the US.

He just kept himself to himself and stayed on the farm.

 

Blimey every man and his dog and grandmother knew Eubank and Bruno as household figures, same with Ali. That’s from the United Kingdom perspective.

Roy Jones was unknown to the average sports fan. Even if he had had exposure on mainstream tv there was nothing about his personality that captivated anything; he’s always totally disinterested and annoyed with media work for instance outside analysing fights.

 

I’ve often said that you can’t find a 10-second segment of that Olympic final that Roy Jr lost, much less a round. It’s literally the worst decision I’ve ever witnessed.

I like how Roy for a time in the pros, before winning a world title, wore silver trunks to remind himself (and others) of the travesty of that decision.

 

To be fair, growing up and watching Eubank on ITV and then looking at the love Bruno got. Chris looked unbeatable for a bit, but Frank always looked like a fighter everyone loved cos of his character and not his ability.

I was more a Benn fan than a Eubank and always wondered if Naseem was a good American/Mexican away from being challenged.

Roy's a strange one in that for all his talents and songs, he didn't really embrace the media like he could've. Almost like he was 10 years too early. Had he come along later, I strongly doubt that Floyd would have had the unmatched box office run he had.

 

Roy lacked star power. Was second Fiddle to Oscar by a long way. He sounded bitter too

 

There was definitely the perception that Eubank had an aura of invincibility about him. He carried himself with seemingly more confidence than any human on our TV screens, and he was rarely off the screen; even all his press conference highlights were on ITN headline news watched by millions. And there were many of those. Dressed sharper than any royal and spoke like he did.

Such was that aura the whole packed pub I was in stopped in astonishment when he fell to that one knee in the tragic Watson fight, literally for a second or two everyone looked at each other wide eyed jaw dropped with dilated pupils in shock before cheering it in disbelief. Such was that aura of invincibility Roy Francis forgot to give him a standing eight because he was in a state of shock!

That aura was gone for 5-6 seconds. Because he then stepped in and did what he did and seemed even more invincible!

That guy Chris Eubank was never out of the papers it seemed around 91-92. Front and back page news.

Frank Bruno was seen as vulnerable by comparison, absolutely. He didn’t sound as sharp, didn’t box as sharp or think as sharp when hurt in the ring, as Eubank. He was just a loveable teddy bear brute who crept into the nations hearts more and more in the mid-80s on BBC. Bless him.