most popular sports icon ever?

i think its a toss up between mike tyson and muhammad ali. there have been better boxers then tyson and ali, but none of them with the fame of either man. both are universally known names and everyone will know who you're talking about, even if they're not boxing fans.

All time is Roy Keane: Since a mate got me into UFC it's Mirko Cro Cop: D3nnyCrane

Michael Jordan for basketball

and Ali for boxing

its out of micheal jordan or Ali

Jordan. He's one of the few sports icons recognized almost everywhere by every generation. Basically if you've heard of Basketball you know Jordan.

i think michael jordan. ive never seen a basketball match ever, but i really think michael jordan is the most well knownlloveLamp

Tiger Woods perhaps?_en1gma_

I don't know what the international opinion is, but in the US its hard to tell. Jordon, Tiger, Ruth, Ali, Favre and Gretzky are all up there.

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"]Tiger Woods perhaps?teh_shogun

Pelé or Maradona.

Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods...

Hulk Hogan.

it really depends were you live but if I had to choose one I´d say it´s micheal jordan

Michael Jordan, of course. I don't see how you could put anyone ahead of him.

3) Babe Ruth

2) Ali

1) MJ

Anna Kournikova

David Beckham

Lance Armstrong

Michael Jordan

Mohammed Ali

Michael Schumacher

Mike Tyson

Pete Sampras

Roger Federer

Pele

Serena Williams/ Venus Williams

Steffie Graf

Tiger Woods

Yao Ming

Zinedine Zidane

Probably forgot a few, but most of them must be here

Roger Federer

Michael Jordan

In Canada it's either Wayne Gretzky or Maurice "Rocket" Richard (if your from Quebec).redstorm72

My guess is Michael Jordan.

Pele
Diego Armando Maradona
Zinedine Zidane
Michael Jordan
Muhammed Ali
Steve Yzerman
Pete Sampras
Janica Kostelic

Pele
Diego Armando Maradona
Zinedine Zidane
Michael Jordan
Muhammed Ali
Steve Yzerman
Pete Sampras
Janica Kostelic

IgGy621985

Steve Yzerman over Gretzky or Lemieux? I'm a Wings fan but I could not put him over those two in terms of global popularity.

No one made more money in sport than michael schumacher.

Ofcourse tiger woods made more but in golf you dont have to retire with an aging body so it's unfair to include golf and to some extent baseball as well.

Formula 1 race car driver Jenson Button! His girlfriend Jessica is so cute. :P I would love to live his life.

Depends. Obviouly most people from here are American, and will probably use some obscure America star from some equally obscure sport.

However, i believe you Americans have a winner in Ali, however there are several others with world wide renown. David Beckham (Sadly) Pele (Thankfully) Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods. Zinadine Zidane etc.

i still say tyson is the most popular ever. he has the record for biggest PPV ever against lennox lewis i believe. around 2.1 mil. or something crazy like that.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is definitely up there.

i still say tyson is the most popular ever. he has the record for biggest PPV ever against lennox lewis i believe. around 2.1 mil. or something crazy like that.

teh_shogun

Its hard to say. A lot of people are posting people like Michael Jordan, but he's only really famous in the US. China's most famous sportsperson is Yao Ming, and with China containing nearly 20% of the worlds population, he's gotta be up there, but hasnt been mentioned once.

David Beckham is definitely incredibly famous in Europe, but is also famous in Asia, and well-known in any football (soccer) playing nation, which is pretty much everywhere.

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i still say tyson is the most popular ever. he has the record for biggest PPV ever against lennox lewis i believe. around 2.1 mil. or something crazy like that.

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