In their primes who was more popular Mike Tyson or Michael Jordan?

[Capo Dei Capi]

If Jordan had went to prison for rape and been banned from competing in the NBA would we still be having this argument? Even though it's clearly still Tyson.

 

[Tom Shady]

That is why people love him. lmao @ rita ora who is signed to camel tryna break the states defining MJs popularity. Ya bro mother probs broke and got them from the charity shop 2nd hanf>


If the baddest man on the planet ya common street thug I'd fear these p*ssy nikkas I see daily a lot more.

lmao @ uk rap and Lmao even more at Rita Ora being an example of UK hip-hop

but what about u cappin for a rapist though

 

[heisenburrr]

check my posts last page breh

doesn't adress anything I'm referring to

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

i'll put it like this, Tyson was probably more popular at his peak in the Occidental world and first world countries.

But Jordan's image/brand has reached places and populations that have most definitely never heard of Tyson

Where are these places breh?

 

[heisenburrr]

If Jordan had went to prison for rape and been banned from competing in the NBA would we still be having this argument? Even though it's clearly still Tyson.

sorry but it's stupid to even try to argue that one has a definite advantage over the other since there's basically no way to quantify that popularity.

 

[ghostwriterx]

so jordan more popular than ali too?

I think that's a more interesting debate, but I would side with Ali in that case. Ali is definitely a more iconic figure who did more to affect the social fabric of the times than Jordan or Tyson.

 

[Tom Shady]

If Jordan had went to prison for rape and been banned from competing in the NBA would we still be having this argument? Even though it's clearly still Tyson.

but he wasn't because he's not an animal. you are the same person who can't believe that a man that bit another humans ear off could rape somebody.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

but what about u cappin for a rapist though

HOH

doesn't adress anything I'm referring to

nikkas outside the US could give a fukk less about some Air Jordans so throw that argument out the window. This thread reeks of Americans thinking the world revolves around them. Tyson >>>>>>>>>>>> Jordan in terms of global poularity no question. Jordan was someone people may of fukked with and tried to keep up on, but Tyson was that nikka you'd go hungry to catch that next fight paying for the ppv and staying up till 4am to watch 3 mins of the GOAT. More people outside the US know Tyson purely through Street Fighter and his WWE appearances than are actual avid NBA followers.

Source - Africa and Europe

 

[Lewis Black]

basketball was bigger in the 90's.....Tyson, lewis, holyfield...I don't think so.

Someone tell me different?


I made this exact thread last time and a latin american homie came through and crushed the buildings. Don't nobody know michael jordan in latin america, nikkas know iron mike doe

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

sorry but it's stupid to even try to argue that one has a definite advantage over the other since there's basically no way to quantify that popularity.

Not when you're trying to act like MJ's merchandise makes him more popular. Nobody convicted of rape has mad shyt on the shelves.

but he wasn't because he's not an animal. you are the same person who can't believe that a man that bit another humans ear off could rape somebody.

Why you hatin on Tyson? You a bytch?

 

[Tom Shady]

HOH

1 billion people in China, you know the place where they make jordans, they know him. Ask any african player in the nba why they loved the game and they'll say Jordan, same with european players.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I don't know how you separate the Jordan "brand" from Michael Jordan, especially when talking about popularity.

Because a brand doesn't automatically tie itself to an athletes popularity.

It's like Puma Clydes and people having no idea they're from Walt Frazier's line. Some people know about the Jordan brand without knowing he played ball.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

Someone tell me different?


I made this exact thread last time and a latin american homie came through and crushed the buildings. Don't nobody know michael jordan in latin america, nikkas know iron mike doe

These the same nikkas who think Jay z's they father. They refuse to believe anybody they idolize isn't the be all and end all of the world.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

1 billion people in China, you know the place where they make jordans, they know him. Ask any african player in the nba why they loved the game and they'll say Jordan, same with european players.

So they don't know Tyson in China and Africa now?

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5685777

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/mike-tyson-denies-sex-change-1489554

 

[Lakers Offseason]

so nobody tryna debate this point heh ?

Breh, I hear ya. I posted links of articles where the impact of Jordan is measured economically. Plus another article of his cultural impact. No one wants to debate measureable impact.